Holidays

What Are The Best Wii Games

February 12, 2009 by Jennifer 11 Comments

We revealed our family Valentine’s gift yesterday evening. The look on the girls face as we were walking out of the store was just priceless. M said “Mom, I dreamed that we would get a Wii… it is coming true.” So cute.

Yes… we finally have our own Wii after having so much fun with our great friends Wii. I would be lying if I told you I wasn’t excited too. I just love how this is such a family game and you actually move around and not sit still while playing.

What are some must have games that your family enjoys playing? We went ahead and bought the Wii play game set so we could have the extra remote.

How does everyone like the Wii Fit? Should we get it? Love to hear your thoughts 🙂

Take Time To Unglue from Online World

December 22, 2008 by Jennifer 39 Comments

These past few months, I have really put in some hours working to help keep our family afloat. Even though I have been a work at home mom since early 2003, it doesn’t mean we are eating bon bons all day ;). You are actually trying to keep up with work and your family. So essentially it is two full time jobs.

Well this weekend, was my full weekend off. I shut off the computer from reality and just spent time with my family. I stayed away from the computer so I would not get sucked in. I needed this reconnection with my family and disconnection from work. Let me tell you it felt sooooooo good. I would look over and see my computer screen black and it just would bring a smile to my face :).

Friday night we celebrated my big girl’s 6th birthday with just the family since she had her friend party last weekend.

Here was her cake from her friend party. I bet you can’t guess what it is? 😉

And mommy dearest here made the family cake. Let me tell you… It was a fat free cake from a recipe I had from weight watchers. It was a HUGE HIT. Madisyn would not even eat her birthday cake from last week and she ate 2 big slices from her mommies. What does that tell you? 🙂

All in all, I think she had a wonderful birthday. She said it was the best. That definitely warmed my heart :).

Saturday, we headed out with a BFF and did some last minute Christmas shopping. It was sooooo crowded but so worth it to get away for the day and just relish in the wonderful Christmas Spirit. We all had a good time I believe.

The night was ended with my little family all curled up on the couch watching the DVD Christmas Shoes. We all did not move the whole movie. It was intense but really great movie to watch this time of year. I just love my little family.

Sunday was spent just baking goodies for the big Christmas day, cooking a deer roast that my hubbs was oh so kind to get for us this week ;). It turned out delicious. We ended the night with going through our town’s resort of Christmas lights.

You know I feel like my family needed this reconnection from mommy working so much. We need to unglue from the online world every once in awhile and just focus time on our families. They need us more than the online world needs us. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the online world and do miss when I am away. It’s just good to take a break as well.

Merry Christmas to all my online buddies. I do love you all and Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas filled week!

Movie for the Holidays

December 10, 2008 by Jennifer 1 Comment

There is something about this time of year, that I just love to cuddle up and sit down and watch a great movie with my family.

A wonderful movie was brought to my attention and it happens to be an independent movie. “Delgo“

Here is a never before seen image from the movie.

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As you can see the movie is animated which would make a great hit for the whole family. From watching a short trailer of the movie, I can tell the movie will keep you on your toes. It is very fast paced, and full of action and adventure.

I really like the morals in the story as well. For example, in one part of the movie, two people have to put their differences aside in order to combine together to take an enemy down. I will not say anymore than that, as I do not want to spoil it.

You will hear some very familiar voices in the movie such as, Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Burt Reynolds and Kelly Ripa to just name a few.

Overall, I think this is a great movie to go out and watch with your family. It’s fun, it will keep your attention, and the animation is such great detail in the movie. To learn more read here: Delgo It will be released in theaters on December 12… so let me know if you all plan on going to see it!

Take A Walk Along A Christmas Journey

November 30, 2008 by Jennifer 6 Comments

Have I mentioned lately, how this is my favorite time of year? Oh I just love it. It was so hard to get in the Christmas spirit in Florida last year, so you know we are really loving it this year.

First off… we had our small town Christmas Tree lighting. It was so glorious and soooo packed. We live in a Resort town where a lot of tourists visit and especially this time of year with all the ski slopes here. So needless to say it was packed at the lighting show. We saw so many tags from Florida and Georgia… so funny. We snapped a couple picts in front of the infamous Christmas tree.

Once the girls had played their hearts out, and we had enough of hot chocolate and hot cider… we decided we better head home to get the girls in bed. It was a big day the next day you know ;). M was in her very first Christmas parade. She was beyond excited… she was over the moon. I am not going to lie, the tears were flowing when I seen her go by up in the parade up on her float. I cannot believe she looked so grown up. Gosh I love her so much and seeing her blow kisses to me from the float just made my heart melt all over. Here are a couple picts from the parade and a short video of her.

We chilled out at home afterwards as the sleet started coming down. I fixed a big crockpot full of homemade chili and it was just sure bliss the rest of the night enjoying family time.

Once we got up this morning after a good night’s rest… it was still freezing rain so I decided it was Christmas craft time. The girls really enjoy doing crafts and I just love the interaction we have together while doing the crafts. We worked on some big red bells made out of cups, Christmas wreaths, Christmas ornaments and snowflakes. These ideas just come off the top of my head this morning in a split second, but I really think they had a great time.

They all turned out so good and definitely will be up as our Christmas decorations each and every year. I want my girls to remember these traditions, as I don’t have anything from when I was a child. Makes me sad, so I am making it up with my girls in hopes they will pass it on down to their children as well.

Merry Christmas everyone :)… December is here. Can you believe it?

Life Brings a Time of Thankfulness

November 26, 2008 by Jennifer 5 Comments

This has sooooo been a hard year. I am not even going to lie. I am just thankful that the good Lord is still letting me live each and every day. I am thankful for him giving me the strength to get through all the down times.

I am so thankful for my husband who I love so much and so thankful he made it through his wreck. He definitely holds this family together!

I am so thankful for my girls and that I get to be a mother to them. They make the world such a better place and make my life so beautiful. They are the stars that flash in my heart day in and day out. I LOVE them so much!

I am very thankful to my friends that surround me with support. Life is not easy, but with friends the road of life gets a little smoother than being on bumpy rides the whole time. I really think God puts people in your life for a reason. Thank you friends.. you know who you all are. Thank you Lord for putting them in my life.

I am thankful to my wonderful blogging friends who come and share in my posts with me about life. I love you all!

Happy Thanksgiving to ALL… I hope tomorrow is filled with lots of great cooking and many many many blessings for you and your family.

MUAH!!!!

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