Christmas 2009 Scrapbook

Well I made this digital scrapbook for our Christmas photos today.  It is from Smilebox.  If you have never tried Smilebox you should.  It is so easy..just pick the design you like and drag and drop your pics.  I can email and post it or print it.  This one was $3.99.  I would have spent that much just for paper to do one page.  It would have been free if I didn't want to be able to print it out.  But I like to print them out and put them in their books.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Anyway this year for Christmas we did the traditional making cookies and going to Interlochen to see the lights.  But we also took a trip and spent the night at the Bass Pro Shops in Grapevine and then went to the Gaylord Texas Ice show the next day.  Their theme this year was The Grinch.  It was really neat.  All that colored ice reminded me of popsicles.  We wore blue coats that they provided over our regular coats and still froze!  Dylan was really worried that Emily would get lost since all the little ones their looked alike so he kept a close eye on her.  He is very protective of that girl!  After the ice exhibit we went to Grapevine Mills Mall and let Emily go to Build-A-Bear.  She made a kitty.  I was really proud of the outfit she picked out for it.  She could have gotten princess costumes and such, but she just picked out a t-shirt and shorts.  Very practical choice I thought.  The boys went there when they were little so they already had a turn at it.

We went to Billie and Jacks on Christmas Eve like usually only this time we almost had to spend the night.  We were there all day and an ice situation snuck up on us.  We hadn't watched the weather for being so busy and didn't know it was going to turn nasty.  It was snowing and the wind was really blowing but we had no idea the roads were getting that bad.  It took us a hour and a half to get home from Millsap - a 15 min. drive.  Jason and Robin had gone to get new puppies in the metro mess and it got them too.  They ended up spending the night with a friend in Willow Park after being stuck on I30 for hours.  The boys had stayed with her mom so luckily they weren't in it.  Christmas morning she called me and told me where everything was and Justin and I went down and got it all ready for them.

Dylan got an iPod touch, Justin got a laptop and Emily got a Power Wheels 4-wheeler and a baby.  She didn't get too excited over the 4-wheeler cause she couldn't ride it from all the snow.  Her and Justin tried but the wheels just spun.  We had dinner here with Tommy, Kay, Kay's Mom and her Son, Josh and Maw and Grandad.  It was really special since we nearly lost Grandad this summer.  He has gained most of his weight back but it really took its toll on him.  Christmas Eve was their 65th wedding anniversary.  Can you believe that?  65 Years!  They have been through sooooo much but have stuck it out.  What an example for all their grandkids...and their is lots of us...and more on the way!!

On the 26th we went to Daddy's for the fun over there.  The living room was one great big heap of wrapping paper as usual.  Our chinese Christmas grew even more this year with the addition of Dylan moving up.  We let them move up if they want to at 13.

Even though there was snow we didn't get to play in it much since we had dinner at our house.  The boys both got electronics and absorbed in them.  By the next day most of it was melted...but that is Texas for ya.  Hope you had a great holiday.  Send me some pics.