Christian's Santa Letter

The following is a letter to Santa Claus that Christian wrote in class last week.

Dear Santa

I want a 1. XBOX 360, 2. one thousand dollars, 3. all the games in the world, 4. a cool looking sled, 5. and a big pen. Ps. about number three of all the games in the world I don't want the girly games.

Love Christian Yoder


Well, there it is. I have been bugging Christian for things that he wants for Christmas and I finally have it. Will he get all that he asked for? Definitely not! Maybe I can handle the big pen request.

Happy Birthday Denise!

Denise's Birthday Cake!! Today is one of my best friend's birthday, Denise Vancena. Several years ago, we started a birthday club. We would take each other out on our birthdays. This is the first year in a long time that I have not gotten together with the girls to go out. Here are some pictures of last year's birthday outing with Denise. First we surprised Denise when we showed up at her house in a rented Hummer. We went to Benihanas for dinner than headed downstairs to the Karoake bar for some singing and dancing. I think we all had a blast and it was fun to just let down our hair and go crazy (in front of total strangers!).

My Christmas Decorations

I am finally done with my Christmas decorations. The tree is up and decorated, the train is up and running, and my two villages are completed and displayed. The North Pole village was easy to put up with snow blankets and little sprinkles of snow on top but my Dickens village takes a lot more work. I had to find a way to squeeze 16 building plus accessories into one long skinny countertop. I did this by creating a bi level town with styrofoam, moss, paper, hot glue, and lots of VHS tapes (Can anyone guess where the tapes are at?). But I am very happy to be done with it and it turned out wonderful. I love to sit with the village lights all on, my tree lights on and a fire burning in the fireplace. It is such a wonderful time of the year and those are the times when it is so very peaceful (especially when Christian is in bed and Jackson is in his crate for the night). Now the toughest part of the holidays are upon us and that is keeping Jackson from getting in to all the stuff. He has had a field day with a few of my deers already, has had fights with the animated Mrs. Claus and the caroling kittens, and has had a run in with the train. Having a little puppy around at christmas time is hard work!!!!