December at our House

Well December is almost over and it was a busy month at our house. Enjoy the slide show to summarize the many events for our family. We hope everyone felt love and happiness at this glorious time of year! 2008 here we come....

Those Holiday Commercials

These are two of my favorite holiday commercials - I get a good laugh everytime they are on tv. Best parts of each ; Man driving,-no teeth guy with pointy ears, Woman driving - unibrow. Hilarious. Turn off the music player and enjoy a quick laugh. And give a Garmin (or get one, or even a Magellan, or Tom Tom, Navigon, whatever -- you'll never be sorry!!!)

Griswolds or Gebski's?

After our trip to SC we decided to stop and pick up our Christmas tree since the month is diddling away so quickly. It was pretty cold that evening and Lester forgot to grab a jacket, so he did his best looking and then retreated to the barrel fire the lot had by the entrance. It reminded me a lot of Forgotten Carols and the We Are Not Homeless song.....kind of funny. I grabbed this quick picture of Maddie racing through the trees:We found our tree, and of course it was pretty much one of the first ones we examined-kind of skinny and on the tall side, just how we like them. We brought it in the house on Thursday and I didn't get to putting on the lights until today. I have this thing with the lights, I guess I could have put this on my 6 things post, but I'm kind of OC with lights on the tree. I have to stand back, squint and look for holes where no lights are. Anyway, on with the story already....well half way down the tree I almost had one of these moments...(make sure to pause the Christmas music)

...when I came upon this deep in our tree:
Thankfully for our sakes, it is empty. Corben thought it was extremely cool that a bird lived in this particular tree. No squirrels though, wheewwww!

A Germany Reunion

This past Wednesday we had the opportunity to venture down to Columbia, South Carolina and visit with some friends we hadn't seen since we left Germany 1 1/2 years ago. David and "Paticia" (as Corben fondly calls her) invited us down so Lester could re-enlist David into the Army. We jumped at the chance especially since we were able to meet their darling son Reed who was born after we parted company in Germany. Another great friend Shannon and her precious little girl Savannah came up from Georgia and it was an all out reunion! We had a blast and so did the children and we can't wait to get together again soon.

Everyone together!
The three babies playing in Reed's new toy box.

This is what happens when Corben sneaks away with my camera! He's a little sneaker, but he sure is a cute one. :)

Piano Update

For your viewing pleasure:



Although this is not my piano, it very well should be. I had a professional take a peek at it and he basically said, if you're handy it would make a nice desk. Enough said. Anyone want a desk? It will be on craigslist this week! ;) I've been hunting for another good find, and this time I know what to look for. :)