Feelin' Fine in 2009

Happy New Year everyone!

We had a great holiday season this year. We were extremely busy with lots of holiday parties and get-togethers and we feel we are FINALLY now caught up on sleep and chores around the house. Christmas was so much fun for us this year. We went to Arkansas to be with Jen's Grandparents - most of you already know, the trip there about scared us to death (literally) but once we got there, the visit was awesome. The weather was nice and warm, the food was great, and we all probably gained an extra 20 pounds with all the Christmas cookies and goodies we ate. It was also our last Christmas alone with Brian. Kinda sad to think about, but we also know it will be so much more fun to have Becca in our family for all future holidays. It was a wonderful Christmas this year - we wouldn't have wanted it to be any other way!

New Years Eve we continued with our annual tradition of fondue and Wii at some friends' house. We all stayed (all 8 of us) up until about 3 am, so needless to say we were totally wiped out the next day! New Years Day we had about 3 different parties to attend and were out late again that night as well. Friday night we skipped a party because we were WAY too tired and ended up going to see Marley & Me instead. It was such a cute movie, a real tear-jerker with not a dry eye in the theater, but a cute movie. It only greatly increased our desire to get a puppy, so stay tuned for THAT news in the future. ;)

Now, life seems to be getting back to normal again. We had to take down our tree on Saturday and un-decorate the house. It's always sad to take the tree down and the house seems so bare. Sunday night we were back to our traditional "Sunday night dinner" at Mom and Dad K's house. It's now Monday again.... Greg is back at work and tax season is slowly approaching, so that means more overtime and "fun" at work for him. Jen is back to playing housewife and this week is running around doing wedding stuff with Becca - this is so much fun!

We hope everyone had a wonderful start to their new year and that it brings many blessings to you and your families.

Merry CHRISTmas!!

From our home to yours, we wish you a very merry Christ-centered Christmas and a safe, fun New Year!

With Love (from Arkansas),
Greg and Jen

Let There Be Light!

We wanted to quickly update you with yet another project we tackled late last week - a small, fairly easy one, but one that makes a HUGE difference. We put up lights above our cabinets in the kitchen! That was always our original goal from the get-go, but once we got the extra set of cabinets up, and then the trim up 5 months ago, it was slow moving from there for some strange reason..... But anyhow, it’s done and looks amazing! It adds SO much to our kitchen now. We sometimes find ourselves wandering in there for no other reason than to just stand there and stare up at how incredible it looks! We say all the time that if we continue to keep adding just the perfect touches to our house, we’re never gonna want to move! Maybe we never will, we love our house. ;)

“Elf Yourself”

We have started a trend..... “elfing” ourselves. We did it last year and thought it was hilarious so we thought we’d do it again this year as well. Who knows, we'll probably do it again next year too!

Enjoy! =)

Click here to see us "elfing around."

Christmas is coming!!

Our tree is up! Our decorations are up! Fragrant Christmas candles fill our home with the smell of Christmas! Parties are planned! A night to bake Christmas sweets has been planned! Our vacation has been finalized! Presents are bought! Christmas is coming!

This past weekend was spent doing some fun Christmas things. Friday night was our traditional “Broadmoor Hotel” night. Friends and Family gathered for this annual tradition and we had SO much fun getting all dressed up, eating great food, and seeing all the pretty lights. We look forward to this tradition every year. (Click on any of the pictures below to get a better look.)

Saturday afternoon we headed up to Denver, Colorado with some friends to do some Christmas shopping, sightseeing, dinner, and then to the Denver Parade of Lights. We had never done that before, but it was quite a fun experience. It was also surprisingly nice out that night too!

Sunday night we volunteered our time in the nursery at church during the Kids’ Christmas Musical. (Babysitting isn’t always fun for us, but when we do it with Bob and Cheryl, it can be a real hoot!)

We had quite a Christmas-filled weekend and it REALLY helped us get in the Christmas spirit. We love this time of year! Sadly though, Christmas will be here and gone before we know it.

Our Favorite

Other than the ornaments on our tree that we have gotten from all the places we travelled to this year (and years prior), here is a picture of our favorite Christmas decoration at the present time. =)

My Wandering Mind (and Eyes)

(By Jen)

It’s so amazing these days how many people have blogs and personal websites. I have quite a few friends who have blogs and websites and it’s fun to check on them once and awhile to see what they are up to. Sometimes while checking these blogs, I find myself rabbit trailing off onto other people’s blogs that I don’t even know and reading about them and their lives..... and I have to say, I have found THE funniest/strangest things. (It can be addicting - do YOU ever find yourself doing this too?) You can find people who blog about everything – and I mean EVERYTHING. “Everything” meaning: people blogging about how they accidentally drank their own breast milk in the midst of chaos, to “look what kind of a deal I found at a garage sale today!” I literally could sit for hours in front of the computer reading random blogs and getting a good laugh out of the craziness/interestingness (is that even a word!?) of some people’s lives. Then I start to wonder..... “what random person that I really don’t know is looking at our blog?” “Do they get a kick out of what we blog about, or do Greg and I share a bunch of useless, lackluster information about our lives?” I would hate to have a boring blog. BUT, I would venture to say that we are somewhat entertaining because our “hits” are so high and we get emails quite frequently that say how much people have enjoyed reading a certain blog entry (although I feel it's good blog etiquette to “comment” on what you've read since it is almost like stalking someone when you read and don't comment.....). Nevertheless, maybe people do enjoy reading our blog just as much as I enjoy reading others’ blogs!? Whoever you are out there, do YOU have a fun blog I can check out? =) You will just be feeding my addiction if you tell me..... =) Anyhow, I am sure a lot of you are reading this at work or school, so GO START BEING PRODUCTIVE!! =)