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enchanted airlie 2012

We visited Airlie Gardens this year for the their annual "Enchanted Airlie" event.  This is only the second year we have ever gone, but this will probably be a new a tradition!

Last year, sweet girl was not even two months old.  Harper wasn't digging Santa, but we went for the experience. 

This year went so well!

(Jimmy has a real talent for capturing my eyes just before they close, so I look drunk.)

I'm still praying for the day that Harper will like having his picture taken!

I love this picture of Jimmy and the babies. He is such a great daddy.

The lights were just beautiful. Even H & H were paying attention and not saying much :)

The most fun part was Santa. I was so worried that it would be a disaster and there were several sweet parents in front of us that had major melt downs to deal with. The folks behind us waited in line for 45 minutes only to hear from their little one that he didn't want to go in :/

I held my breath, and it went great!!

Harper went first, then Hollin. He told Santa exactly what he wanted and Hollin did fine until Santa talked to her :( She only cried a little bit, but then got over it.

We finished the night with the Lego display and the sweet little mini-house (that I secretly dreamed of the babies having as a play house one day.)

We had a great time and it was so nice for everything to go smoothly.

Yay for Christmas 2012!

Snippets

I think I have put on at least 5 pounds this Holiday season. It happens every year and you know what? It's ok.

I just spent the last 2 hours thoroughly shampooing my den carpet. I really should do this every other week. It gets THAT dirty.  I have been thinking about getting a nice big rug to put down over the carpet to save them a little bit but Jimmy doesn't like rugs on top of carpet. I have overruled him though and I think I'm gonna do it.

I really, really wish we had an Ikea close by :)

I won an awesome giveway on facebook a few weeks ago and received free monograms for each of my stockings! We love the natural look even though a lot of people paint them.

Decorating our house for Christmas has been so much fun this year. I love knowing that we aren't moving any time soon!

My tree skirt is on it's way from L.A. I hope it will be here tomorrow!

Everytime I look at this picture, I remember that I need candles for my fireplace and a nice wreath to hang over that mirror. I still love my Christmas mantle though.

We have been having a little fun with Elf on the Shelf. This is our first year! It's been so awesome to watch Harper find Buddy in the mornings.

We are finally making progress on our bathroom. Maybe it will be done by the end of this week? I'm just happy to be able to use the toilet downstairs again :)

Some days, I just get this overwhelming need to clean and organize. Most of the time, it comes out of nowhere and today was one of those days. I just looked around at all the broken toys and things that Harper doesn't play with anymore and had to get rid of them

I even cleaned his room and went through those toys as well. I put together a whole box of toys that just need batteries. With Christmas coming up, I just needed to purge some things.

So that is what's been going on around here. Working, cleaning, Christmas stuff and trying to put the house back together after demo.

Here's hoping we can wrap up some things around here and enjoy Jimmy's upcoming weekend off.!

Listening.

A few posts back, I blogged about Jimmy putting in an application for K-9 officer.  I had mixed feeling from the beginning about all of it. I knew deep down that this might be biting off more than we could chew (schedule-wise), but I still hoped that he would get the position because I knew this was the one thing he had wanted to do since becoming a Police Officer.

His interview was Friday morning and I said a little prayer for him at work.

A few hours later we had an answer.

............................


He didn't get it.


I could tell he was disappointed.  I was disappointed for him.  This wouldn't have been a "promotion", but it was something different that your run-of-the-mill patrol.  When we left my hometown to move where we live now, he basically had to start over at this Police Dept. as far as his seniority. We knew that we were making the right decision for our family, but it definitely affected his status on the totem pole.  He has been a Police Officer for 5 years now, so it's just time that something happen for him. To "move up" in the ranks.

He works so hard and is awesome at what he does. I don't tell him often enough, but I am so proud of him. Proud of the husband, father, student and leader that he is.  One of the biggest areas of my pride comes from his walk with God.  He has grown so much over the last year, and it's been amazing to watch. 

This past Sunday, we heard yet another amazing message at church. The Pastor talked a little bit about the career that he had prior to becoming a Pastor. He said that during his quiet times (at work), God would speak to him again and again. He let go of a successful career and followed God into becoming a youth Pastor and now Pastor of a very large church.

Jimmy and I talked a little bit about the message after the service. He admitted that he has these same feelings from time to time. That he just isn't where he feels God wants him to be.

Now, with this being said, he isn't going to be leaving the Police Department now or anytime soon. I think the point that he was making is that he realizes that God is saying no.  That he closed the door on this position, but another may open.

Jimmy is listening to God. We both are. We hope that one day, our lives and hopefully careers will allow us to be more involved with our church. Right now, we can't commit to anything, like bible studies or small groups and it's frustrating.

In the meantime, we will continue to go on with our lives and jobs as we always have.

But, we're listening.

Our Christmas Wishlist 2012

This Christmas season has already been so fun because this is the first year that Harper has asked for specific toys. I ask him at least once a day what he wants from Santa, just to hear him say it. It is always the same three toys.

"I want the Mickey thing that dances, the Tigger thing that bounces and the Batman thing that has the elevator."

Translation:

Tigger

Mickey

Batman

I'd also love to get him this set for those rainy Preschool mornings!

Coat

Boots

For Hollin, anything with lights and noise will do. But mommy would love it if Santa got her some cute clothes and hairbows too :)

Baby Gap Onesie

Girls Bow Set - Etsy

Fisher Price Say Please Tea Set

Fisher Price Stroll Along Walker

Hubby is pretty easy to shop for because he isn't shy about telling me what he'd like for Christmas :)

North Face Fleece Vest

 

G - Shock Watch - because a Cop can't be a Cop without his plastic watch.

Sperry 6 Eye Boot

 

 

Mommy would love a little a' this and a little a' that.

I'm really into blue and orange right now and I LOVE these personalized melamine platters. Of course, I can let go of the "Go Tigers" :)

 

These monogram necklaces are popping up all over the place and if Santa wouldn't mind, she would love a gold one :)

 

Mommy has found the perfect place for this Target mirror.

 

These Ray Ban aviators have been on mommy's list for awhile.  Cough...

 

 

 

We've been good this year, so we will see what Santa can do!!