...so this is christmas

christmas is over, here at least.
gavin has been attacking the christmas tree since it's been put up and i was more than overly excited to put all the bulbs and lights away :)
when dan gets home we'll take it out. it's SO pretty, but i'm just SO over the mess!
since i had all the rubbermaid tubs out to put the tree decorations i decided to take all the christmas decorations away as well. and the christmas tree(s), except for the green one in gavins room cause it makes a good night light. so, christmas is over- around here. except for the three presents we still need to give away. maybe it's not over yet then huh?
and i'm more than ready for things to slow down again. we made it to some of the christmas's we were invited to but not all. after new years (still not sure of the plans) i am ready for some r&r. a weekend with NOTHING to do sounds great to me, although it never seems to happen. maybe since we'll be getting another blizzard i can lock myself in my house, watch movies and make good food.

christmas was such a fabulous time with all of our families. i got an amazing gift, laughter. my dad has been asking me for the whole month of december what i want for christmas.. i said, a trip to florida. he said, yea yea yea, sure. so at my grandmas we open up each present one at a time starting with the youngest working to the oldest and then repeating. well i think it was round three that i opened my dad's gift.... a check for $5,000.00!!!! WOO HOO. i screamed, smiled, had a state of shock on my face and then looked around to see every single person looking at me. my dad had the biggest smile on his face. it was a joke. it had "santa claus" on the signature line and "chris kringle" in the upper left corner. haha, jokes on me dad. it was fabulous, and although the money underneath it wasn't 5 grand, it was a great sum and i will get to go to florida now. thank you dad!
& gavin got SO many toys, so many monster trucks and tow tucks and dump trucks and fire engines. geesh. yesterday we moved half of his toys and his basketball hoop and his tunnel and tent to the basement, where we will be spending a lot more time! i'm sanding the walls tomorrow and painting this weekend, finally. there's just a lot more room for gavin down there.
& dan, well he got giftcards which will be used very wisely, ;) to buy himself goggles since he "lost" them in darwin when he was barhopping on snowmobiles. and he also got a leaf sucker which he's wanted for awhile. the only thing he really wanted and didn't get??? "a bose speaker system for his garage".......... eh. dream big dan!
so that was christmas. we went over a couple rivers and through a bunch of woods to a couple grandmother's houses, and it was grand.

it's almost 2011~ and i have a feeling it's going to be a great year!