I've been a lazy blogger lately

When I first started my blog, I would post everyday or at least every other day. Lately I've been posting only twice a week. What's up with that you say? Well, with the holiday's quickly approaching, things have been a little more hectic than usual, but I know that's no excuse.

I'm getting a little tired of looking at the double chin pics (as you all probably are as well) so I thought it was time to do a new post.

On Saturday my daughter had her basketball game. I don't know if her team mates were up late, but they weren't doing too well and pretty much got creamed. The other team was pretty good, but very aggressive. After the game we decided it was finally time to go get the tree. It was a perfect sunny day which we haven't had much of around here. We drove 5 minutes from our house, which is pretty much "in the country" to get our tree from friends of ours that have a tree farm. I don't know how it works in other parts of the country, but there are a million places near us that you can go and cut down your own tree. After we got there, it took about 5 minutes to find our tree. I'm not too picky, I just want one that looks good and will fit in our already overly packed home.

My son decided he wanted to chop down the tree with an ax so that is just what he did.

My two favorite guys posing for the camera.

What a lovely family picture. Wait a minute. Why am I leaning like that? And what's up with my hubbies legs? Doesn't my daughter look happy to have her picture taken?

We haven't sent out a family Christmas photo since the kids were babies, this is probably why.

Didn't get a lot of help decorating the tree once it came into the house, but I finally got it done. I will show you tomorrow which is the day for Karla's holiday home party.

On Sunday morning I was feeling a little crafty and spent a couple hours making these.

I had so much fun making these little banner ornaments. Not sure what I will do with them. Maybe give them to friends. Hey, you guys are my friends. Why don't I do a giveaway? Yeah, I think I will.

If you leave a comment, I will draw a name on Friday morning and the winner will get to pick one of these ornaments. I will also include a Christmas tin filled with all kinds of Christmasy goodies. How does that sound?

I had so much fun doing my last giveaway, I just think it is time for another. So leave a comment between now and 12am on Friday morning PST and I will rise and shine on Friday with a winner. Good times!