Annice and Daniel and Our Little Joys

Friday, January 7, 2011

Pickin' Daisies......

was one of my Grandmother Cleo's favorite phrases. She used this when you were doing something fun with someone you loved or just something nice all by yourself. Well, this past Sunday I was able to pick daisies all by myself, which around here is a very rare treat. Daniel stayed home with the kids Sunday afternoon so that I could go shopping, and not just any shopping, fun and for me shopping mostly. I have been wanting to get to the fabric store since after Christmas and also to Super Target. Neither of these places are very close, so I had to do a little driving. I got to the fabric store at 2:00pm and didn't leave until 4:00pm, I was in heaven. I walked slowly around the entire store at least twice and found everything I was looking for. I'm going to try my hand at a few new sewing projects and start to get to know my new toy, the Cricut, so I needed a few supplies. After that I went to the Super Target, I've only been one other time and that was for a specific thing, so I just got in and out, but not this time, I was there for about 1 1/2 hours. I didn't need a whole lot, but I took my time going down each isle just to see what all they had. It was a great relaxing afternoon and I really enjoyed myself.
Today, Daniel and I are going to pick a few daisies together, but first he has to go have some minor cutting done on his chin. When he had his bike accident this summer he cut his chin badly enough that it required stitches. Well, since then he continues to get this spot under the scar that festers up with stuff and will eventually begin to leak(I know, too much information). It's really gross! Over Christmas he was showing it to my cousin who is a doctor and he said that the next time it happened to give him a call, so this week it happened and after Dr. Michael looked at it on Monday, he decided it need to be reopened and cleaned out. I hope he feels ok, because after that we are going to Harris Teeter for Super Doubles, out to eat, and possibly to a movie. I can't wait to see how Daniel handles the coupons, he typically doesn't do the grocery shopping unless it's just for a few things, so it is sure to be interesting. It's so nice to be able to spend quality time together whatever we are doing!

Happy Weekend!!!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Hello 2011

I really cannot believe that it's 2011, every year I say this as I reflect back on the past year. What we did the year before, what we will do this year, it just amazes me how fast it all goes by. When we're living our normal day to day lives it doesn't seem so fast, but when you stop and look back you realize just how fast it was. It almost feels like I'm Superman flying around the Earth at lightening fast speed when I reflect back. I try not to make New Year's resolutions, because for me they never seem to go very well. I like to think about things that I can work on personally, things our family can do or will be doing, and things that we have to look forward to.

So here's some of that list....

1: I am going to try really hard to not wish the day away or hurry along the days or months until an upcoming trip or event this year. It's something I have a hard time with sometimes, so that's something I'm going to work on this year.
2: As a family we are going to be getting our house organized and ready to hopefully put it on the market in the spring. We want to build a house nearby where we are now and so we're going to start investing some time and money into getting our house and our rental house ready to sale. I really hope it works out, but if not we can stay where we are.
3: Daniel and I will begin our MAPP Training in February and hopefully we will be able to start fostering through our Adoption Agency sometime in 2011.
4: The family will be taking a trip in April to Williamsburg, VA to Great Wolf Lodge, Busch Gardens, and Historic Williamsburg with my parents, my brother, and my niece.
5: Daniel, Edi and I will be taking a trip in April to Charleston, SC with the Cub Scout Pack Daniel is involved with to sleep on the USS Yorktown.
6: I'm going to get better with my couponing(is that a word?). I do it now, but not as well or as often as I should.
7: Try and eat better.
8: Read more.
9: Go to bed earlier.
10: Sew more and learn new things to do with sewing.

Happy New Year!!!

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Let it Snow and Snow and Snow!

Wow! Did we get some winter weather or what? I think it pretty much covered of of NC. When I went to bed a little before 10pm on Christmas night it was not snowing. When I awoke a little before 7am and looked outside the ground was covered, we already had at least 8 inches and throughout the day in continued to snow and we got about another 2 inches. It was so fluffy and white, no ice. I just love snow and how it makes everything look so clean and fresh, it even makes the air smells fresh. God's wonders are amazing and snow to me is one of his great wonders. It was still snowing here pretty good until mid afternoon, so we decided to stay in until then. Around 3pm the girls and I were picked up by my parent's to head down to our sledding hill by the pond with my brother and niece. We had a great time. John Mac was feeling a little under the weather, so we decided he should stay home with Daniel. On Monday John Mac was feeling better, so we all headed out to go sledding. It was so much fun. And of course we've had multiple bowls of snow cream over the past few days.

John Mac fell asleep in the chair with me Sunday morning while we watched the snow

Yummy Snow Cream!

John Mac's transportation back up the sledding hill, he loved it!

Tired little ones!!

Monday, December 27, 2010

"Sew" Fun Gifts

This year I decided to do a little sewing. Edi's Granny got her a sewing machine a while back and we've been playing around with it a little. For our church bazaar back in November we made some Boo Boo Bags and Soothie Bags to sell. They are really cute, to see them check out my craft website, Annie Mac Creations. I've also been playing around with making the kids some shirts. So this Christmas I made them all matching shirts and I made some shirts for some of the cousins and dishtowels for gifts for teachers and family. I have really enjoyed sewing and plan on doing a lot more. My mother-in-law got me a Cricut for Christmas and I'm starting to learn a little about it as well. I'm hoping I can get it to cut fabric, I tried the other night and it worked pretty good, but I have to do some more research and playing around with it to figure out all it's ins and outs. Here are a few of the things I did over the holidays.

Snow Pictures Coming Soon!

We woke up to about 8 inches of snow yesterday morning and got a couple more over the course of the day. We've enjoyed lots of sledding and fun. Pictures Coming Soon!

Christmas Memories

What a wonderful Christmas! It was so full of precious memories and so much laughter. I love to hear my children laugh, it has to be one of my greatest joys. Christmas Eve morning started early with Breakfast at Daniel's parent's with his Dad's family. There is always plenty of food and lots of special time together. Christmas Eve is also Daniel's Mom's birthday, so we try and celebrate it just as merrily as we celebrate Christmas. After breakfast we headed home for a few hours before heading over to my Aunt Jean's house for my Mom's family get together. We always have such a great time together and this year we had a new addition, my cousin Sarah's little boy, Hudson. After we left there it was of course time for bed in anticipation of our chubby, red suited visitor. The girls were so excited and got their PJs on right away so they could help fix Santa's snack and write him a little note.
Christmas morning came early. Daniel was up by 5:30am because he was so excited, I was up at 6:15am and the girls got up a little before7am, we of course had to wake up John Mac. We enjoyed our gifts from Santa and from each other before Daniel's parent's and Amber arrived at 8:30am. We opened our presents from them and enjoyed our traditional Christmas morning breakfast that Granny brings of eggs and sausage scrambled together, which make the best sandwiches ever. Around 10:30am we headed over to my parent's for our gift exchange with them. It was a wonderful Christmas! I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas!

Christmas Eve Morning with Granddaddy's Family