Monday, December 3, 2007

Sunday the Hales Crowd met at Robert/Sandra's for some grub (enchiladas, mexican rice, chicken divan, HUGE green salad & and OF COURSE some bread (some sort of hales tradition or maybe neccessity???!! they ALWAYS have bread at every dinner meal-cracks me up!) we then celebrated kellie and grahams bday with chocolate brownies w/ peppermint ice cream on top-SO GRUB!


this is BOO from monsters inc i SWEAR!

and then off to the creche..

(kids got to dress up-celene said graham HAD to be a pirate! sall good-it WAS his bday afterall right!)

i was PATROLLING the kids to make SURE their "hands were behind their backs" as we looked at the creche displays (we loved how every other sign said "please do not touch!") too funny..they were all really good about not touching any of them..or maybe that was because aunt nazi was behind them cracking the whip!??!
It was a fun night for all of us-we love getting together once a month on starving sunday..oh i mean FAST sunday...

Tonite for FHE our family dragged out our xmas decor--rachel was not happy about our "fake" xmas tree..but got into the spirit of things..here are some fun photos..

snowbabies that somebody made me (there are 5 girls..hmmm???-NO THIS IS NOT ANY SORT OF ANNOUNCEMENT!! but it does haunt me-should this worry me???!!)




i LOVE driving by houses and SEEING the xmas tree thru a window..so this year we put our "fake" tree in the dining room for all to see..or maybe just for me to see as i pull into the driveway..the girls loved having it there..and so will i--


5 comments:

Kristi said...

Love the pictures. They look absolutely darling! I am amazed to see how much everyone is growing! Thanks for posting them Christina. Your home looks so festive. There is something about twinkle lights that makes me want to come home to family!

Anonymous said...

ahhhh!!! love the pics, christina! that was so much fun. how many costume changes did the children do at the creche? like 5?? thanks for taking the pics. we always enjoy getting together on "slow" sunday, too. your house looks great. i am thumbs up on the fake christmas trees. i am allergic, which is a good excuse, but with the cost of fresh every year, i love the fake and you can find beautiful pre-lit ones. plus, you can keep it up longer! tis the season for christmas lights! your house looks great.

p.s. come home then, kristi! we will put up more twinkle lights - hehe.

Christina said...

celene-i use one of my ashman candles to get the "xmas tree" smell in..its called frost pine boughs..smells just like an xmas tree--

The Mercer Family said...

Your house looks so nice! I love Christmas decorations! I love that you can see the tree through the window! In our basement apartment...that's a little hard to pull off! :)

Anonymous said...

So, so fun! I love seeing the pictures of the goings-on with your family! And it's so fun to transform the house at Christmas time...everything just feels a little more magical!