Laura Vegas

i want to thank everyone for their sweet comments and emails to me on christmas eve. it was kind of a sad night for me not having my girls here … and something that i've already decided must change for next year. i did end up getting a bunch of assignments done that night … which i guess is good. lol! when i woke up christmas morning … it was quiet. no girls waking me up or dragging me downstairs to open presents. joe had gotten home from work and headed off to sleep for a bit. i took my time getting ready and making sure everything at the house was done … and then headed out to get the girls. 

 

alyssa wore her jammies home … even though it was noon when they came home. sarah was all decked out in some of her clothes she got … but i talked her into putting some jammies back on for the pics. for the last 2 years … i havn't taken ANY photos on christmas morning. NONE. i tried to just relax and enjoy the moment more. but i miss having those photos … so i'm back with the camera this year.

 

sarah … trying to be so patient while waiting to open gifts. she LOVES christmas … loves gifts. so this wasn't easy for her. lol!

 

alyssa … re-checking her stocking loot from her dad's house. see the chapstick/lipsmackers? i think that's a standard girl stocking stuffer, right? i'm pretty sure we racked up about 20 more of them this year. lol!

 

sarah and her new webkinz … some sort of dog (can't remember which one). she LOVES webkinz!

 

alyssa and her new webkinz … a chipmunk, which she thought was the most adorable thing ever. they kind of look alike, don't they?!?! lol!

 

sarah picked this out for joe. we walked all over target and she just couldn't come up with anything. then we saw this football piggy bank … and thought it was a cute idea. because he loves football. and he also throws all his loose change in the kitchen drawer after work each morning. which bugs me. so now he has a spot to put it all!

 

do you think sarah likes her diary? lol! she has been begging me for a diary with a lock for months now. i made her give me a spare key too … because i know that she'll lose hers within the next week. lol!

alyssa got some new clarinet music … so she can play something other than what she plays in class everyday. i actually went in to buy her some sheet music for the piano … and found out that they don't carry individual songs nowdays … since you can download them off the internet. which i did … we got "love song" by sara bareilles for the piano. we both LOVE that song … and it sounds so good on the piano. so we're both determined to learn it. the entire house can vouch for that. lol!

 

speaking of music … here i am with my gift. a speaker/docking station … just a simple one. and i know you're wondering what's up with that look, right? apparently, no one could actually take a decent picture of me with my gift … i even had the zoom lens on. and yet, there i was … really small in the corner of the photo. so i finally yelled at them to give me my camera back … and i would take my own picture. so that should explain the stressed out smile. imagine me saying "omg, i'll just do this myself". lol!

 

this should be a new favorite game! the girls love "scene it" … and this one is all about disney channel. which we all know EVERYTHING about. lol! i know just about as much as the girls … and joe can even hold his own at it.

 

 

i think this may have been their favorite gift. they each got their own key to the house. lol! i know … alyssa is 12 and didn't even have her own key. and sarah? she's been begging me for one for months … but has a tendency to lose things. so i'm hoping she does ok with this. although sarah was totally bummed that they body of her kitty cat keychain broke off within seconds of her opening it. lol!

there was lots of other stuff. games, clothes, scarves and gloves, DVD's, books, and more. and they came home with tons of stuff from alyssa's dad and grandparents. they got the big gift there … a Wii .. with rockband and all the accesories. her dad has all the games they could want … so he figured he'd get them their own console to use here. there was also a dancing game, a drum type thing (different from rockband), lots more clothes, more backpacks, and all that good stuff. i'm still unpacking things … even 3 days later. lol!

so that was our christmas morning. and i'll be back tomorrow with the rest of christmas day!