A few pictures from Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas from the Fullers

Oh the weather outside is fightful....

....but as long as you love me so...LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW!

That's one of my favorite Christmas songs. In fact, Christmas music is one of my favorite things about the holiday season.

That and Christmas parties.

And Christmas cards.

And Christmas treats.

And Christmas surprises.

ANYWAY, we battled the cold and snow to attend our base housing holiday party tonight. The management office rented out the local bowling area. (as Spencer calls it) Or bowling ally as most of us know it as. It was a lot of fun. We ate pizza, drank soda, bowled and played arcade games. All for free. I even got a strike in my first frame. No one witnessed it. Which was a shame considering the fact it's like the third time in my whole life. I say no one witnessed it because Brandon had duty tonight so it was just the kids and me that went and the older two were playing arcade games at that time. Sterling had a blast bowling and Seth clapped every time anyone knocked down pins. Even if they were seven lanes away. Lets just say he clapped a lot. Between claps and jumps for joy, he even got a couple of turns. All in all, it was A LOT of fun. We almost didn't go because of the nasty weather, but the roads were good and traffic wasn't heavy at all. So all was well.

Mom and Dad are coming this week. The kids don't know. It's always fun to surprise them. I can't wait.

Stephen turns 12 on Friday. It's hard for me to believe that he's this old. It just doesn't seem real. He's growing up. Right before my eyes.

We're having a Christmas party on Saturday. ADULTS ONLY. Can I tell you how excited I am? I think it's going to be so much fun. It's at 7:30. Feel free to stop by. We'd love to have you!

Till next time,

Your loving blogger

The small things excite me so

I actually feel a little silly being so excited, but I'm sure SOMEONE can relate. RIGHT? I can't be the only one excited about small stuff. What small stuff you ask? I have a follower that I don't even know! Some stranger is reading my blog. Others might be alarmed by this, but not me.

I'm that loony.

Some of you may be asking "What is a follower? And how do you know you have one?"

Look to your right. See those words right there? Yeah, those. The ones that say "Follow this blog." If you click it and add yourself, then you're notified every time I post on the blog.

Pretty cool.

Come on. Just click it.

You know you want to.

EVERYONE is doing it.

OK, so not everyone. OBVIOUSLY I only have a few followers. Maybe that's why I'm so excited about the NEW follower. Speaking of which, WOW. You are amazing. I stand in awe. SIXTEEN. You could write the book on the "Are they all yours" comments.

Well, that's my excitement for the day. Thanks for reading.

Love,
Beth

Spencer

Spencer can see Caillou's eye's now. You know, the DUMB,bald four year old on PBS. Spencer was watching it one day and he was squinting so I had him move closer to the TV and he says to me, "Now I can see Caillou's eyes." After that comment, I knew a trip to the eye Dr was in order. Here he is with his new glasses:

I LOVE IT!

So I entered this drawing online and I WON!!!




You can find this WONDERFUL candle here

It is by far one of the best candles I've owned. And the best part is that it's as natural as you can get. You know how I like to keep things real! I HIGHLY recommend this Etsy shop. And she ships super fast too.

Where do I start?

When I went through the pictures on the camera, I realized I haven't blogged in a while. I thought about making separate posts about it all, but decided it would be easier to just put it all out there.

In this blog post you will find a big black dog who thinks he owns us. The pictures don't do justice to show his size, but to put it into perspective, our bed is a king size. He sort of dwarfs it don't you think?





This is what we came home to the ONE time we attempted to crate him. Apparently his prison break left him hungry because he ate a twelve pack of hamburger buns, a loaf of bread, a dozen muffins, a dental bone and a bag of popping corn. Nice. His food obsession is why we crated him in the first place. We've learned to hide the food better. Our microwave has become a nice storage cabinet.




Here we have a picture of a mechanical horse.




We all know what it is. We've all ridden on at one time or another. We've all told our children, "Sorry honey, Mommy doesn't have any quarters." This nice horse is corralled at one of our local grocery stores. And the best part about him.....he's free. But get this. Both Sterling and Seth are afraid of the nice little horsey. Go figure.


Brandon has adopted a saying when people pick on him for not having a "Daddy's little girl." "Real men make men." Apparently, Marines in MOBCOM are real men. We had three families over for Thanksgiving, and between the four families, there were eight boys and no girls. We thought it was kind of funny. That having been said, I'm still holding out hopes that Sadie will join us for Thanksgiving next year. We had a great time and the food was delicious.







I took Spencer to the eye doctor today. Apparently the only thing he inherited from me was my poor vision. Here soon, he'll be sporting a pair of specs. He's very excited about it. I'm sure that will wear off soon, but until then, I hope he enjoys them.

I can't believe the year is coming to an end. It's been a great one for us. I can't find anything at all to complain about or wish it had been done differently. I'll be sending out cards soon. As always, I look forward, with bated breath even, to receiving cards from all of you. Oh, if you've changed address's this year, let me know so I can update my address book.

Merry Christmas everyone.