Finally... level 70

So, as most of you know, I'm a casual gamer. So, after 1444 days of playing Everquest II (and no, I don't play every day), I finally reached level 70!! It's awesome. Only 10 more levels to go and I'll be capped (unless of course the cap is bumped up again). It's a great escape. I love my Swashbuckler Buffytha Bixieslayer. She's awesome!!

Here's Buffy with her newly acquired deity pet, Motleymoo

Resolutions, revisited...

So, last January, I jotted down a few resolutions. It's now time to revisit and revamp...

Here's my post:

So, here are my resolutions:

1. Lose weight (I lost 52 lbs, not too bad!)
2. Complete my A.S. and apply to the teaching program (I earned my associates and will be applying for the teaching program 7/1/09. I didn't have the prereqs filled to apply last July).
3. Stop stressing the small things. (This one is tough!!)
4. Stop biting my nails. (As if... )

Well, that was them... So, resolutions for 2009:

1. Lose even more weight (and get active)
2. Apply to the teaching program.
3. De-clutter the house and work on remodeling.
4. Stop stressing the small stuff!!

Santa stopped by on Monday night...

Yes, he's a busy man, but we ended up getting him to stop by our place. He said he was in the neighborhood visiting an "aunt". Here are some pictures:

Kat hamming it up...



Once she realized who was at the door... oh the excitment!


A big hug for Santa!



Chillin' with her Dora DS game and her big brother's Nintendo DS...


The kids got a big present too... Santa was concerned that they wouldn't have time to play with it because they leave on Christmas morning for a week, so he dropped it off early. What a nice man!

Jazzing it up

So, Chad won tickets to tonight's Jazz game. We took Thomas and a friend of his. It was awesome! We lost, but still had a blast. All in all it ended up costing us about $20.00. We were chosen to run a relay race during the first break. If we won, we would get a $500.00 water heater, if not, a consolation prize. I got out on the floor and rode my little tricycle, Chad pushed Thomas in a wheel barrel, and Micah was supposed to dribble the basketball and shoot a layup. Those floors are really slick. I fell behind quick, and Chad almost dumped Thomas, it was hilarious. The other team couldn't make the shot, so Micah went charging down the court. He was about 3 steps away and the guy made the basket. We did get a really nice thermostat though. Totally had a great time. We are the perfect family to make total fools of ourselves in front of 19911 people.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

We got our tree up last night and took our traditional Christmas picture. I'll be printing them up at the Wal-mart a bit later today. Kat's got extremely pink cheeks. I'm guessing she snuck a granola bar when she was playing at the neighbors.



Byron, Kat, Thomas and Julia


me and Kat