Christmas

We had a fun time with Darcy on her first Christmas. We did not go over board at our house with STUFF...lets face it...she gets stuff all year. However she did get her "favorite" My Friends Tigger and Pooh characters. She really likes the "Darby" doll.


Darcy, however greatful for all of her gifts, I think enjoyed the gift wrap more than the actual gifts at the time of opening. Here she is after a quick bite of the gift bow.


Darcy and Anna Belle I think had a great 1st Christmas! Aside from really racking up on the gifts I think they had fun at all the parties playing with the many family members. Ali and I kept talking about how we didn't buy our kids that much stuff...but somehow after all the parties I have to find bigger storage containers to hold all the new stuff...


The girls really enjoyed playing under Uncle Jerry and Aunt Cindy's glass coffee table. They thought it was funny that they could not touch the drinks that were placed on top of the table while they were under it.


And finally Christmas morning with the Rishel Families...The girls wore their Grinch shirts in support of Uncle Chevis's Bah-Humbug shirt that is worn every year.

I am not going to lie...

Darcy's dedication was yesterday during church. I understand that I am totally bias...but she was the cutest kid being dedicated. She is appearantly too cool for shoes because she was barefoot by the time we walked to the front of the church. Darcy proceeded to grab her feet and pull on her dress then entire time we were in front of the congregation. She also enjoyed her conversation with the little boy next to us.





(A special thanks to Aunt Ali and Uncle Johnathon who took all of these pictures!)Cousin Anna Belle came to show her support of the dedication. She still doesn't seem too trusting of Darcy. I think if some kid pulled my hair that much I would not trust them either. (I am sorry Anna Belle we are working on it.)





Thank you everyone who came to Darcy's dedication. It meant a lot to us and we appreciate the support. (Both Corey and I's families came for the dedication...I just wasn't thinking and took no pictures of the families with Darcy...sorry)

OHHH OOOO

Yesterday while running errands I almost ran over some K-Mart shoppers. (picture below)



My brakes went out, which is scary. I was driving relatively slow in a K-Mart parking lot but was about to turn onto a busy highway (my life was sparred). Zach (who has the same truck but got his fixed) or Ford didn't bother to tell me about the recall but I am not holding a grudge.

Culture Bits.

Books:

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell- I am geek when it comes to culture studies and this one is about successful people and the ingredients to their success.

TV:

Arrested Development- This is by far the best show ever. Audri and I are re-watching the series in the evenings when Darcy goes to bed. LOOSE SEAL!!!!

Music:

New Music has been pretty lame lately but I'm enjoying 808s & Heartbreak by Kanye West. He has always been credited as a different type of rapper but has too often fallen into the same sterotype. 808s is a departure from everything he has ever done both lyrically and musically.

Website:

I have a favorite new website www.thedailybeast.com. The Daily Beast is a product of the 24 hours/ internet news cycle but it doesn't let that get in the way of great political and social commentary.

corey