Roberts New babys

My naber and his girl friend got 2 new little angels as gift to each other for Christmas. The pore things or only 8 weeks old and had already been abused by there previous owner. I think they are just wonderful.

The next day

So after all the grownup excitement the night before we had our annual pancake breakfasted at the church the next morning. Ahhggg!!!! Was it hard to get up for that. But the kids had fun and that's what is importuned......right?

This years Galla

Ah yes the Gala of Trees.
The one night every year that Jeff and I get to dres up and be gronups together. We have loved this event so much and this year we enjoyed it for so many new reasoners .

#1 Our trees....That is the trees I was responsible for decorating.
#2 All of the new people (Friends) that were able to attend.
and
#3 How well our trees did. WO WHO!!!!!!!!!

My sisters and I with our princes themed table top tree.

This was a mager collaboration. Amy mayed the sine on the top. Jenn donated one of her seshons. My friend Tina helped me dikerat it. Not to forget all the girls that help just with their fantastic sugjesteons.
it wint for $550

Jeff legal assistant disind and decorated The Nightmare Before Christmas tree.
She hand made every one of those Jack ornaments. Jeff like it so much he got it for his office or maybe he got it to torchier her....

My friend Kera and her husband Billy maid it out. Its always a good time if the cool kids come to play.

I don't what it was about having my name on that sine that was so cool to me, But it was.
It was just about the coolest thing ever.

Jeff and I with the tree.

Just some pictures of the other trees

My tree again. :)

this is the tree that Jeff pouchest for our house the year. It just looks happy and its perfect for kiddos!

At our table we had Jeff and I Debbie and Crig

Kera and Billy

Ryan, Heather, Jeff's mom Cindy and Lorin.

Kera grabed my camera to catch my response to how the tree did.

AND!!!!! it wint for $5000. The best seling tree of the night.

The hole gang from the office and there spouses.

After the Galla we took Jeff's Nightmare Before Christmas tree to his office. We maid a big old mess trying to get it up so he got to vacuum. We were all just so tickled to see him doing it.

The Star Wars Tree

Droum roll pless

The tree lighting

Black Friday

After Thanksgiving dinner Kelly and I drove back to Salem to do some black Friday shopping. Boy did we have a blast. We started at Walmart as soon as we got into town at 4:30. After that we headed over to Toys-R-Us. It opened its doors at 10:30 and we got in and out by 10:45.
Nothing else was going to open until 3 or 4 so we decided it would be fun to go get warm and why not watch a movie while we were at it.

After the movie we met up with my friend Melody and her sisters. They were heading over to Kohl's so we decided to go with them and get the things we needed there.
I love Melody and miss having her here in town. However I love that her mom and dad live here so that she comes back every so often and we get to see her and the girls.

We even maid the paper

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201011270324
The ringleader

The streets were dark, the wind was whipping and the faint sound of a saxophone playing a Christmas tune could be heard in the distance.

Huddled in a semicircle outside the Salem Center Macy's at 3:30 a.m. were five sleep-deprived super shoppers waiting for the store to open at 4.

The ringleader, Leanna Thayer, was the Black Friday veteran, and coincidentally, she also was the most chipper of the Salem group.

Thayer coaxed her sister-in-law, Kelly Werner, into joining her on the Black Friday mission.
"She's the whole reason we're here," Werner said, pointing to Thayer.

The two, along with Thayer's friend Melody Thueson and Thueson's two teenage sisters, had been on the prowl for deals for about 10 hours.

They woke up Thanksgiving Day and never went back to sleep, hitting Wal-Mart, Toys R Us and Kohl's before Macy's.

Fueled by caffeine and unbeatable bargains, the team was showing signs of slowing down.
"Tired," came the spontaneous response when asked how they were feeling.

But specific items behind Macy's locked doors were enough to keep them in line.

Thayer and Werner had plans to purchase vacuums at half the regular price. They also were in search of jewelry and down comforters.

"It's just so much fun," Thayer said. "It's the experience. Shopping gives you a rush anyway, but shopping when you get great deals gives you even more of a rush."

— Cara Pallone

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