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I've never seen Chelsea more motivated than this past week that she had to work on getting her bedroom cleaned and ready for her new daybed we purchased from Bombay kids for her birthday. She had almost everything cleaned before I headed up there today my one day off work to work on the final touches. We vacuumed the floor, moved the lamp and chair and hung stars from the ceiling. Now we are just waiting...

Chelsea got to celebrate her birthday three times this year. On Saturday she had her party at Cherokee Hills with family and friends. On Monday (the day of her birthday) we went to dinner with our immediate family at Longhorn and tonight we had an amazing dinner at Shinto's in Strongsville with Uncle Rob and Aunt Mimi and Grandma. What a fun week we have all gotten to share in!

I've been going back and fourth about reading the book A million little pieces. I started out reading it because of all the talk about what a great book it was. It started out slow, but just as I seemed to be getting into the book all the controversy started about the truth of the book.
Now it's not so much that I don't want to read it anymore, but I don't know if it would have been a best seller...

Last Saturday we spent a couple hours at Laser Extreme for Kenneths 6th birthday. The kids had a blast and as usual I took lots of pictures!
Alexa was a doll...

I cannot believe it is the last day in January. I swore this month I wouldn't be as busy and would have more time to do my fun things... where did the month go?
It's not looking like February is going to be any slower either.
Valentines parties for kids and adults - favors to make for both
swaps due on the 15th
projects for others to be done within next two weeks
Birthday celebrations thoughout...

Finally the computer is working again, I've got some scrapping going on and my crafts and other activities are getting back on track!
As usual I've got several projects in the making! So here is to list making to figure out what I have to get done yet...
1. Paperbag books for swap (Due February 15th)
2. Valentines for girlfriend Valenting party (Due February 15th - got my idea and started making...

Lisa and I took the kids ice skating on Sunday - it was a fun afternoon watching the kids (and Lisa) skate around. Brendan is such a ham when it comes to picture taking. I too had to make at least one lap around the rink - per Lisa...

A moment to catch up, reflect on days past and actually enjoy the moment!
Things started to get a bit crazy for me, especially the closer it got to Christmas. I know now I will never let myself get that far behind again! I need a better plan, better ideas to make the holiday season run smoothly.
So many things I didn't get to enjoy that I usually look forward to:
1. Making homemade gifts for...

Santa Garrett was adorable - although he wasn't a willing participant at first. These are some of my favorite shots of him and his brother.

How hard could it be to get a good picture of 4 willing participants??? Let's just say it wasn't easy!