Garth Brooks Concert

My friend, and neighbor, April had an extra ticket to the Garth Brook concert in Nashville.  She asked if I wanted to go with her (ok, really I noticed that on Facebook she posted she had an extra ticket, so I begged her to go with her :) ).  I had an amazing time!  I had so much fun at the concert and with April. Even thought I knew that she was a pretty great person, this just solidified my thoughts on that!

The concert was incredible.  Garth sang all of his older and popular songs - the ones you know by heart!  At one point Tricia Yearwood came out and sang a song with Garth and then sang one of her own songs.  The concert itself exuded energy and I am still blown away with how much energy that man has!

The night was a blast.  Oh, and a special thank you to Larry for taking care of our sick/feverish little man so I could go have some fun!!

Here are a few pictures from the night:

Garth from our seats:

Garth on the big screen in front of us:

On the floor:

April and I - cute picture minus the fingers behind us.  I might have to have someone photoshop them out for me:

April's friends, Sarah and Todd:

Garth and Tricia:

Garth and Tricia on the big screen:

Garth on the big screen:

Garth on the floor....saying goodnight:

Alex's Christmas Play

Alex had his Christmas Play at school today.  His class is singing "Jingle Bells" and ringing bells.  Alex is in the green Santa Claus shirt.  I'm not sure if he ever sang his song, but he sure did dance and ring his bell like a champ!

Here are a few pictures that I got during the play:

Ready for the singing to begin:

Ringing his bells and clapping:

Dancing...he was so excited!!

Crazy kid:

Jumping (or dancing):

I was getting a little worried for the girl next to him...he was waving his bells kind of wildly :)

No idea what he is doing in this one:

Dancing a little more:

Hugs for Mommy after his show:

Cute Picture

Here is a cute picture that I got of Alex today...he was showing off his "HO HO" shirt!  I like taking these pictures and posting them so I remember these sweet times :)

Gingerbread House Decorating = BIG FAIL

Tonight, we decided to try something new.  We thought it would be great fun to decorate a gingerbread house as a family.  We had a great time, in between telling Alex not to eat all the decorations and icing.  However, the final product looked MUCH different than the picture on the box!  We just kept reminding ourselves that it was our first time, but each time the icing started to slide down the house a little more, we couldn't help buy laugh at ourselves!  Alex had a blast though, both decorating the house and eating the candy!

After looking at our poor excuse for a gingerbread house, we decided that Kid, our Elf on the Shelf, would take our gingerbread house to Santa tonight when he gives his status report on Alex.  Alex was actually very excited to send Santa a present - in his mind, he is probably thinking that by sending him a present, he should get more presents :)  So, as of right now, the gingerbread house resides in the garbage can - patiently waiting for Kid to take it to the North Pole!

Here are some pictures of decorating the gingerbread house:

Meet Kid

Meet Kid...

Kid is our Elf on the Shelf.  Alex named him "Kid the Ef"....creative, right?!

Kid comes to our house at the beginning of the holiday season.  Each night, he flies back up to the North Pole to let Santa know if Alex has been a good boy or not.  When he returns in the morning, Kid is in a new place (after the first night he was on the shelf that we put our pictures on, the next time he was on the coffee table in the foyer, and tomorrow when Alex wakes up he will be hidden in the tree).

Alex only is starting to understand the concept!  He enjoys looking for and finding Kid each morning.  In the mornings he asks him how the North Pole was and asked if he got to talk to Santa.  I'm excited to see this tradition in our house in years to come :)