I was a bit concerned that I might be sad having Christmas without snow or cold but as we get closer to Florida the weather has changed from 7 degrees when we left to now 72 degrees and I must say it's not at all bad! Our first time out of the car with the warmer weather was wonderful. We are listening to When My Heart Finds Christmas by Harry Connick Jr. and I'm in the front seat hoping my internet connection keeps so I can finish this post. My ds is driving beautifully! Although he's about ready to come up to a very serious decision he is going to have to make. As an early Christmas gift I got some antlers and a big red nose that goes on my car. We haven't put them on yet because we were afraid the excessive highway driving would ruin them but as we get closer to the house we are going to put them on so we can make a grand entrance. The issue is when I got them and initially put them on the car he said he would never drive the car with those on. The decision he is going to have to make is whether or not he will drive the car with them on as we pull up to the house, because he really wants to be the one driving when we arrive. I can't wait to see how this goes. At this point he is saying he is not going to pull over to put them on, but he has another thing coming if he thinks that's not going to happen.

This trip has been so much fun. The 18+ hour drive has been relaxing. I've even pulled out my iPod and been listening to music I haven't heard in a very long time. I've spent a majority of the trip listening to a weird, variety of music; MIKA, Amy Winehouse and Darius Rucker specifically. MIKA is just fun and funny. Amy Winehouse has such a unique voice I really like and Darius Rucker is one of my favorites. I have always liked Hootie and the Blowfish and was very happy to hear he had his own album out now. I made sure I grabbed that before coming on this long trip.

DH has adapted well to the boys and my road rules. He is normally the one "in charge" on these trips because its just easier that way but since the boys and I made this trip without him earlier in the year we are the experts. He wasn't to sure of Mandy (our TomTom GPS) at the beginning of the trip but now he understands how accurate and good (at least for this trip) she really is. We love our Mandy. He's now cat napping - you go DH.

If I don't post before Christmas I hope everyone has a wonderul Christmas no matter where you are. Merry Christmas and looking forward to a very Happy New Year!

I love this photo. This was taken last weekend after all my attempts at getting "proper" photos failed. It was cold outside, the boys were not cooperating and dad was acting crazy at an event being held at the Central West End. We had not planned on attending and the boys were not interested in sitting on Santa's lap or at the very least next to him in his sled. So, this was my attempt at the next best thing and I liked the result. This was a spontaneous photo taken of the boys reacting to their dad's silly antics. It's honest and fun.

Had to share this beauty. Chad made this for a school project out of clay. Go figure a big block of clay could turn into this:

Yeah Chad!