The New House

Well, it took me long enough. We've lived in the new place for six weeks and I'm just now getting pictures up. Sorry for the delay. We're as settled as can be for now but come tax time each room is getting a makeover. In another two months maybe I'll get pictures of that up. LOL. Hope you enjoy!

The house!

My room.

Living room.

Living room.

James' room.

Titus' room.

Titus' room.

Play house, swing set, and sandbox.

Backyard and dog run.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!!

So I wrote this wonderful message of Christmas cheer and the computer ate it in its Grinch style. Ba humbug! I guess each picture will just get a lengthy caption. Enjoy.

Kristy found this great little wooden tree at the GoodWill. It has pegs all over it to hang ornaments. It was so cute. I hung the earring that Tracy hand-made for me on it, you can see them on the left. James made a couple of ornaments for it and hung lots of candy canes on it which Titus and Jude kept eating. Ah the joys of parenthood! :) The topper is an angle Titus "made" in Sunday school. I absolutely adore the whole thing!!

What a beautiful angel!

James was the only one that would sit still long enough for me to take his picture. He picked out this outfit for the Christmas Eve candle light service. He is so handsome!

The Starnes family tree and stockings. Thank you Grandma, Papa, Grammy, and Grandad for all the wonderful gifts!



Our hand-made stocking from my mommy. One of my favorite parts of Christmas.



It is a tradition for us to open one gift on Christmas Eve. It is always a new pair of pajamas so we are decent on Christmas morning for pictures. ;) Titus' new thing is to say "cheese" every time he sees the camera. I love it!



James and Titus both received dinosaur pajamas. James was very impressed.



After jammy time the boys watched the traditional Christmas cartoons on TV, popcorn and all.




They were watching Mr. Heat Miser.




Both boys received scooters from their Grammy and Grandad. Titus straddles his and runs while hovering over the seat. It is quite adorable. In the afternoon while Aaron and Titus napped James and I went to the bike path with Jude and tested out his new wheels. His balance still needs some work but we'll keep trying.

Titus received a basketball hoop from his Grandma and Papa. He can slam dunk on the lowest level and he can already shoot it into the second level. He is every bit as athletic as James is smart!

This is not from Christmas but James sang me a lovely song the other night and I wanted to share his talent with all of you. He is such and amazing little boy. I enjoy him so much.

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Titus always copies me when I whistle so I was trying to catch it on tape however, every time he sees the camera he just says "cheese". The majority of this video is of him ignoring me but it was just too darn cute to pass up.

I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas as much as I did. Even though I couldn't afford to buy my children a single gift I loved the time I spend with James, the smiles I got from Titus and the notes my husband wrote to me...all things that didn't cost anything. Sometimes I forget that idea is what Christmas is all about...the love we get and give and the love of God.

Titus' First Snow

Yes, I said snow. It actually snowed in Las Cruces! And even more amazing, it stuck!! James is thrilled because he loves snow but Titus has never seen it before. He seemed to know what to do though. He got right in and started throwing it at his brother. Gotta love sibling rivalry. :) Here are some pics. Enjoy!



Mom, what's with all the clothes?



Beautiful



Purple Mountain Majesty



Run away!



Here comes James.



Amazing



What fun.



Winter wonderland

The Boys Have New Haircuts

I know its been a long time since I blogged about the children and I still haven't written about my trip. I am trying to wade through the hundreds of pictures! Anyway, here we are at Thanksgiving and both children have new haircuts. This was Titus' first! I wanted to wait for a birthday or special day but it was growing so fast and driving me crazy. It had cute little curls in the back for a while but then it got so long and was just gross. I finally just wacked it off. James had a great long do while we were home this summer but then as it grew out it just lost its shape. I had it done at the salon several weeks ago and I LOVED it...for about three days. Then it just looked shaggy. He has been asking for a mohawk for over a year now and I finally gave in. I wasn't sure I would like it but I actually LOVE it. Let's hope it lasts longer than three days. Lol! Hope you like the pics.

The First Snip!

Before

The First Cut

Itchy, itchy, itchy!

After

Before

Hello, McFly!

Rock On!

What Kind Of Dinosaur Is That Again?

I say again, weight loss in November?

So my whole healthy living plan has been thrown out the window and hit by a Mac truck. I have been working as ton as a tutor at Gym Magic and not had the time to exercise as much. Plus the tutoring program has overflown its room and most of the gym equipment has been put in storage so I have nothing to workout on anyway. My eating stinks as usual but I'm still down at 72 pounds so I'll take it. We'll see what happens after Thanksgiving. I'll be working even more and preparing to move. I think its a lost cause but try, try again, right?