HI!

I know, I know...I'm going start again. It's been since July since I've popped in to say hello. I really want to be a blogger again, so here we go.

Let's start back up with a contest! I found a blog that is giving away a bunch of stuff from GameStop. So... since I live with 4 gamers, I thought I'd enter! To enter you have to answer a bunch of questions about the holidays and post them to your blog. Easy enough. If you have a blog...you should enter too. There are other ways to enter, just go here to find out how!

TodaysMama  and GameStop  are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.

1. What is your holiday wish for your family?
Above all right now I'd have to say good health. We've been dealing with asthma (Justin & Will) for the last six month pretty heavily. It's not anything life threatening like some people have to endure with their children. I'm thankful for that. We've just spent a lot of nights doing breathing treatments every 3-4 hours. Stressful to say the least.

2. What is your Christmas morning?
 The boys are not allowed to leave their room (I was going to write rooms, but you know the truth about our sleep issues & that they are still all in the same one) without yelling and waking us up first. The tree and presents are all visible from the stairs. I have to have the camera ready when they come down. Presents are opened! We drink hot chocolate & eat cinnamon rolls!

3. If you could ask Santa for one, completely decadent wish for yourself, what would it be?
A Mediterranean Cruise. I know. It would be a dream come true. Maybe for my 40th?!
4. How do you make the holidays special without spending any money?
We decorate the yard & house entirely too early every year (as soon as the Halloween decorations are taken down.) We drink hot chocolate while we're doing it even though it's usually 80 degrees outside.
5. What games did you play with your family growing up?
Aggravation. My sister Heather is still the biggest cheater at it. It lives up to his title and she helps it!

6. What holiday tradition have you carried on from your own childhood?
We do the standard stuff! Santa leaves gifts unwrapped - one per child. They get three gift each from us. Just like the three wisemen brought Jesus.

7. Where would you go for a Christmas-away-from-home trip?
We always go to Houston to see my family & D/FW to see Boyd's family. We think it's important to be home on Christmas Eve & Christmas day for the kids.

8. Check out GameStop and tell us, what are the three top items on your GameStop Wish List this year?
Justin wants the DsiXL
Josh would love that X-Box360 with Kinect
Will loves Star Wars right now. I think a Star Wars game for the Wii would rock his world!

So there you go! Pretty painless. I'll letcha know if I win!
I have a gazillion picts to post from the fall. Maybe I'll get to it over the Christmas break. Maybe...no promises. ;)