Tech the Halls.....

Tech the Halls with tunes of mp3-ers!

We had some happy, happy kids this year! Carson got his first mp3 player, the Sansa Shaker mp3 player, he dances around with a big ol' grin on his face shakin' that little blue tune machine. (I need to upload a video of that....the boy's got MOOOVES! I'm so incredibly serious!)

Darren & Karlee got matching mp3 systems! They will be listening to their tunes on ZUNES! Darren's is black and Karlee's is white (with a lime green cover of course!)

They've been spending a lot of time downloading music and videos and comparing who has what, it's been pretty fun.

Don't ya just love this picture? I love how cute they are together. My friend Valerie Chandler wrote this post about this awhile back and I found myself completely agreeing with her. What moves me the most is watching these tender moments with the kids.

And come February, I will be singing "Sail Away with Me" or the theme from "The Love Boat" when Darren & I take This Cruise! It's more than a 3 hour tour & I'm so excited, but I swear if I hear the name "Gilligan", "MaryAnne", "Skipper" or "Ginger", I'm gonna freak! I'm fine with the Professor though and I wouldn't mind a donation from the Howells!

We are going with Darren's brother Gary & his wife Laurie and their daughter, Danielle & her husband Tyrell. I can't wait! I'm toying with the idea of renaming Darren that week & calling him "Thurston"....think he'd call me "Lovey"?! hee hee

So that's the highlights of our gifts this year. We all received many nice gifts and were feeling so fortunate. Of course it goes without saying that the gift that we are most grateful for was the gift that was given 2000 years ago in a humble stable. This year we watched this video of the Nativity after Darren read the story of Jesus' birth from the Bible. It was my favorite part of the night.

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well! Now my focus is on Carson's baptism next week! Woohoo! We're so excited!