Oh, Christmas Tree...

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!!

We have our tree, and it's finally decorated! We did it last night. The pictures don't really do it justice. It's really nice. We do still have to add our truffles; we put them on the tree instead of candy canes. Here are some pictures:

Renee and Lawrence decided to decorate themselves:

Today, we decorated the front of the house. We didn't go crazy, just some ribbon, a couple of bows, and some lights:

So, what else - we took pictures for our Christmas card, and we'll send those our this week. I hope I have your address - if not, email it to me!

I had went to a couple of interviews and two open houses, but I was rejected on 2 of the jobs, and IKEA didn't call me. I'm still waiting on a couple more. I haven't given up yet.

The kids got their progress reports, and as expected, they did drop their grades a little, but not like they did in Philly. I'm still satisfied.

The girls wanted to put an end to the bunk beds, so we took them down today. They're now decorating "their side" of the room. Nicole suggested that we get different bed frames, instead of having the bulky wooden ones in the room, so they can have more space. We'll get some after Christmas. Probably after I get a job...

Anyway, I don't think there's much more to post, so I'll talk later!

Thanks, and God Bless!!

Leslie

I've applied to everything under the sun...

... and no one has called me yet. I'm tired of looking for a job, and I'm tired of waiting for the phone to ring. But enough about my depression, let's talk about the kids:

Nate has basketball practice today, and he's really excited about it. Lawrence takes him at 7pm, and he practices for 1hr. I think Lawrence is more excited than Nate sometimes! Nate's doing a good job. Last week he went for the first time. They ran different basketball drills and played a couple of games. We have to get him sports goggles, but without his glasses, he played pretty good.

Renee is so into "Twilight". She just got finished reading the second book. We also took the kids to the movies to see it. Bri, Renee, Nate, and one of Renee's friends went, and they loved it. Well, not Bri - she thought it was a pretty stupid movie. While they were in the theater, Lawrence and I walked around the mall. I was not wasting $5.00 to see that movie! She wants the third book now. I was able to get the second one on a great sale ($8.00!), but I think I can find the third at a good price.

Bri is having boy trouble. I'll leave it at that, don't want to embarrass her. I don't miss these teenage years!

We're probably going to get our Christmas tree tonight. There are a couple of markets that have trees for $30, so we're going to check there. We pulled out the decorations and started planning what we're going to do. I'll try to post pictures later.

Well, that's about it. Please pray that I find a job soon.

Thanks, and God Bless!
Leslie