Couples Xmas Dinner

FAB time at JB Dawsons...excellent drinks and food, and best of all, the company...:)

my dinner: salmon oscar (topped with crab) and baked potato-YUM

shots???  wonder who ordered those....

Friday Happy Hr at the Fillibens

No men, (except my dad)...just us gals eating, drinking and being merry...:)

EARS Pierced....

The girls have been begging to get their ears done ever since one of their younger cousins got hers done over the Summer (thx Ry,)...JK...!  I, personally, wanted to wait until they were 13 yrs old to get them done (like me)...but, Haylee begged and begged....so, today, Bella and Haylee hit Concord Mall and we had it done...end result...THEY LOVE IT!

A bit scared, but trooped thru...

HAPPY GIRL...she truly was not scared...and now all she talkes about is the next pair I buy her...

Early Christmas present

I must have been a very good girl...Santa came early to my house with a Maytag double oven...been dreaming of having one for years...and finally, a new laptop from Gateway...it's RED and has all the bells and whistles, like Skype...I'm finally catching up with technology today!!!

Kindergarten Holiday Concert!

What an adorable little concert they put on...Ashlee's class sang "Must be Santa", and she was just so excited for this big day to come...she carefully laid out her outfit the night before, so she would be ready to go the next morn!!

Monday Night Fun

Usually Jim's dad picks up the girls every Monday from school, and then watches Ashlee for me while I take Haylee to her weekly religion class at St. Anthony's...but today he had a conflict, so after I dropped off Haylee at class, me and Ash hit Kid Shelleen's for their Monday FUNday....every Monday kids eat for FREE, and they have a balloon artist who comes around and makes amazing crafts for the kids...here is Ashlee's 'ornament' hat...she couldn't WAIT to show her dad...unfortunately, it popped 2 seconds after she showed it to him...oh the tears...thx DAD...(JK)!

Sweet Helpers

My girls help me make yummy homemade chocolate chip cookies in the morning...they turned out perfect...

Tree Trim

The traditional tree trim at the Fillibens/Fran's bd celli, was definitely eventful...what started out as great fun with family and best friends, turned into a trip to the ER for my dad...:(  He spiked a 104 fever and fell...he is still at the hospital!  It was very scary when they rushed him there...and I'm SO thankful for Jody for taking care of my little girls, and for Staci for staying and helping clean up their house while we were gone...you are both the BEST!!!!

Thx, Staci for me and Jody's awesome new wine glasses-love it!

Christmas Crafts!

Tonite the Kindergarten class hosted a build your own gingerbread house/man at school today with their families...the kiddies got to go to school in their PJ's, drink home made hot choc, read a story, and build and eat their crafts...Ash had a blast seeing all her classmates again (even tho she just saw them 3 hrs prior!)
Here's some shots of the fun night....

Ashlee's Kindergarten teacher and Haylee's old Kindergarten teacher

Blog to Blog #2

Another fabulous Blog on us from my friend, Janet!!!  I just love her blog!!!  THANKS, Janet!
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/?p=14070

Dinner and more...

sometimes it's just about the company ( food and wine optional)...'nuff said.  Looking fwd to more fun on the 18th, 8th and 22nd...