Well the holidays are just about over. It will be nice to get back to normal, but I'll miss the extra days off work. We had some nice times just being with friends and playing games. Ken got a camera that she so wanted. If you have fb, I'm sure you'll be seeing the evidence of that camera soon. She and her friends love to take pictures of themselves. I guess that's pretty normal for a teenager. Now we gear up for a 16 birthday. No sweet 16 birthday party though.......I'm not good at putting those together. We'll just do a nice dinner somewhere with close friends to celebrate our girl turning 16.

I hope my family, near and far, had a nice holiday. I miss you all and look forward to see you sometime in 2011.

Happy New Year EVERYONE!!! Lots of love!

XOXO ♥ Lisa

Blessed

Sitting here this morning enjoying the quiet of my home with a cup of coffee and toast w/pumpkin butter, just thinking how blessed I am for my family......those near and far. Yesterday we hung out with family here. You know those friends that are so close they become family somewhere along the way. What fun it was, tons of food, games, and laughter. Today that same family is coming to our house for some traditional Puerto Rican food. Hope it comes out. I've never done it with out my mama. She's not her, but she's just a phone call away.

Thank you Lord for so richly blessing us. We are not worthy but you loved us so much to send your Son to live and die so that we may have eternal life.

I'm so greatful for the parents that I have, my siblings, my husband, in-laws, and daughter. That's just for starters. I have the greatest extended family there is. I don't get to see them often because distance keeps us a part, but Aunt Glady, Uncle Joe, Cesca, Jason, Joseph, Uncle Bob, Aunt Michele, Lizette ~ I love and miss you guys so much

PR family ~ Titi Sonia, Tio Wilson, Titi Lua ~ Te quiero mucho!! Espero que algún día traer a mi familia a Puerto Rico. Gracias por la comida de Puerto Rico que nos envíe. (thank you spanish translator. Hope this makes sense!)

I hope everyone has a blessed Christmas day. Relax, enjoy your loved ones.

♥ Lisa

Merry Christmas

Wow, this year has gone so fast! Here in the Thompson house hold we don't typically do Christmas up real big. We really have always told Ken that this day and this season isn't about her. For us it's about the birth of Jesus and even though she does get some gifts we don't spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on gifts, nor do we buy gifts for each other. It's just how it's always been. It's simple, and I love that we don't stress about who we have or haven't bought for and we don't go into major debt to get things for people. This Christmas will be a quiet day much like Thanksgiving was. We'll be home celebrating with just our little family and maybe a friend. We'll eat and remember the story of the birth of Jesus and be thankful that God sent his son to live and die for us.

We do, however, put up a tree.......but this year we didn't get to it until today. My beautiful daughter decided she would decorate it with just the red and silver balls this year. It's beautiful and I love it! I took a few pictures of the process, but I couldn't get Ken to be very enthusiastic about having her picture taken today.

Stocking are hung by the staircase cause we don't have a fireplace.....Thanks Rodney!

It's a little bit of a Charlie Brown tree, but it's cute!

Trying to get the brown dog to cooperate was difficult!

The black dog was a little better

Here they are together!