Mackay Madness: Sooooo UNLIKE ME!!!

Friday, October 9, 2009

Sooooo UNLIKE ME!!!

If you know me well, you know I dont LOVE Christmas as much as some other holidays. I think it has become a little greedy and all about gifts and too busy. I think it has lost it's true meaning. That is why I LOVE SIMPLE LITTLE HALLOWEEN SO MUCH.
But I do love the tradition of Christmas, the lights, and the music. Those things are great.

ANYWHOOOO....

So, I am pulling in my driveway today and I see that the next door neighbors are having their Christmas lights put up and I think....OMG.... that is so lame. I am so against any Christmas before Thanksgiving is celebrated!!!

Then, as I pull in the garage, I remember Brandon saying something about hiring someone to put up our lights this year because it would be so treturous for him to do it with the two story roof line. So I figure...hey...just run next door and ask the nice man for his business card and in like a month or so, if it is reasonable, I can have them come back and do mine.

You know me....fifteeen minutes later, THEY ARE PUTTING UP MY STINKIN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS!!! It was a great deal, the guy was so nice, and he said it would be great to put them up in this beautiful weather. After Christmas they come back, take them down, and store them for you until next year. So all and all I think it was a good decision.

There's like 10 billion lights on this tree. Temple square, here I come!!!

Here is his info if anyone is interested. They did the front, sides and back of my house plus 4 trees in less than an hour. They do an amazing job, they are quick and reasonable. I have already sent them to my in-laws and I am calling my Grandma right now!

My mom is rolling over in her grave "sorry mom I know I promised to never start Christmas until after Thanksgiving but it was for the safety of the little elf workers on my roof...I swear!!!"

9 comments:

Lisa Erskine said...: You've been a busy blogger...or maybe I've been a busy worker-bee! :) I love your Halloween decor! We're huge Halloween fans over here, too! Your house is going to look awesome at Christmas time!! My theory on that is...there's too much to set up for one lousy month...so after Halloween my Christmas goes up! :); October 9, 2009 at 6:12 PM
margo said...: ha ha ha -- I loved when Brandon got the text that you were putting up Christmas lights. I told it that that's just the cost of him leaving you the weekend you are trying to get ready for a family vacation! hee hee I hope you're getting sun burned.; October 11, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Goddard Family said...: I just told my hubby yesterday that this weekend is supposed to be nice...that he should put up the lights! Better to be safe than sorry. Miss you!!!; October 12, 2009 at 4:39 PM
susan hall said...: i love christmas.. your house is going to look awesome...i love your summer post...i miss summer; October 13, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Bubba & Tara Morris said...: I did notice the beautiful twinkling lights!! You are not crazy just on top of things! I love it!; October 13, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Amy said...: What the? Christmas lights before Halloween! That's just wrong!; October 13, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Natali Thompson said...: How nice! You will love that in a few weeks when we are all up on ladders trying to do it in the snow! That is funny though-I just hope by Thanksgiving to have ours up.; October 17, 2009 at 3:32 PM
jenn said...: Yep. Mama is rolling in her grave. ;)

You are so funny. Chris will be so jealous that you already have your lights up. Basically it is a near-death experience everytime he puts up or takes down our lights. Yikes!

How was Hawaii? Can't wait to hear all about it!!!; October 17, 2009 at 11:48 PM
a-jodi-hall-a-day said...: Love those guys. This year we are giving them a rain check. but last year, we got yard of the month for our christmas lights thanks to them!!; October 24, 2009 at 6:58 PM

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!