Season Stuff

Tis the season for Christmas Carols and parades.  Here are a few shots of the happenings lately.

Zachary is in choir this year.  Garrett Jr. High Choir sang at the annual Boulder City tree lighting.  Who says choirboys arent tough?

Raegan managed a photo op with the man in red and BC's own Jingle Cat.

A few days later is the annual Christmas Parade.  Raegan and her cheer squad were excited to march along in the fun.

We sipped on hot cocoa and enjoyed the parade as well as the not so cold weather.  Isn't Christmastime fun?

First days of Christmas..

Well we did it!! We put up the christmas tree! What a feat it is to assemble this tree. As much as I love this tree, I also hate to assemble it. But the results are always worth it. This is a lucky find tree, I got it at a garage sale for $20. Is that a steal or what?

Our tree is extra beautiful this year thanks to my friend of Christmas decor Rachelle. She's a bit of a Christmas tree a-holic. Currently she has 3 trees in her home and one somewhere in Arizona...? Anyway she handed all of her ornaments from her "white christmas" themed tree to our family. Over the years, slowly but surely I have been going designer on our tree. Purchasing ornaments bit by bit each year. Well Rachelle made it happen this year, as my tree's theme is blue, green, white.... like my home.. we are full blown designer tree... I love it... the kids like the excessive ornaments because there are so many, it doesn't matter where they put them. Mike.. has no comment.

So, it seems the Christmas season is upon us... happy holidays everyone!

Halloween Happenings!

Haunted days of 2008 have come and gone. Well not completely, my house now looks as if Halloween came by and threw up, I have stuff all over my garage, in my car, outside, in my living room, bedrooms kitchen... etc... I have big plans of a Halloween cleanse this week.

Thursday night we had a wonderful surprise... Mike came home early!! Yay.. we were so happy he could be with us for trick or treat. Here is another look at the kids in their costumes. Slash from Guitar Hero.. or Guns N Roses for us old folks.

Wednesday Addams and Thing.

Rae had a great time trick or treating with her wiggly hand. Since she refused to remove any of her doll's heads, we were so happy to find this "thing" at Kmart 50% off.

Mike and I were Beetlejuice and Lydia for our Halloween Bash.

I was sewing up to the last minute and praying my dress would hold through the night. Mike's costume was a thrift store suit and after painting two stripes with fabric paint, I realized it would take me forever to stripe this suit, so I resorted to duct tape and spray paint, and it worked beautifully. Believe it or not, Mike's wig was three times this size when I got it, not so authentic. And it looked like a star fish. My hair worked out all except my bangs, I ran out of time and the spiky bang extension wasn't cooperating and I was already 5 minutes late to my own party. So I chucked them. Mike was my best accessory anyway. No one knew who I was until I was standing next to him, but I expected that much. I have to say, doing the thriller in this get up was tough, I was having flashbacks to my wedding day trying to do the electric slide. All in all it was worth it! Being able to dance, laugh and act nutty at least once a year...? I'm down with that!

Visit www.crabtobhux.com later this week to see all of the fun and craziness of the big party.

Thanksgiving here we come..

Is that a Crabtree or a Celebrity?

Halloween is officially upon us. Costumes are done and we attended our first Halloween carnival tonight. Guess who we are!! and Who we really are????

Not to far from the tree..

I remember learning how to craft and sew with my Grandma Mary and my mom. Here is a picture of my mom teaching Raegan how to use a sewing machine. Scary!
Rae's creations. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.

Visit our blog and leave a comment for Raegan.

"I'm gonna get you my pretty!"

New posts on my public blog..

Please visit... http://marymaryrc.blogspot.com/ and leave a few comments if you wish.. I love comments.

"I'm goin back to Cali"

About an hour before school got out on Friday, my mom had to scoot off to Winslow for the weekend meaning the kids would come with me back to OC. No sense in prolonging the inevitable so we hopped int he car and headed back to Cali. So I tried to fill Saturday with some fun. We started the day off at the LaBrea Tar Pits, which I had always heard of but had never been.The tar was pretty smelly, but interesting to watch bubble through the water. Here Zach and Rae are experiencing what it would be like to get stuck in the tar. UGH! Lots of interesting species to learn about in the museum. Of course they were really enthralled with the turtles in the garden.After the museum we headed down t Laguna Beach. We had a pleasant time building sand castles and making friends.

What did you do this weekend?