Cat-egories

So Christmas came and went. We had a good one. Christmas eve services went well. Mg was a shepherd in the play. He really wanted to be a shepherd so that worked out. When they handed out parts Mg asked which shepherd he was. The lady giving out the parts thought quick and told him he was Larry the shepherd. He was very pleased with that.

We opened presents Christmas morning. Mg got a remote control helicopter, a video camera (a cheap iflip), and some pixo sets from santa. He also got a video game chair from Nana. Westers got a Thomas train set (his favorite by far), a Cars tool kit toy thing, and some blocks from santa. He also got a Cars and a Wall E bean bag chair from Nana.

Tark ended up getting two DVDs, some socks, and his favorite candy. I got this…

It looks better in person, but isn’t it a cool gift? Some people in our church had made one kind of like it for our children’s ministry area, and I said it was really nice. So, Tark had them make me one for Christmas.

So our Christmas was rather simple, we didn’t spend too much money this year. Which is good as I am a youth director and Tark works for a company in which job security doesn’t exists.

Now it is time for Disney World. We are taking a dozen or so youth and 2 other adults besides Tark and I. We are leaving early Monday morning. My mom is coming today to take care of the boys. I really should have packed last night, but I didn’t , so I have to pack tonight as Sunday we have to go pick up the vans and then we have youth on Sunday night. So this will probably be my last post before we leave. When we get there I will post the link to the youth’s video blog is that actually happens.

For the new year, we are going to try to do several things. First we are pledging to not eat out at all except for special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries and in case someone comes and see us. Next, we will eat no fast food at all. This includes getting pizza. (That 0ne will be hard). Also, we are not going to spend money on anything that is not absolutely necessary. Tark and I have enough clothes, so unless something crazy happens such as our clothes do not fit at all, we will buy only what we need to get by and that is it. We will buy the boys clothes as needed, but will do so at consignment stores, goodwill, etc (we already do this mostly , so not a big deal). So I guess we are going to be cheapies this year, but we really feel we spend too much money on things that we really do not need. I don’t know how this will go, but I will get everyone posted weekly. Yes, I know you are on the edge of your seat.

Of course all this starts after Disney World. Though, we are only spending cash that we are taking and that we got for Christmas. We will be back on January 4th.

Happy New Year!