Dear Santa,

I have been a very good boy this year! I wanted to tell you how nice it was to meet you when we went to see Christmas lights. That was a lot of fun. Maybe next year you can show me the North Pole! Just a suggestion!! Thank you for taking a picture with me too.

I guess you agree that I have been a good boy because you brought me everything I asked for and more!!!

Love, Trenton

As you can see Trenton got what every little boy needs:

Train set, shopping cart and basketball goal!

Sing Along Car!

Train Table!

Playground...swings are on the way!

I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas. We did the Riley Christmas the Sunday before at our house! We had 11 adults and10 kids under the age of 12! Gene was busy assembling the new playground while I helped get ready for the day! It was nice to have everyone over for the holidays! Our first since we just got our new house! Mom and Dad you are the best and I couldn't ask for better parents. The Grandchildren are truly blessed! It felt like the gifts never ended.

Gene has been really sick again this year, I guess it is our new family tradition. We have to quarantine ourselves because Gene gets a really bad case of Strep or Tonsilitis every Christmas! Instead of going to Mom and Dads for traditional feast we had Jack in the Box! We didn't need to infect anyone else! By today I was so tired of being stuck in the house we went to lunch as a family and shopped a little! I have the 2 greatest men in the world to take care of me (or vice versa!) and I love them both!

All in all we had a blast! Trenton also got several Handy Haulers, Noisy Cars (thanks Mom), PLAYDOUGH (Kim I won't go there!) and of course clothes! We are blessed to have our family and friends! Hope everyone has a great New Year!

Also, Mom had her surgery and is doing great!

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Lights, Lights and More Lights!

So this weekend was full of Christmas lights which is fine because that is one of my favorite parts of the season. On Thursday I too Trenton to the Dickinson Christmas parade (no pics as I was alone!). Saturday my Mom, Sister (Laurie) and my Neice (Jaycie) came out to go with Trenton and I to the Dickinson Festival of Lights. This is the most amazing light display I have ever seen. Its FREE, you walk through, they have a train (free), they have pictures with Santa, you can make cookies and the list just keeps going. We decided to just enjoy the lights. It was awesome. I hope everyone gets to view this amazing display! Coming up next....Trenton's new playground brought to you by Daddy (and hopefully a team of expert craftsmen!)

This is a video of Trenton running through the tunnel of lights! I am not computer saavy so you will have to deal with the sideways view!

Trenton & Jaycie (my neice)

Trenton all bundled up to look at lights!

Me and My sis Laurie!

I love my husband for several reasons, but right I now I love him because he is brave enough to climb on the roof to hang Christmas lights for me! My favorite holiday is Christmas and my favorite part are the lights! This is our first year to have our own home so we decided to decorate! I have to admit that the person who invented shingle hooks was a genius! We have a very steep roof and needless to say Gene was not happy to be hanging over the side!

Gene reconsidering his love for me!

Really reconsidering!

The end result!

I am THANKFUL for...

I can't believe how time flies when your having fun.This blog is to tell my son how Thankful I am to have him. Trenton is the most exciting little boy I have ever layed eyes on and it makes me so proud to be his Mom. I love you so much Trenton and when you are in your teenage years I hope you still know that. You are my first child and at times I am scared that I won't be able to love another child as much as I love you! I know I will, but you are my first. I am thankful for your cheerful giggle, your chubby smile and your clever expressions. You bring so much happiness to your dad and I. Here are some recent pictures just to show you how much Trenton is growing. We are truly blessed for our family and friends.

Cowboy Trenton!

My how you have grown! Eating your very own yogurt!

Dad an elephant says mmmppppphphhhhh!

Heading back inside after playing in the semi cold weather!

If I could just get this piece loose.....I fixed it!

This Thanksgiving is so meaningful to me because we have so much to be Thankful for. With the economy and world being what it is right now, Gene and I are truly blessed. I hope that this Thanksgiving everyone will appreciate all that they have instead of complaining of what they don't have. We are Thankful we have jobs, our son, each other, loving friends and families that are always at our side!

God Bless everyone this Thanksgiving weekend.