Something fun/Something funny...to me anyway

So here's that mini book I made Kel for her birthday. We had 24 hours together in St Louis back in November and I decided that it would be the perfect opportunity to make a mini book. It was my first time doing something like this and I just loved doing it, loved the way it turned out, and loved that Kel loved it too. I did some journaling in it along with excerpts from my blog entry about the trip. I know some of you are going to think this is horrible...I can't even believe I'm going to say this but.....I don't scrapbook. (please don't hate me) I'm more into paper crafts, card making, and after Kel's book, I'm going to be a mini book making fool. I LOVE them!

Ok, so I think I'm
a little clever for using the skewers..

:)

Hubby should be getting home soon from his out of town meeting...He was only gone for 3 days but y'all, it felt like a hell of a lot more. Holy crap, I'm exhausted (sorry, I've got Kahlua in my coffee tee hee hee! It's past 9:00, the girls are asleep in bed...don't judge me ;) Delaney knew I was feeling a bit rough tonight and as I was snuggling with her in bed she brought up something she knew would make me laugh:

My Mom has a Nativity set, one she's had for 35 years. Well, some time ago, Baby Jesus became dislodged from His little straw bed...so He kind of just lays on top of it, not in it. Well, my little Brother Brian since about middle school (he's now 30) likes to liven up the Holidays by playing "find Baby Jesus". I cannot even describe to you how d*mn funny this little tradition can be. I have only two photos I can find right now but I assure you, there MANY more photos and even some video. These photos are not close to being as funny as some of the others.

Even Baby Jesus digs a cool set of wheels. Trying to hold in laughter as Baby J. rolled across the floor in the Spiderman jet ski was near impossible. That darn thing hit the back of Mom's heels and we all exploded! My brother does it mainly to push Mom's buttons (and boy is he good at it) and even she (the ex-nun remember) can't help but to crack a smile while she's trying to yell at him.

It took all of us way too long to find Him here...not my Bro's finest work, but we were all amazed how long it took us to find Him.

This is one of my favorites (mainly because of how WRONG it was):
It was Christmas and my Brother was now 21 so of course he was walking around with a long neck in his hand most of the day. He and Mom were on the couch having a discussion and my Brother was acting a little different than normal. He was using over exaggerated hand gestures when he spoke and holding his bottle up close to his mouth while Mom was talking. It took us a while to figure out what was going on. We whispered and giggled to each other until the whole house was aware of what was going on....except Mom. It took near forever but she shrieked "D*mn it Brian!" and we all lost it. There, the WHOLE time, perched atop of my Brother's beer bottle... was Baby Jesus.
I swear we were wiping tears for hours...still makes me laugh*!*

We are normal, I promise....

(BTW...On these last two entries I decided to load my photos that I know I want to post during the day when Blogger isn't so busy~I actually type my post late at night after kiddos are in bed. It's REALLY made a difference, they load so much faster and Blogger doesn't seem to get as grumpy. Of course this night the SPIRIT moved me to add those last two... Just a bit of advice that has seemed to help me..... Baby Jesus Rocks! ;)