Catching Up With The Curtis Family: December 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

McKenna's Birthday/Christmas with Grandma & Grandpa Novak

Today was McKenna's 8th Birthday! I find it hard to believe that it has been 8 years. I clearly remember that, oh so long, week of labor and pure fear knowing I would be delivering 8 weeks early. While that was a stressful time, I thank the good Lord above for blessing me with a healthy child.
To celebrate her day, she slept in until 10 A.M. (I guess there are some benefits to her getting older. LOL) We then headed to Chuckie Cheese for a late lunch with some friends. It isn't what I would have chosen, but she wanted to play the games and win "crappy" prizes. Mission accomplished!
Later in the evening, we headed to Grandma & Grandpa Novak's to have Christmas with my dad. Mark and Pam arrived today, so we got to celebrate with them as well. Their children are getting so big and have fun personalities. While we were there, we celebrated McKenna's birthday with a cake from Dairy Queen. I have yet to let her open any of her birthday presents, which is killing her, as I will be hosting her birthday party on Thursday evening for my entire family. Below are some pictures from the evening.

Chase and I (minus the fact he wasn't looking)

Mark posing as a worker from Dairy Queen (Max works there...sorry, Max!)

McKenna soooo excited that this day has been all about her!

Singing Happy Birthday to McKenna

Maddie and Pam posing with the "gag" gift of the clip on cami

McKenna got another Zhu Zhu DS game

An attempt to get the three kids pictures together

We still have one more Christmas that needs to be had. I am beginning to wonder if this holiday season is every going to end. Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday, McKenna! What a blessing you are!

Love,
Megan

Monday, December 27, 2010

Family Pictures

Back in November, my dad took some senior pictures of Allison and some family pictures at Concordia Theological Seminary and the Old Fort. I finally got around to picking a few of them out. They turned out really nice! Here are a couple that he sent to me so I can finally get them posted. If you are ever interested in getting pictures taken, let me know. He does this on the side and is really inexpensive. It is definitely a hobby of his.

Merry Christmas

WOW! What a busy fews days it has been in the Curtis household. We have been busy shopping, wrapping, spending time with family, and traveling. Our weekend started with Doug and I doing some serious Christmas shopping as we didn't have it completed due to the fact that I went to school up until the 24th. YES...the 24th was my first day off of school. Christmas Eve was spent with my family opening gifts and going to church. We woke up on the 25th with our kids opening gifts from Santa and then headed to Lafayette to be with Doug's family for Christmas Day and the 26th. It was such a pleasure spending so much time with everyone. We hope that you enjoyed all of your family and friends over the holidays. Here are pictures from the past few days.

McKenna with G.G & G.G. (Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa)

McKenna got her Northface Fleece, hat, & gloves!! (Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa Shook)

Santa brought McKenna an IPod Touch!

Christmas morning after we opened gifts

Doug with his kids

McKenna and I on Christmas morning

Doug's mom and sisters

Debbie and her kids (and grandbaby, Lia)

Dawn and her family

Doug, Allison, and I (missing two...McKenna was with her dad & Dane went to Florida)

Merry Christmas to all! We are preparing our house for McKenna's birthday on Tuesday. More pictures to follow from that event.
Love,

Megan

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Kid's Christmas Party

Oh...holy business at the Curtis household! I have totally forgotten that I needed to update the blog for any of you that may be interested. Between school, basketball, holidays, and life...I just haven't gotten this done. Here are a few updates:
Doug's basketball is going well. His team is off to a decent start at 6-3. This is the best start in the last three years, so it is giving him something to look forward to for the remainder of the year.
McKenna has started her basketball season at LHS and is averaging about 14 points per game. She loves it and just understands what to do with the ball and what to do when you don't have the ball! We are working on slowing down so that the rest of the team can be included in the game since she knows to get the rebound and immediately go to the other end of the court while everyone else is still trying to find the ball. She just says, "Mom, I am just too quick!" (That's my girl!) I hope that I can keep her hooked as she still seems to enjoy cheerleading.
The older kids are finishing their semesters at school and looking forward to a break. Dane will be heading to Florida while Allison will be just hanging out around home with Chase and family.
I am busy making sure that everyone is where they are suppose to be. I am definitely looking forward to Christmas break. It is absolutely my favorite time of year! On Sunday, McKenna and I went down to a neighbors house who was having a Kid's Christmas Party. It was sooo cute and there were a ton of neighbors and their children there. It was great seeing everyone that we haven't seen due to the colder weather. Everyone brought a cookie plate and Santa showed up to pass out presents to the children. Their faces were priceless when he arrived. Below are pictures from the evening. (Notice my baby is growing up!!!)

McKenna posing by the Christmas tree!