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to go along with the pics... we had a great christmas! christmas eve was spent with my parents at our house, opening all gifts except santa gifts. we were all spoiled rotten! christmas day we spent at home together, opening the new toys and getting a bit organized for our guests arriving later in the day. it was supposed to be kipp's parents, his sister and her 2 kids, but they were sick so just his parents came. it was nice to see them again, and we also got some boxing day shopping done! i ventured to the children's place, we all went to future shop (i am posting this from my new, much faster computer! yay!!), i made it to a furniture place that i don't remember the name of, but i bought us some new couches for the new house!

yesterday i ventured to IKEA and bought a ton of furniture and stuff for the new house -- it made sense to buy it all at once for delivery purposes. they charge $49 for delivery but then $1 per piece over 8 pieces, so it made sense to get it all at the same time. we got ourselves a new bedroom set (we have had our bed for a few years, but it was second hand when we got it and has some issues LOL!) and we never did have a dresser or proper night stands or anything. we got a new kitchen table and chairs because our current one is tiny and won't fit our family! and what else.... oh, a new TV stand (which i didn't think we needed, but kipp insisted... ugh!!) and some odds and ends for decor... redid the kids' bedrooms (which wasn't needed but this was MY thing to get that wasn't needed i guess LOL -- well i guess we needed a few things since we are going from 2 kids rooms to 3 rooms...)

soooooooooooooo.... more news.... we are going to disneyland!!!!!!!!!!!!! my parents have tons of airmiles (they really know how to rack them up, considering we all used up their balance 3 yrs ago to go to disneyland!) so i've managed to convince them to take us to disneyland! it's going to be our family plus my parents. my sister and her fiance were going to come, but my sister is there right now anyway so she doesn't need to go again so soon and her fiance wasn't interested. so i can't wait!! i've been totally pumping the kids up... we have been watching movie clips of the rides on youtube.com and i've ordered a picture book of the park on ebay for them... we have a vacation planning video made by disney that they ask to watch every day. it's going to be awesome, i can't wait to see their excitement! (not to mention, i am a huge ride fanatic and i love love love disneyland!) offer me a vacation anywhere in the world, or disneyland, and i'll choose disney any day!! THANK YOU MOM AND DAD!!! we still have to scrounge (sp?) up some cash for food, taxes on the flights, park passes, SHOPPING!!!, etc. so wish us luck with that one ;)

ok off to bed, it's 12:30am and if you haven't noticed, i start rambling when it gets late!

hope you all had a great christmas and are doing well! leave me a note so i know you were here!

and sara - any baby yet?!???