Socks On A Tree

Alan and I had gone out to finish our Christmas shopping and have a date dinner last night.

I come home and Herby had attacked my pink Christmas tree with socks

EWWWW! This is so wrong! 

Herby looks pretty happy about what he has done

Another view

Another one

And a little closer look

Hugs, Bobbi Jo 

Herby Dancing

When I got up this morning and went down stairs Herby was doing a candle dance.

Oh my Herby this is not good. 

Hope you are having a great Thursday.

Hugs, Bobbi Jo

Sock Monkey & Herby

Gabby's friend Dillon gave her her Christmas gifts. 

She got a bag of Oreo's & a sock monkey 

This is Sir Pudgykins. 

Not sure about the monkey. After all it is made out of socks. EWWW! 

Herby got busted trying to get cookies out of the cookie jar. 

Hope you are having a good Wednesday.

Hugs, Bobbi Jo

Chair of Bowlies

Herby climbed into my apothecary jar to sit on my Chair of Bowlies.

Doesn't he look cute? 

Love my Herby

Hugs, Bobbi Jo

Menu Plan Monday

Joining I'm An Organized Junkie  for Menu Plan Monday

Meatless Monday: Toasted Cheese sandwiches, soup & I am having a salad

Tuesday: Date night

Wednesday: Spaghetti squash, meatballs, garlic bread & green salad

Thursday Skinny Lemon Chicken & Rice w/ veggies

Friday Night: Pizza & salad 

Saturday Night: Pasta & Bean Skillet 

Sunday: Going on a trip so I will be packing up food to take with us.

This morning I found Herby trying to sneak into Gabby's lunch box to go to school with her. 

Have a fantastic Monday! Hugs, Bobbi Jo

Pink Saturday~ Deck The Halls

Joining in with Beverly over at How Sweet The Sound 

for Pink Saturday 

The theme this week is ~Deck the halls~

This year I have not gone all out with decking the halls like years past.

I am not sure why. It isn't that I don't like Christmas I love Christmas 

Something is different this year I am calmer, not stressing and wanting more of the true 

meaning of Christmas to fill the home as never before.

It seems to have gone from 169 days till Christmas to 10 days till SO FAST! 

Now for the sharing of Deck the Halls 

This is the Christmas tree that Gabby set up in her's and Faiths room

 An ornament she made from packing popcorn (or as we call it ghost poop) 

when she was in the hospital in 2009

 The pretty Angle she made for the top of the tree

 Down to the kitchen 

My Mary Engelebreit "Bowly Chair"

 My collection of soft Santa's in the dining area

 Herby hanging on a candy bar ornament in the kitchen

 This is in the entry way of our house

My snowman collection

Many of these were gifts or I made

Opps cut of snowman's head

 In the living room on my hope chest are the tree trees.

This is a book that many years ago I thought was so sweet so I have 3 trees (several sets of different kinds) 

due to this book The Tale of Three Trees 

On the piano are my manger collections and of course my Jesus statue that is always on there.

 Our 9 ft. Christmas tree in one corner

 And my Pink decorated tree in one of the other corners.

I am excited for Christmas time 

It will be much different this year than in years past

We only have 3 of our kiddos living at home

Coco & her family will be down around New Years 

 We will then celebrate Christmas with a gift exchange with them and Dallas & Sara.

Enjoying the season as much as I can

Happy Pink Saturday! 

Hugs, Bobbi Jo

Forgot To Post

Oh my goodness you would think I was the busiest person in the world but no. I forgot to post the past 2 days. I have been enjoying my days. The weather has cold off a good bit and I am loving it! 

Herby has been hanging out with Santa baker.

 Monday night Faith had a orchestra concert.

She told me she would be sitting on the left side of the stage or right depending on who you talk to.

So we sat on the left side. Unfortunately see the girl in the blue shirt with the bun? Well that is not Faith but that is where she was sitting last time.

Faith is the one in the pretty pink hat.  

I moved over and zoomed in on her.

This is after the concert. She did a great job! 

Love this girl.

Gabby all of the sudden had a loose tooth and wiggled it until it came out.

The three girls went along with a couple of Faith's friends to the store

Gabby saw this idea on Pintrest and bought all the yummy candy and made a cute candy slay.

She is such a goofball. 

Love this girl too! 

Sorry about the quality of this next picture.

The girls had gone with the YW leaders to the Temple on an early Saturday morning to take pictures.

On Tuesday night they had a white elephant exchange. The leaders made each of the girls

a beautiful picture of them in front of the Temple.

At the top of it it says "I love to see the Temple" in black then in white it says "I'm going in some day". 

Love them. I will be hanging them in the living room per the girls request. 

Hope everyone is having a good week so far. 

Hugs, Bobbi Jo

Sunday

Today has been a good day

We went to church and I got spiritually filled.

We came home and Herby was sitting on the cookie jar waiting for us. 

 We ate lunch then had quiet time (Alan and I took a nap)

It was a much needed nap and it felt so good.

I went down stairs and silly Herby is just hanging out with Santa

What a nut! 

Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday.

Hugs, Bobbi Jo

Where's Herby?

Where's Herby at? 

Hugs, Bobbi Jo

Sneaky Herby

This morning I had a hot stone massage appointment at the spa. 

I went down stairs to leave and 

look who was in my bag with my lotion, oil, holster, and treats.

Herby is a sneaky little elf.

Other than the working there wasn't much out of the ordinary or anything exciting today.

Hugs, Bobbi Jo

School Work & A Christmas Dinner

Tuesday Dallas came over and we went to Michaels.

Dallas wanted me to go with him to get his wife's Christmas presents.

Sara doesn't read my blog so I can tell you what he got her

He got her a sewing machine, supplies to begin sewing and a self healing cutting mat.

I think she will be excited, she wants to start making baby blankets.

We got back and Dallas had a final presentation he needed to finish up.

Herby decided that Dallas could use his help.

 In the evening was Alan's work Christmas Dinner Party.

We went to Ranch de Tila Rosa. A nice Mexican restaurant with great ambiance. 

I didn't take any pictures while we were there. We had a good dinner and good company 

After dinner the Boss gave a short talk and wishing us all a Merry Christmas 

When we left we were given these baskets of 4 flavors of popcorn.

It is so YUMMY!  

It was a really nice party considering I wasn't looking forward to going at all.

Hugs, Bobbi Jo

Day 3 ~ Herby Everywhere

When I woke up this morning I found Herby right here. 

He found a napkin for his blanket and jumped into the mint jar 

He loves the smell so much. So much for sleeping in the guest room on the futon.

 Today I had to go to the Dr. and Herby went with me

He really liked the soft pillow on the exam table. 

It was nice having someone to talk to while waiting in the room 

 Herby will be joining us for Family Home Evening tonight.

I have been waiting since I think it was in September for this book to be available at the library. 

It finally got available I was number 26 on the waiting list.

I have heard it is a fantastic book I am super excited to start reading it

then I'll let you know what I think 

Hugs, Bobbi Jo 

Day 2 ~ Sunday & Herbys Adventure

This morning when I went downstairs I found Herby in the mint dish

Such a silly elf. 

He said that it was nice and warm in there and it smelled super yummy.

 We went to church 

Enjoyed Sacrament and Relief Society 

I was waiting to set up an appointment during Sunday school

We got home and there was Herby sitting by one of the mangers we have

Next week he will have to go to church with us.

In a half hour we will be watching The First Presidency Christmas Devotional on the BYU channel. 

Always an uplifting program that truly brings us the true meaning of Christmas.

Hugs, Bobbi Jo

Day 1~Herby The Elf (EVERYWHERE) Not Just on a Shelf

I will be having 25 Days of Herby EVERYWHERE.

Who is Herby you ask

I would like to introduce you to Herby the elf

He was born over 67 yrs ago on my parents first Christmas

My Mother gave him to me with a couple of his brothers a while back

Herby will be joining us daily to share his December adventures 

In January he has to go back home

This is Herby on the table center piece 

A little later I went out and caught him dancing with the Dancing Santa in the dining room

We will be back tomorrow to show you what he is up to. 

Hugs, Bobbi Jo