*photo heavy post *
hello! it's 2009!!! yeah! we survived another year!
we just got home from Paris and it was amazing! this was our metro stop by the hotel. we stayed at the Rive Gauche on St. Jacques. it was so nice to get away for a few days. We saw all the sites and went on an evening Seine River cruise, so romantic! saw the Eiffel Tower in all it's glory, dressed in blue with yellow stars for the european flag and spent New Years on the Champs Elysses!!! who could ask for anything more? i seriously have the husband of the year!
in the metro waiting area
the first day after we arrived we went to Le Puces it was a treasure trove of inspiration and eye candy! VERY expensive, but absolutely worth going to, even in 2 degree celcius weather!!!! it was freezing!!! our feet were numb at the end of the day! we spent 5 hours there and got through about half! i was in love! i could of spent 2 days there. If i was with my super BFC there would have been no stopping us! seriously! here is a little eye candy...
oh my goodness, there were so many different chandeliers, i was nuts!!! i decided i wanted to do a coffe table book of chandeliers...
incredible...jason found some amazing old books and i found some great old photos and paper lovlies from like the 1800's. so amazing.
ahhhh, so dreamy...
vintage doll parts....
a little creepy....but still supa cool! there were some great stauary
this one reminds me of my boys, fighting, yet loving...
then i stumbled upon a vintage letter press booth.....oh, so heavenly.....being the font junkie that i am, i was in this booth for at least an hour....i did end up purchasing my last name and our first initials...so cute.
while i was in the letter booth, Jason found old medical stuff. even cooler....
holy moly!!!! this post is getting really long i have so much more to share.....it will have to be a two parter...
loves
our first here in Spain! we are glad they are here. the boys are so happy to have them here. Jason and i are chopped liver... 
and here is the *baby Jesus*...it was a mad house! to say the least. people were pushing and it was so crowded!! Arcos is small as it is, the streets were so packed!!!! it was an experience. i do'nt know if we need to go back next year, unless Jason is dying to see it. but....it was something.
it's cute...right?
we realized that when we went out to the shed to get our christmas decorations that we had not sent them in the pack out!!!!! i was sad, but it gave me an excuse to craft!!! YEAH!!! (like i need one) so on a limited amount of supplies, here is what i came up!!!
i made the stockings and hats, and glittered pine cones, i made the garland and my wonderful inlaws sent the boingy santa hanging on th wall! i also bought a couple of nick-knacks at the base and out in town! it's good. it will do for our first christmas here. here are a few more things i made. first i made this cute tree. wich Jonah loved because it spins around!
i saw it 
guess what he gave us for our anniversary??? 
then on sunday we went to the exchange and as we pulled up, so did 
i'm so i love with it!!! i drew it on my jeans and just stitched it!!! the reason i decided to do it on my jeans is because after we took pics on Penny, i slid off and my pant leg got caught on the broken antenna!!! i got a bad cut and a hole in my pants!!! but i made it beautiful!!! here is the before...
we went to Malaga (2 1/2) hours away to take the boys to the science museum!!! it was definetly worth trip!!! the boys loved it! we had the place to ourselves and there were three different interactive rooms and a planetarium!!!! totally cool!!! all for 2 euro a piece!!! wow.
after the museum we took the boys to the mall because they had a Mc Donalds and it had been a long time since they had had Mc Donalds! they were stoked!!! out in the mall they had a christmas village set up with horse rides through the village! it was cute. so of course we did it!
The boys got to ride the Polar Express!! Jonah was soooo excited. we almost could'nt get him off the train.
after that was a kid party at the hospital and the boys had a blast. arts and crafts and santa!!! 
then with Santa. James left right before Santa came, he had his first football game!!!! he's really liking it! he's never played football before, but he's doing good.
colby made the tree ornament!!!
and mommy kissing santa claus!!!
