Christmas pictures with the family.

So I get frustrated doing picture blogs so the order this uploaded is the order you get. It is a little backwards.

Eden in the dress Derek and I gave her for Christmas.

Zarina with her baby doll. This was on our second walk of Christmas day.

Zarina with the Hat and scarf Grandma Harvey made her. (Andrea eat your heart out)



Lacey and Andrea's father in all the plaid he owns. ( He did pose as he turned the lights on his hat on for the picture)

Derek , Carolyn and Zarina the cutest non-family ever!!

Cousins A, Z, and K hanging out.

Jack staring down little jack.

Three cute girls and a stray.


Christmas Eve at my parents house.


Katelynn with her Great Aunt.


Brien and Derek.

I know I may have misspelled a few names, but at least you made it on the post.

I hope everyone one made great memories this past year and had as much fun around the Holidays as I did. Happy late New Year!!

Christmas photos

Derek and I had 3 days of opening items. He works late and we decided to do a little on the 23, 24 morning, 24 evening and then my parents on the 25. At first it was me who wanted to open something. When we started he would not stop. I said three things on the evening of the 23, then it was he wanted to do one more, then one more. It was pretty funny. There are no photos from the morning of the 24. I denied him from taking my photo that morning. We had a pretty fun Christmas. I wish I would've had him all day, but I know he has to work.

Enjoy.

Posing in front of the tree

Derek's family opens one gift at a time and they take a photo of you with the gift. Don't worry I am only attaching a few photos.

Derek in front of his parents treeDerek doing what he loves to do.

My in-laws.

The game my dad gave Derek, that he won at my work Holiday Party.

My parent's house.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!

Decorating for the Holidays

History on the Harvey-Svilar Christmas. We had a four foot tree last year. Derek decided this year he needed a bigger tree. I went shopping with Lacey on Black Friday and got a slim 7ft tree. Since I had larger tree I needed a tree skirt, more ornaments and just because we don't have any I bought two stocking. The total for my "needed" purchases was $70. I SAVED $130!!! YEAH ME!!

Christmas tree from '07. The reason he wanted a bigger tree.

My $25 Christmas tree. I love it. It's not wide and we only had to move one item to put it up. It did take 20 minutes for me to find the bulb that was burnt out, so all the lights would light up. Derek suggested we just leave it out. I was determined to fix it though. It might have been cheap, but it was going to work! We decorated to some very festive music, the new Guns N' Roses album. Derek put Christmas music on for a second and turned it right off. You've got to love the Holidays at my house. :)

All pretty.

Our stocking and more Christmas decorations.

Picture with some presents and the new camera.

They only item we had to move to put the tree up.

What tree would be complete without Cubs candy canes?

I hope everyone is having a good time getting ready for the Holidays.