It's the most wonderful time of the year.......

That's how the song goes, right? How about the most overwhelming time of the year. I love the month of December, who doesn't. I like to get cozy with hot cocoa, listen to holiday music, enjoy the chilly weather, but I feel like this month has just flewn by and I haven't been able to enjoy all of those things.

There are a few things that have thrown me off. After Thanksgiving the family went to San Francisco for a week. I love that city, and wanted the kids to experience it, even thought they are only 4 & 2. It was stressfull, but fun and we picked a great time to go, everything was decorated for the holidays. I will hopefully have pictures up soon.

After the trip, I tried to get all of my holiday shopping done, but the list was just too long, so I got a little overwhelmed and put it off.

Then last Friday my husband had surgery. Not a great time of year to have inner ear surgery. He can't pick up anything over 25 lbs for 3 weeks. Our daughter is not very happy about that since she is so attached to her daddy. I'm not happy about it because I now have to carry in all of my groceries myself (I know, boo hoo) as well as deal with all the Christmas gifts. I also have to build an Ikea shelf for our newest addition to the family, Tuppy the Turtle. Well, Santa has it hiding in our office until the big day ;) So wish me luck with that!

So now we come to today, Tuesday, December 18th. I can't believe Christmas is only a week away. I have mounds of presents to wrap, and still a couple to get.

My son and I managed to have a little fun on Sunday, just the two of us. Most people who know us, know we are huge Anaheim Ducks fans. The team set up a Stanley Cup viewing for their Kids Club members at the Newport Sports Museum. I've been chasing this Cup everywhere so Owen can see it up close, and we finally had our chance. I think I appreciated the moment more than he did. The museum was really cool. Owen had a great time wandering around, checking out the creepy manequins decked out in their football gear. Here are a few pics.

Here is a picture of my favorite football player, Rob Johnson. He played for USC and was with the team when they won the Rose Bowl in 1995 against Northwestern. I was a huge USC fan all through my high school years. My love for the team sprouted out of shear rivalry. My grandpa was a UCLA fan, so it was fun to hang out with him on Saturday afternoons and watch the games. 1995 was a big year for me, I graduated high school, and USC won the Rose Bowl. Back in those days it wasn't trendy to like USC, and I was a proud fan, even though they were a horrible team. After USC he was drafted to the Jaguars, then to the Bills and I had a chance to see him when he played the Chargers. By the time I got there though he was pulled out of the game for injury :( Now, I don't follow USC as much, or football for that matter. I think I got off the bandwagon right when everyone got on.



We also took a quick trip to the mall. The crowd wasn't too bad. We stopped in Wonderland Bakery which is the coolest place ever!! It literally looks like Candyland, Owen was in awe. On our way out he wanted to stop and see Santa again because he forgot to ask for Tuppy the Turtle.

Happy Holidays everyone!!