almost a week

So it's been almost a week since we deactivate our facebook accounts and I have to say that this has been a real eye opener. In just these few short days I have felt like we have too much pressure to keep our lives up-to-date via a social network so that we feel connected to others. The first couple of days were taking the time to getting use to not picking up my phone to check facebook, or sending pictures to facebook. I find myself thinking "This would be a great status update, or someone would really get a kick out of this picture". I have to say that except for the people that I talk to regularly, I haven't had much communication with anyone. I'm pretty sure I picked one of the worst times of year to deactivate due to holidays and etc, but it's also been the best time of year. I am challenged to focus more on building up the relationships outside of facebook and work on me.

The Boy's Christmas Lists

DISCLAIMER: Here are the boy's Christmas lists for 2010. I know many of you will ask me so I figured that it would be easiest to post it here. They are pretty much the same with the exception of clothing size's and some of their toy likes.

.Gavin's List

CLOTHES:

• 4T winter clothes (Hoodies/sweaters, jeans, long sleeve shirts, underwear and socks)
• 4T-5T Pajamas

TOYS:

Please make sure all toys are age appropriate.

• Learning Toys
• Craft Supplies *AGE APPROPRIATE* (Scissors, construction paper, glue sticks, pipe cleaners, finger paints, etc. You get the drift)
• Any toy sport related (He loves all sports)
• Age appropriate books, flash cards, DVD's
• VeggieTales books, movies, CD's
• Toy Story, Diego, Dinosaurs,

Garren's List

CLOTHES:

• 24m winter clothes (Hoodies/sweaters, jeans, long sleeve shirts, underwear and socks)
• 2T Pajamas

TOYS:

Please make sure all toys are age appropriate.

• Learning Toys
• Craft Supplies *AGE APPROPRIATE* (Scissors, construction paper, glue sticks, pipe cleaners, finger paints, stickers etc. You get the drift)
• Any toy automotive related (He loves all things with wheels)
• Age appropriate books, flash cards, DVD's
• VeggieTales books, movies, CD's
• Thomas the Train (He has nothing related to Thomas), Disney Cars, Toy Story, Mickey Mouse
  

Yo Gabba Gabba was AWESOME!

The boy's godmother sent us off to Yo Gabba Gabba in San Francisco and it was amazing!!!! We had such a great time once the boys warmed up and got use to the loudness.

Auntie even had a great time! Check her out in her DJ Lance Rock glasses.We really enjoyed "Party in your tummy"! Gavin was so excited that he had to show off the party that was taking place in his tummy!

30 Days

A few days ago I had got to thinking about how much time I REALLY spend (or waste) on facebook. And it got me thinking, "Is it really this important? Do I really need to know what so and so is doing? Is updating my status constantly really making a difference in anyone else's life?" Probably not as much as I think.

So I challenged myself to de-activate facebook for 30 days.

And last night, right before bed Toby decided to take the challenge with me! I sure do have a great guy!

So I will do my best to update my blog so that you can follow our Journey.