Traditions

We had a wonderful Christmas at my Twin's house!  Beautiful tree :)

Ashley was so excieted to be up at the break of dawn...

Who would have thought that a pillow pet would make Kerri
so happy?  Must have been that it was PURPLE!!!

My Sister was SOOOO excited at her present from
my brother-in-law!  A phone she
can text on... (with me of course!!!)

James in his "funny gift" from us...  CLOWN SUN GLASSES.
He refuses to wear sunglasses so I thought maybe he would
wear these for our cruise in August...We shall see...lol

Garret sporting his new swim shirt for the cruise...
Opening his "funny gift" .... A toy medical kit...hahaha...

Kerri is sooooo excited that Victor Hearman
gets to come on the cruise with us!  Her
Funny gift from Aunt Sonya, Uncle Larry and
James was a roll of Saran Wrap for Victor to have a
"swim suit" on the cruise...Bahahaha
For those of you new to my blog...Victor is Kerri's
hearing aid :)

Ashley flew home from Idaho for Christmas.  She was so excited for her "funny gift".  Believe it or not...She actually
is using them!

My twin's funny gift!!  We made an awesome one for her...
Glasses said..."And so the party begins again"... We
tease her all the time about the things she does while
cruising... I am sure you all know that everything is G-rated...lol

We went to my mom's for Christmas Day
and she dressed up for us!!!  CUTE

A great time was had by all!!!

One of the favorite traditions we do as a family is have the last gift opened by everyone be a "funny gift".  I love this tradition.  We can buy or make things, but it is so much fun being creative! We never spend much on these gifts and they turn out to be the gifts everyone remembers from year to year!  Hope you all had a wonderful holdiday!!!

The end of an era...

Dan's last day with RDS was yesterday (RDS is closing their OKC office).  He is officially unemployed!  Well, at least until Monday :)  He starts his new job with Oklahoma Tank Line on Monday.  Dan worked with RDS for 21 years and it was hard for everyone to say good-bye yesterday after so many years.  We are excited for the new things to come and for Dan to get opportunities to put his Master's Degree to work.  Dan will be the CSC Manager at OTL...

However, before Dan starts on Monday, we have to so something that Dan HATES to do...go shopping!  Dan has plenty of Suits that he wears on Sundays and plenty of jeans as that is what he wore at RDS.  However,  His new job requires business casual so we must hit the stores this afternoon!  So much for football :)  Sorry Dan...lol

PS... Dan's cell  number will be changing.  It was a RDS work cell.  We will get his new number out as soon as we get it.  Hopefully today!

Christmas 2010

We had such a fabulous Christmas!!  Ash flew in from Idaho on the 19th and flies out today (the 31st).  Dan and I both had Christmas eve off so the evening of the 23rd we drove down to my twin's family and stayed a couple of days with them.  It was a wonderful time and we had a blast!!  We even made time for visiting friends and relatives on Friday.   Then we went to my mom's on Christmas Day and had a WONDERFUL time visiting with family and playing Catch Phrase (this is a game that can be played with the kids).  It was soooo fun!   I am missing my family and Dan's family and am ready to go see them again!!  It is a good thing they are only an hour and a half away.

I am not quite ready for Ash to leave, but know that College awaits her!  She is in her second semester of her Sophmore year and has a job on campus so I know she's busy and is ready to get back to her life...  Kerri will be going to visit Ash in March for Spring Break.  I am thinking I may need to stow away in Kerri's luggage...haha 

I can't wait to post pictures!  My camera broke :( but my Brother-In-Law took pictures and I am waiting for him to send me copies and then I will attach them.

Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas too!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

From our house to yours,

we wish you and yours a very

Merry Christmas.

May you enjoy the peace found in

gratitude for the gifts given each

of us by our Lord, Savior, and Redeemer throughout the

New Year.

Love, The Silfies'

IT IS OFFICIAL

It is official!!! The Silfies are staying in Oklahoma! (For now anyway...lol)

More details on the new job to come but for now just soooooo grateful to a loving and kind Heavenly Father for this wonderful and generous gift of a job for Dan :)

HAVE FAITH!!!

So last week was Garret's turn to teach Family Home Evening. However, we found out some disturbing news that day. Dan's job of 21 years will be coming to an end on Christmas Eve. We had no prior warning and were in total shock. So we sat Kerri and Garret down and started to explain to them the changes that were coming to be. Garret then stood up, put his hand on Dan's shoulder and quietly said "HAVE FAITH" and that concluded our FHE... Enough Said!!!

Time Flies!!!

Is has been several weeks since my last post...WOW, how times files!!! Since then we have had celebrations and heartbreaks. But for today I will post on the celebrations.... Kerri had a birthday!!! She turned 17. I feel old :) Also, Garret had a birthday!!! He turned 14. I used to tell Dan that I was not sure that I was ready for this part of my life when all the kids are self sufficient and I am not "needed" as much in the mom role but surprisingly I am enjoying seeing how much my kids are growing in their own independance and seeing their ability to make the right choices. I looooooove my kids!!! This includes you too Ash ;)