Christmas Movie: Week Three

Congratulations to Tom for being our winner last week, although we have to give props to Tehani because we heard he had a little help. Presenting this week's quote is good ole St. Nick dressed to the nines (and no, the picture doesn't have anything to do with the movie... we just thought it was funny).

Good Luck!

P.S. In case you were wondering, WE added the black bar. YIKES!!!

Fall Fun

It has been fun to see so many of you during this holiday season... for those we've missed we can hope to see you soon. Life has been crazy at the Douglas house lately. Lincoln is walking now and with his new mobility comes a daredevil streak that I don't particularly care for. For example, he's learning to stand up in his high chair, he's trying to take on the staircase by himself, and he's crawled off the edge of the bed. Let's just say he's keeping me busy.

Nate is finished with this semester of school and he gets a few weeks off (hooray!). He's loving his new job and I think we're all enjoying the new & improved, less stressed out Nate. I've been subbing at least once a week lately, which is fun, but I miss Lincoln terribly when I'm gone. I've also been involved with some ward groups (book club/cooking class) which have been really fun.

Big news in my family is that my brother Nate got married over the Thanksgiving holiday (Welcome to Cynthia & Xander!!). It was an intimate wedding & family dinner at Cynthia's parent's house and guess what? I was asked to make the wedding cake. I get pretty nervous about it when it comes to crunch time, but I think it turned out really well.

Here's some pictures of our happenings these last few weeks:

Lesson learned:
Don't turn your back on a toddler. Ever.


Lesson learned:
Diets & Thanksgiving don't mix... especially when Diane is cooking.


Lesson learned:
Good decorators aren't perfect;
They just know how to hide their mistakes.


Lesson learned:
Baby proofing Christmas doesn't have to cost a fortune.

Christmas Movie: Week 2

Just to reiterate the unofficial guidelines, I have the comments hidden so you each have a chance to guess without the answer being given away. After a day or two (or on the following Monday) I'll reveal the comments & post the winner. So far you have all gotten the movies pretty fast, so wrap your heads around this one:

Christmas Movie Monday

In honor of the holiday season the movie quotes for December will be from our favorite Christmas movies. There will be a special surprise for our winners this month.

Here is the quote of the week (Great movie!):

Movie Monday

Melanie & I got to talking the other day about our dear little brother Jon and how we'd tortured him while growing up. Never really maliciously, but he did go through plenty of teasing and taunting... like the time we dressed him up in drag so we could practice our hair and make-up skills.

Lincoln will never have to suffer from older sisters, but he does have a cousin that worked her magic the other day. Imagine my surprise when I found him chewing on a naked barbie while wearing Cada's crown jewels.

Presenting our quote this week is our little Lincoln. Enjoy!

Houston, we have standing!

Lincoln is getting so big! When I came home from mutual last Tuesday and opened the front door, he was just standing in the middle of the room as casual as can be, with his daddy nowhere in sight. Apparently Nate & Lincoln had been practicing the trick for 20 minutes before I came home and Nate dashed around the corner when he heard the door open.

Here he is, in all his standing glory, little Lincoln!

Movie Monday

Congrats to Heather for winning last week! Your picture will now hang in our hall of fame for the remainder of the week. We stole a still screen shot from the actual movie for this next quote... hey, does that guy look familiar?

P.S. Just so you know, your comments will be hidden until the winner is announced. We are still getting your guesses, but we want to give each of you the chance to test your movie IQ before the answer is revealed.

Good Luck!

Movie Monday

The movie quote of the week is provided by our own creepy-crawly Lincoln, who was dressed up for a Halloween party when he uttered this phrase:

Congratulations to our winner last week. The correct answer was "Thumb Wars" and if you haven't seen it, you need to check it out for a big laugh. The grand prize includes bragging rights, an all expenses paid virtual trip to Guam, and a spot on our hall of fame for the week in question.

Good Luck!

Halloween

Halloween was so much fun! I took Lincoln to my old school for the annual costume parade (with Liz & the boys) and then we helped out in one of the 4th grade classes. LJ was quite the little celebrity! That night we went to a local trunk or treat with Nate's parents and had some fantastic homemade root beer and hot dogs.

We found a cute little bear costume for Lincoln and so we themed our costumes around him. We were going to be the 3 bears, but I couldn't find my glue gun that day and so I had to fashion our costumes with just a stapler and a utility knife (just call me McGruber!). I ended up being Goldilocks and Nate went as a bowl of porridge. Overall our costumes turned out pretty good. I think the total investment was $15.00 for Lincoln and $0.50 for Nate & I. Yep. Sounds about right.

Movie Monday

I must be bored today. I played on Photoshop and made this comic-style self portrait and I thought of a silly game to play. You see, Nate & I play "Name that Movie" all the time... I think the movie trivia came along with the last name because all of the Douglas boys seem to play. Anyway, every Monday I'm going to post a movie quote and we'll see who can name the show first.

There is a grand prize, of course.

Enjoy!