I love winter....here are some pictures to remember the good times from Christmas time over the past years...
Christmas in New York 2004
Christmas in Seattle 2005
Corriveau Christmas 2005
ASU Graduation Dec. 2006
Christmas 2006
Christmas 2007
Look at how tiny Emmie Was last Christmas!Since I've been married Ceri and others in the family have been at me to finish cleaning out my old bedroom at my parents house. Right before the wedding day I packed up everything that I used regularly and then left all the sentimental stuff that I had saved up for 22 years knowing that my parents weren't going anywhere and I could deal with that later. About 6 months after I was married I went back and boxed my tea cup and doll collection, journals and other sentimental things and placed them nicely in the closet (Ceri will deny that I did this) and then thought that I was good to go. Well my parents finally have decided that they want to make the room into a nice guest/craft room so I need to do some more cleaning...
...well it had been a long time since I had last been in there and come to find out I didn't clean out my dresser and laundry hamper....some might be thinking "Elyse...that's gross"...but there were no dirty clothes to be found (I used to hide clothes that I wished I could fit into at the bottom of my laundry hamper...you know out of sight out of mind...waiting for that one day when they would finally fit) So as I'm going through...what do I pull out???? A pair of Jeans. Beautiful...small...never been worn jeans...GLORIOUS! (a friend had bought me these jeans when I was in college and I didn't have the self-esteem to tell her that my thighs and rear were to big to fit into them...so what did I do? I thanked her - reimbursed her - then put them in my hamper) So I look at them and somewhat skeptical of myself I go and put them on and what did I find???? THEY FIT!!! not only did they just fit...they fit good! immediately I started singing the "I'm too sexy song" and ran out to show everyone.
Now I wish I could find the lady that pulled Matt aside at our wedding reception to tell him that he'd better enjoy me skinny now because after that day I would never look the same (sad I know...Matt waited 2 years to tell me this...smart man...I would have cried on my wedding day..
One of my favorite traditions each Christmas is getting a new ornament for the Christmas tree. My parents started this tradition in the first few years of there marriage and have kept it ever since. They give one ornament to each member of their family. So this means when I got married I already had a tin full of traditional ornament I had collected plus a few that had been gifts from friends and students throughout the years. It's pretty awesome.
This year my dad decided it would be nice to make an evening out of our tradition and make our ornaments. We put tiny colored beads into these metal frames then baked them so they turn out like stained glass - totally rad and crafty...love it! We had a good time. 
Intense concentration!
Emmie enjoyed a nice bath with Grammy while we were busy concentrating!
The Coleman families 2008 ornaments...ta-da!Sometimes I get up early on Saturday to go walking with my dad...today he's late so I'm sitting in a quiet apartment blog surfing...I found this and thought I'd share - very cute!
What Your Height Says About You |
 You are a warm, outgoing person. You are a very social creature. You value harmony, and you often play the role of mediator. You are a very real and honest person. You know how to kindly tell people the truth. You crave love and approval. Luckily, you are a very easy person to love. You are about as tall as the average Australian woman. |
Students aren't the only ones cramming this time of year.... our mail man was doing his fair share too...
All the mail I pulled out...
My poor Christmas cards....I've tried to smooth them down a bit...They look better now! (Michelle...your cards turned out great! I'm so glad you're a blogger now! Jen (sis. dille)...I don't know if you blog...but if you do your Christmas letters are always so cool)
Craft night was awesome! We had a blast and the boards turned out great! I haven't embellished my board yet...I'm still thinking of ideas! A big thank you to Jen for the idea and e-mailing me the how-to!
p.s. Ceri took all the good pictures of the night on her camera so if you want to see more head on over to her site here
we ate...and ate...and ate...
Emmie cried...and then she slept...
The first thing we did was Space Mountain...awesome!
Space Mountain...You Rock!
Emmie's favorite part of Thanksgiving day...and probably all of Disneyland - The Parade!
again...Hot!
I love this picture....Isn't Matt hot?!!
