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I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! The boys had a good time opening Santa’s gifts Christmas morning, and were quite excited upon opening the Guitar Hero World Tour that they had been requesting since, oh…summer?!? Another big item that they received from “Santa” was a Daisy pellet gun (which will, of course, be used under strict supervision). Various DVDs, Legos and Matchbox playsets rounded out the 2008 take.

Trevor’s reaction to Guitar Hero:

Aaron was happy with this Matchbox Haunted House set that he had been asking for:

Sammy and Mikey enjoying their Christmas present:

And yes, believe it or not…the boys actually got out of bed, got dressed, and watched some cartoons while waiting for us to get up before opening their presents! I’m looking forward to enjoying some downtime before going back to work on Monday. The boys and I took in a movie today (Marley & Me) and I’m really not sure yet what we’ll get into over the weekend!

Over the next few days, I’ll be making some design changes to my blog.  Please excuse any strange occurrences you may encounter from time to time!

My apologies once again for a lack of timely updates.  Perhaps I can get away with blaming it on my new baby…a 24″ iMac that I decided to give myself for Christmas this year! Now that I finally have all my files transferred over from my PC, and Photoshop up and running, I am in heaven!  This thing is the Taj Mahal compared to my clunky Dell.  I added additional memory and it runs soooo fast…and it doesn’t CRASH when I batch in Photoshop!  Anyone who is on the fence about whether or not to switch to a Mac, I’m telling you to do it now!  Yes, Macs are pricier than PCs, but…you truly get what you pay for.  Now that my public service announcement for the week is out of the way, I’m going to get back to having fun with my new toy!

Brett was quite the good sport as I dragged him all over downtown Carlisle for his senior photos. Brett is an EMT and volunteer firefighter, and the firehouse we visited provided the perfect backdrop for his uniforms. The shot with the fire engine behind him was completely unplanned, as there just happened to be a fire call a few minutes after we began shooting! I had him run out to the sidewalk so I could catch the fire engine roaring out of the garage in the background. Brett, I hope you enjoy your sneak peeks!