Well last night Leiana decided to stay up till about 1:00am.  Daddy learned something new, keep her awake from about 7pm to 9:30pm if possible.  This helps her sleep through the night better.  I fell asleep on the family room floor bouncing her in her vibrating bouncy chair.  Thank the Lord for whoever invented those things.  Anyways, I need to get to work but thought I would prove I can update my site more frequently than people think

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Well, it has been a while since I last posted.  Boy life sure has been busy.  Jenelle and I went on a mini vacation to the mountains, we installed new book shelves (I recommend looking at them on her xanga site) and we've been getting our selves set for the new year.  I think Jenelle even went out to California since I last posted.  Geez I'm terrible.

Well, I don't have much to say right now. I'm trying to come up with stuff, but frankly not a whole lot is coming to mind at the moment.  Work is busy, home is relaxing, and the Spiderwick Chronicles is a really good movie .  I enjoyed it b/c it was a great adventure that didn't look like it was too over the top.  The characters were very human and you could easily relate to them, but at the same time very heroic.  The plot didn't lag at all, and actually kept my interest without falling prey to the whole "its fantasy so we have to do a trilogy."  I feel like its wrapped up nicely and done very well.  On the whole 4.5 stars.

I'm going to have to get my taxes done earlier this year. I told Jenelle I needed the office cleaned up before I could do them so I could spread out a bit since there are a lot of documents to do.  And what would you guess happens... Jenelle cleaned up the office .  So, yeah... no more excuses.  Well, thats all for now.  I'll post again sooner than last time, don't worry.

~Derek

To all who read my pathetic excuse for a blog...  MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!  Jenelle and I are having a blast up in Chicago.  I can't believe how much I needed a vacation.  Thanksgiving was nice at home with Mom and Dad but I definitely needed some time away from Raleigh and with friends who have absolutely no interest in doing anything related to business.

So, Christmas was a lot of fun.  We got up on Christmas morning at 8:00AM b/c for the first time in history my wife was more impatient to open present than I was.  I felt like sleeping in... She was like "its Christmas its time to get up... its time to get up....".  I'm sure you can imagine this .  Anyways, we had a lot of fun opening presents and as usual it started with the youngest giving out gifts.  Brittany gave everyone a CD that she made.  And it sounds cheesy until you realize that its a Christmas CD that she made with Jenelle and Grant in her recording study in the music room.  IT'S AMAZING!!!  She has quite the beautiful voice, as does Jenelle.  And it was a real treat to get to hear Grant on there as well.  He didn't exactly sing, his lines were supposed to be spoken, but it still was really cool.


Claire gave me a picture she had taken for a Photography class.  I think I'll put it on my desk at work maybe.  Its very pretty.  Evan and Grant gave me a sweater, and apparently a game is in the works too.  We just have to find a store that sells the one they're looking for.  And Jenelle's dad gave us all massive Gift Cards to Borders (can't wait to buy DVDs) and huge boxes of chocolate for our stockings.  So the last bit of information was Daddy's presents to all of us.  I'll keep everyone's presents to myself so they can blog about them.  But first, Daddy had told us we were going to go skiing on Christmas day.  Well, Mommy got sick with the flu and so he decided to cancel.  Therefore he gave us another surprise.  They bought everyone tickets to go see Phantom of the Opera in Downtown Chicago on Saturday!!!!  We were all incredibly excited.  It was definitely a worth while consolation.  In fact, I'd rather go to Phantom than Ski any day of the week because I can't ski .  So that was present #1.  Present #2 from Daddy to me was what I'm typing on right now... a brand new Macbook.  WOW!!!!!  I couldn't believe it.  I couldn't believe it.  Jenelle I think might have been happier than me b/c now she gets her laptop back and I can quit bothering her for it .  So now I'm typing away on my new laptop and looking forward to doing some web development on it for her dad.  So presents were amazing. 

Now, its off to downstairs to go make a movie.  That's right... Its a Fantastic Existence is filming today .

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