D - Remember When?

Remember when you were a kid and got a brand new toy for Christmas? Remember how it was so exciting and you would IMMEDIATELY run off and start playing with it? Remember how you didn't have to wait 45 minutes while your parents used every sharp object in the house in their vain attempts at getting the toy out of the packaging? That's all I'm saying. Just remember.

M - Wii pajama bowling in Ennis, TX

We knew we were going to get a late start out of Oklahoma City on our way to Houston for Christmas this year. Thus, MammaBoz decided we should try to stay in Ennis, Tx, just south of Dallas. We have become quite the raging fans for Comfort Suites hotels and that's where we are as I blog this entry. We checked the room rates before leaving OKC and everything was around $85 (which is always more than I like to spend on a hotel). My wife is a hotel snob...I am not. My basic requirements are clean sheets and I can manage around anything else.

The great thing is that the whole Choice Hotels chain is running $59 nightly holiday rates through the end of the year. The fact that the rooms are always nice and hot breakfast is always free makes it a great bargain!

Since the Bosley's are now owners of a Nintendo Wii, we brought it with us and enjoyed a round of family bowling before bed. It was boys vs. girls and the boys came out victorious by a single point. Katie is curiously good at Wii bowling! Perhaps it's the little hop down right after the ball is released. This is something that requires more study.

Wii baseball is pretty cool also aside from the additional shoulder injury I incurred swinging for the fences.

Here's a shot vid from our bowling adventures last night. Listen closely and you'll hear some of the awful things my bride is teaching my daughter about girls ruling and boys drooling. Enjoy!!

D - Our Christmas Card

I need all of you to pretend for just a second that you just walked out to your mailbox for the day. You find yourself in total shock as you see an envelope from the Bosleys. What's this? A Christmas Card from the Bosleys? But they don't DO Christmas cards?!? Wow! They must really love us!

So, here it is - Our Christmas Card to you. (Aren't they cute?)

Wishing you and yours the very best this holiday season......

......Merry Christmas! Love, the Bosleys!!!

I know, I know. You're feeling really special now. Well, don't count on me getting my act together next year like I did this year. I'm not always this organized.

D - The Talking Wand

This story actually happened weeks ago, but since I still laugh every time I think of it I decided to share it with all of you. Hopefully I haven't already posted it........

Katie was playing dress up and wearing her Sleeping Beauty dress and tiara and carrying her beautiful new wand. While I was fixing her hair, she was playing and tapped me with her wand while pretending that her wand said something to me (can't recall what it was). A minute or so later, she curled up her nose and made a disgusted face while handing me her wand and saying, "Here. I don't like talking wands."

Once again I can see how this story won't be all that funny since you can't hear her tone of voice, but you'll just have to trust me that it was hilarious. Hopefully when I reread this years from now I'll still be able to hear it. That girl cracks me up!

M - A frigid day on Lake Hefner

Today in Oklahoma City we've seen the temperature drop from 67 degrees at 1pm to 23 degrees at 8:30pm. That's a BIG, FAST drop!

Last Tuesday we had another day like that and on my way home I decided to stop of at Lake Hefner to take a few pictures. The wind chill was in the teens and the wind was blowing around 30mph. The weather was slightly different than the last time I wrote about Lake Hefner on this blog.

This was definitely a tough day to be a gull!

The waves were unusually large and you can see the effects of them crashing up against the flag pole retaining wall at Stars-n-Stripes park.

The steam rising off the water added a nice effect. If the wind hadn't been blowing so hard it would have really been impressive. I love Okie weather!

M - Full moon at apogee

I hope you enjoyed the unusually large and bright moon last week. National Geographic wrote an interesting piece that the geek in you might find interesting.

From the article: "Although a full moon happens every month, the one that rises tomorrow will appear about 30 percent brighter and 14 percent larger than the other full moons seen so far this year."

This next picture of our backyard was taken about 2 hours after sundown. It doesn't seem like much except that the vast majority of available 'white' light was coming from the sun's reflection off the moon. I wish I'd gotten out there earlier when you could see the moon reflecting in the glassy water on the pond. This picture had a 20-second exposure.

The following picture was taken just after 0500hrs on Friday morning as the moon illuminated some clouds that were moving in. Again, realize that it was way before sunrise but with the long exposure, street lights, and Christmas lights, I had a lot of light with which to work.

M - Foiled by The Container Strore

So we didn't quite make it to our destination of Allen, TX. Mommaboz had to make a stop at The Container Store. I'm not sure the kids even know we've stopped moving!

M - I missed Santa

Alright, so I was playing with one of the little ones and missed Santa's float. Bummer.

So now we're stuck in the masses trying to get back to the highway. It's worth it though...this is a great parade and our kiddos really enjoy it.

M - Rudolph makes an appearance!

M - always my favorite band

The Hardon-Simmons Cowboy Band

M - Dallas Christmas Parade

Nothing says Christmas like Mr Potato Head.

M - Live Blog from Dallas Christmas Parade

We are at the Adolphus Nieman Marcus Children's Parade again this year waiting for things to get started.

We have some great seats and it looks as if the folks in front of us are committed non-standers! That's a plus after last year's giganto experience.

I'll update again after things get rolling.

D - Sorry I'm Boring

Sorry for once again not posting for awhile. I guess I'm a little boring. We had a nice Thanksgiving with just the 4 of us, got all of the lights up on the outside of the house and the tree decorated. Over the course of about a week I managed to eat almost an entire pie by myself (thanks to Mary who made it for me when she got depressed by our holiday plans). I took the kids with me to visit my grandmother and my parents in McAlester for a day and did nothing there but eat more pie and play Skip-Bo with Noah and Katie and whoever else they could talk into playing. Fun times!

I thought of doing a post a couple of days ago showing Noah's before and after haircut pics, but I thought it might highlight the lack of excitement in my life if I did a THIRD post on my son's hair! It is short once again, but I'll go ahead and admit that it looks much better now.

Sadly, I guess that's all I've got right now. Thanks for tuning in to another exciting installment of the Boz Blog!

M - Stuck in traffic...

Here's a safely-made cell phone video of me safely not 'really' watching a movie on my GPS while safely driving/sitting in unusually HORRIBLE stop-and-go traffic trying to get home safely after work.

This movie is just tough to beat, don't you think?

Did I mention I'm being very safe even as I type this blog while driving with my knee?

...KIDDING! I'm at the stop part of the stop-n-go.