Salt City Candles

With the holiday season here that means one thing, well besides Christmas Trees, presents, shopping, and lots of food and that is we bring back out the Christmas Tree scented Salt City Candles! Here is the description from their website:

The scent of pine, fir, and spruce hang in the air like the promise of Christmas. What could be more festive than a tree of green and blue covered in gold and silver ornaments, topped by a shimmering star? It's all you need to make the holiday complete. Perfect for filling your home with the scent of a fresh cut Christmas tree (especially if your tree is of the artificial variety), our Christmas Tree candles are the perfect accent to your traditional decorations. Christmas Tree scented candles feature: fir, evergreen and hemlock.

You can check out their website at www.saltcitycandle.com.

Decorating For Christmas

We are decorating the blog for Christmas. Check back for new things added throughout the month.

Gorilla Ad

I am not sure if they play this in the U.S. but it plays here in the U.K. and I love this commercial.


What do you think of it?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM ENGLAND!

We wanted to wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving and we are thinking about everybody and wish you were with us! It's too expensive for us to be there! (LOL). Have a great day and for the football fans out there enjoy the games as well as the turkey. Oh and of course enjoy the Macy's Day Parade and for those who are heading out for the After-Thanksgiving sales, GOOD LUCK!

Thanksgiving Day Football Games

Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions (12:30 PM EST)
- My Prediction: Green Bay wins 35-21
- Actual Score: Green Bay 37, Detroit 26

New York Jets at Dallas Cowboys (4:15 PM EST)
- My Prediction: Dallas wins 31-10
- Actual Score: Dallas 34, New York 3

Indianapolis Colts at Atlanta Falcons (8:15 PM EST)
- My Prediction: Indianapolis wins 28-17
- Actual Score: Indianpolis 31, Atlanta 13

Disney Movies: Aladdin

Aladdin was released on November 25, 1992 and is the 31st Walt Disney Animated Classic.

The Disney version was taken from the story The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. Several characters and plot elements are also based on the 1940 version of The Thief of Bagdad. As is usual with Disney film adaptations, many aspects of the traditional story were changed for the movie—for instance, the setting is changed from a mythical Islamic "China" to a fictional Arabian City, Agrabah. It was released at the peak stretch of the Disney renaissance era beginning with The LIttle Mermaid. It was the most successful film of 1992, with over $217 million in domestic revenues and over $504 million worldwide.

Previous Disney Movies featured:
The Great Mouse Detective
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mulan

Hercules

Saturday, Birthday Money and Bowling

Today we took Jordan and Calvin to spend some of their birthday money from their Nana (that is my mom). So off we went to the BXTRA on RAF Mildenhall and the first place they head it is to the Bionicles section of the toys. As soon as we got home they started putting together their Bionicles and playing battle. For those who do not know what they are you can visit www.bionicles.com.

Before heading home though we stopped off at the bowling alley for a quick game. I didn't do too hot and only bowled a 154 (OUCH!) but the kids did real well. (Sorry I forgot to grab the camera!)

Daddy - 154
Jordan - 108
Calvin - 97
Kaylee - 86

Marsha doesn't like to bowl so she cheered us on.

Disney Movies: Hercules

Hercules was released on June 14, 1997 and is the 35th Walt Disney Animated Classic.

The movie depicts the adventures of Hercules, the son of Zues, in Greek mythology. A demigod, mortalized by Hades and his minions as an infant, tries to find what it takes to be a true hero in order to regain immortality and his rightful place among the gods.

This movie has not yet been released on DVD.


Previous Disney Movies featured:
The Great Mouse Detective
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mulan

Jordan Turns 10 Years Old

On Wednesday, November 14 Jordan turned 10! We celebrated with some cake and ice cream and of course presents. We went bowling last Saturday for both Jordan's and Calvin's birthdays with Amanda's family since their birthdays fell during the week. Enjoy the pictures.

Optimus Prime and Megatron Transformers (from Grandma)

More Bionicles (from Calvin and Kaylee)

. . . . whats in here?

Winter Gloves

Hardback Magic Tree House Books (from Great-Grandma)

Skateboard and Accessories (from Mom nad Dad)

Happy Birthday To You . . . .

One More Candle To Go!

Disney Movies: Mulan

Mulan was released on June 19, 1998 and is the 36th Walt Disney Animated Classic.

The movie is loosely based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, and was praised for its stunning visuals and for portraying an independent and dominant female, and earned over $300 million in worldwide box office.

This is the first one we have featured that we actually own on DVD.



Previous Disney Movies featured:
The Great Mouse Detective
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

It's Somebody's Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALVIN!

Today is Calvin's birthday and he is the BIG 5! Here are some pictures of Calvin opening his presents and his cake that Marsha baked.

Bionicle Barraki - Pridak (from Jordan and Kaylee)

Transformers - Bumblebee and Barricade (from Grandma)

Clothes from Mom and Dad (HOW EXCITING!)

Disney Learning Cards (from Great Grandma)

Disney Learning Books and Coloring Books (from Great Grandma)

Geo Trax - Grand Central Station (from Mom and Dad)

Blowing Out His Candles

Time To East Some Cake!

Disney Movies: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame was released on June 21, 1996 and is the 34th Walt Disney Aninmated Classic.

The film is loosely based on Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The plot centers on the Gypsy dancer, Esmeralda; Claude Frollo, a powerful and ruthless judge who lusts after her; Quasimodo, the protagonist, Notre Dame's kind-hearted but deformed bellringer, who adores her; and Phoebus, the chivalrous if irreverent military captain, who hold affections for her.

Roger Ebert awarded the film four stars out of four and hailed it as "the best Disney animated feature since Beauty and the Beast - a whirling, uplifting, thrilling story with a heart-touching message that emerges from the comedy and song." Near the end of his review, Ebert compared the film favorably to other entries in the Disney Renaissance era, such as Aladin, The Lion King and Pochahantas.

We do not currently own this movie on DVD but do have a VHS copy packed away somewhere.

Previous Disney Movies featured:
The Great Mouse Detective

Disney Movies: The Great Mouse Detective

With the addition of the Disney Character of the Day to our blog, I thought I would add random Disney Movies (hopefully I can keep this up!). The first movie is The Great Mouse Detective which was released on July 2, 1986 and is the 26th Walt Disney Animated Classic.

It is based on the children's story Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus, it draws heavily on the tradition of Sherlock Holmes with a heroic mouse who consciously emulates the detective and is set in London, England in 1897. This film did fairly well at the box office and got warm reviews from critics (including a "two thumbs up" rating from critics Siskel and Ebert), a welcome change after the previous Disney flop The Black Cauldron.

We do not currently own this movie on DVD but do have a VHS copy packed away somewhere.

Snowing In Disneyland?

Disneyland is adding snow to the towers of Sleeping Beauty's Castle for the holiday season. I believe this is the first time they have done this and it looks really cool. Too bad we won't see it, hopefully they keep it going until 2010!

Straight A's

Marsha met with Jordan's teacher for the first Parent-Teacher conference of the year and so far he is getting straight A's. We really like his teacher this year and he seems to be enjoying this year! It sounds like another smart Culley kid when he was in elementary school! HINT - IT IS ME! (LOL)

Can You Hear The Music?

After visiting quite a few differant blogs and listening to their music I decided to add the project playlist beta to The Culley Family Blog. My first few songs are "Hey There Delilah" by the Plain White T's, "What I've Done" by Linkin Park and "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin.

I am really digging "Hey There Delilah" from the Plain White T's. It was originally released on their 2005 album All That We Needed but really never got any exposure. The song is about an unrequited, long-distance infatuation. In June 2007, over two years after the song's initial release, it became the band's first mainstream hit in the United States.

Enjoy!

I Know, It's Not Even Thanksgving Yet

I am sure the stores and malls have all their decorations up and for sale in the states so I thought I would add some Christmas stuff here. One of my favorite holiday commercials is this one from last year. It is from Coca-Cola and we all know Coca-Cola produces better products then you know who (PEPSI!), right Jim, James and Robert?

Happy Halloween - 2007

Where did the month of October go? I didn't post one thing, call me James or Robert! LOL This past week we went Trick-Or-Treating with Amanda and her family over in the housing area near the base. Jordan dressed as a pirate, Calvin was Batman, Kaylee was Cinderella, Cole was Wolverine and Gaige was Tigger.

Enjoy the pictures!

- All the kids dressed up -

- Kayleee carving her pumpkin -

- Jordan getting his ready to carve a Spider -

- Kaylee showing off her pumpkin -

- Calvin showing off his pirate ship pumpkin -

- Calvin decorating one of his cookies -

- Jordan decorating his cookies -

- Jordan finishing his pumpkin, it took him two nights to finish -