Our Month In A Nutshell

Wow, it's been almost a month since I've last written. Things have been busy around here. We've had visitors and have just been busy with Christmas things. We had a great Thanksgiving with the family in Randleman. The day after the kids and I decorated the tree and the house. I thought they had outgrew the breaking the ornament thing but Makayla was on a role. My poor ice skating ring no longer has lights. Oh well, the Hallmarks stay put in the box for another year. Their favorite decoration is our Santa that pulls his pants down and the reindeer that sings Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer. This week we also took our Christmas card picture (me taking 500 pictures and cutting and pasting the best faces together). Thursday we went to Portrait Innovations and had holiday pictures taken that I was really happy with. Today we headed to the Christmas Bazaar at the girls preschool. Santa was going to be there so I thought I would get a picture of the kids with Santa. Before we left Taylor packed a shoebox with things around her room to give to Santa for his gift. I thought that was so sweet and thoughtful. The girls were scared at first (Makayla has never sat on his lap) but she was the 1st one to hop on this time. I got some cute pictures. Taylor wants Woody, Buzz, & Bullseye dolls from Toy Story, Makayla wants the Barbie and The Diamond Castle dolls, and Jake wants everything Star Wars. I can't wait to see their faces on Christmas morning. They are alwasys so excited. Well I have lots of pictures from the past couple of weeks and I'll post them when I get a chance. Happy Holidays everyone!