December

Or as I like to refer to it “marathon month of craziness”.  Within a four week time period I hosted a cookie exchange, we attended 3 Christmas parties, had one Harry Potter birthday party here, celebrated Carter’s birthday, Carter was baptized, we celebrated Christmas and hosted our annual New Year’s Eve fondue dinner.  This last week has been amazing with nothing planned.  It is awesome getting back to normal life.  It was a fun month, but I’m definitely ready for a break. 

Christmas was great as usual.  We tried not to go overboard like we usually do.  We did ok.  Samantha got her “American Girl” doll.  We learned a valuable lesson here.  If you are looking to do anything with the doll’s hair, the real thing is the way to go.  We have to keep her hair in a ponytail all the time or it gets tangled beyond belief.  Adam was just glad to be a part of the party.  This mask was high on Sammy’s wish list.  Future bank robber?Ben had to put a candy cane in front of his eye every time the camera came out.  And again…Watch out for the shark!

I think that everyone got what they wanted and it was so nice to be able to spend time together as a family.  And isn’t that what it’s all about?  Actually, it’s all about Jesus.  But family is good too.  And we did try to think about Jesus a lot.