The latest and greatest

Once Thanksgiving hits, it is just a big blur until Christmas arrives. Somehow through all of the hustle and bustle, I still manage to get the decorations up, pick out a tree, order Xmas cards, do endless holiday cooking for classrooms and work parties, etc. etc. And then on top of it, my job has been pretty demanding lately and I have more deadlines than usual. So I will post a few of these pics so I can sit back for a moment and enjoy some of the things we've done lately.

Mother and son dance with Dyson


Midnight showing of twlilght with the girls

(Blurry, but it's all I have)


Layney doing a centerpiece for Thanksgiving


Taylen and Dyson with the lollipop turkey


Picking out a tree- cool and misty



Bart loading the tree in the truck- how easy!



Finished hanging the garland!


Funniest story of all... we have this calendar that counts down to Xmas and every day one of the kids moves the little Santa into the next pocket. I told the kids that when Santa reaches the last day, it will be Christmas. So....



For some reason Santa is never in the right spot. Each and every day, Layney takes the Santa out of the numbered day and moves it to the end and says "It's Christmas!" SMART COOKIE!