Our first Christmas

So this was the first Christmas that my family has not spent Christmas with either Aaron's family or mine. Aaron was more than pleased with this decision, and did his best to keep the kids entertained and start some family traditions of our own. I will admit, I had a few moment when I missed being home, but on the whole he was quit successful!! We decorated ginger bread cookies, sugar cookies for Santa, took goodies to friends and saw Santa on more than one occasion.(Library Santa continues to be my favorite). The kids each drew a name and we went shopping for their Christmas gifts, which they loved! We went out for lunch Christmas Eve, and then sat down and had a family home evening, focusing on the Jesus and his birth, followed by the tradition opening their pj's present. Christmas day was filled with plenty of presents, cinnamon rolls and later in that afternoon we went to Alvin and the Chipmunks the squeakual. So that is our Christmas in a nutshell, our first private Christmas, with out a hitch!

Thanksgiving Trip

We had one very full week of family! We were a little nervous traveling with Eli, but he was an amazing little trooper and we had a great trip. It ranged from making homemade raspberry jam to riding horses, and don't forget lots of loves and kisses from aunts, grandmas and great grandmas. For some reason taking pictures on Thanksgiving day is hard for me, so Thanksgiving day is never on the record.. and that's how we roll!

preschool fieldtrip

The theme for preschool this month was transportaion. So my friend found out that her husbands boss owned his own airplane and set the whole thing up for us, what a sweetie! The kids had a good time, each took a turn inside the plane as co-pilot. What a boss, to take time off of work to talk to your employee's, three year old and her friend! What a great experience for the kids!