Christmas Happenings

Yesterday we built a little gingerbread village. Kate ate more then she decorated. Kendall was very serious in her decorating.

We got word that someone special was sending a box with lots of little gifts for the girls. I put together this little advent countdown mantel. We'll put a present for each of the girls in the little buckets counting down the last 10 days before Christmas.

I Can't Stop Laughing

CHEESE

My poor neglected blog. Just wanted to share this cheesy grin. Last week I was on the couch and she came up to me and said, "Let me smell you (sniffs my hair) MMMMMMM, you smell like a mommy".

Overwhelmed

Sorry I haven't been posting. I'm OVERWHELMED a bit. Brian is out of town and we're having a new drainage system put in the basement. This means: five men in and out of the house all day, a pile of JUNK in my front yard, plastic down over our hardwood floor (and on top of that mud that gets tracked into the rest of the house), a mess spread from here to there and best of all--a JACKHAMMER in my basement for the last 4 days.

Our Days

Clearly Kendall thinks I take too many pictures. We've been spending some time outside before it gets too cold.

With two sick girls and Brian out of town we've had some snuggle in days. Decaf coffee mixed with hot chocolate. (Kendall has had an ear infection and Kate pink eye).

Kate loves to carry around stacks of paper, she calls it her mail, "male-uh." As she was flipping through these she said, "This is my mail-uh mom, there's no for you."

We traced and cut out 25 gingerbread men. Now we're trying to decorate them all to make a little count down until Christmas in December.

Happy Birthday

This man, I love him so much. The best compliment that I ever received was when he asked to marry me. This man that I love and respect wants to spend the rest of his days with me?! I'm so proud of him, proud of the man he is, the husband he is, the dad he is. Thank you for sharing your life with me. Happy Birthday honey (and hurry home).