Catching Up On December

December always seems to fly by and be extremely busy.  This year I thought I had kept things simple enough to not be as busy.  Turns out I hadn't.  We had stuff going on every weekend, school parties, baking, shopping, and the usual business of cleaning and laundry and keeping my children alive.  It's not a bad busy, but it makes everything go by so quickly.

Every year since we moved here to Georgia in 2005, we have gone to Lights of the South.  It's a huge light display that you take a hayride through to see.  It is beautiful and amazing and we love it.  The kids get to sit on Santa's lap and play on a playground and we stand by the fire to stay warm.  It's a magical place.

Brody and Bridger each told Santa what they wanted for Christmas, although by then they had changed their minds multiple times and after this they changed their minds a few more times.  I don't think Santa ever figured out what they wanted.

This is what happens when you try to bring Penny near Santa.  She's a little dramatic, it's true.

Aaaaand back to happy.

 

We also built and decorated a gingerbread house together.  The boys did all the decorating themselves.  I love to watch their creative minds working together.  The first year we did it I was anal and wanted the house to look perfect.  I'm glad I let that go.  

Penny contributed too.  Any candy that fell off of the house or was left unattended for more than 1.5 seconds quickly got stuffed into her mouth.  Side note- I'm sure most kids like candy, but I've never seen anyone like her before.  She will do ANYTHING for candy.  Even if it includes pain.  She'll eat food that she hates. And if she sees candy and doesn't get to eat it, watch out.  She will cut you.

More December catch up to come....

Better Late Than Never..... Merry Christmas!

This year I was too lazy to do Christmas cards.  During the week of Christmas, I slept in, took naps, and lazied around all day with the family.  We did get up and get dressed for church on Christmas and here are some pictures of my good-looking offspring.

We had a good Christmas and a good Christmas season.  We love to see our children as their understanding of Christ grows and they begin to understand the true meaning of Christmas.  We are grateful for our family, our friends, and our Savior. 

We hope you all had a good Christmas and that you felt loved and blessed!

Brody's Piano Recital

Brody started taking piano lessons in September.  It was a rough start.  He kept saying he didn't want to keep taking the lessons but when he went to them, he would come home happy and excited.  I think it was just overwhelming for him to spend all day at school and then have to keep using his brain when he got home.  Eventually he started getting used to it and now he loves it.

His first recital was last Saturday and he played Jingle Bells.  His teacher asked him if he wanted to play a duet with me and he said yes so we played together.  He practiced a lot and did a great job!  When we got to his teacher's house, he said he was feeling nervous and his face was red when he was done but he did awesome.  I'm so proud of him.  

 Here he is with Sister Jenkins and all of her other students.