my handsome boy

my sweet girl

my sweet girl who protested a nap so long she couldn't quite make it into bed

Silence

Tonight while I was doing the dishes and Jared was mudding the wall I noticed something.  Silence.  I asked Jared if he knew the where abouts of our little girl.  He did not.  Dishes were put on hold.  I found her in Connor's room with a bottle of lotion.

December in a nutshell

December was a lovely month filled with holiday fun. 

Sierra was less than helpful decorating our gingerbread house.  She had a point though.  Why would you put the candy/frosting on the house when you can eat it instead?  Connor is an excellent gingerbread house decorator.

Her baby, named baby, is very much a part of her life right now.  When I was running on the treadmill the other day Sierra came in so I turned it off and let her pretend to run on it (which she loved).  She left and I continued my run.  A minute later she came back with baby so baby could run too.  She held baby on the treadmill and bounced her around like she was running.  Like I say, she is very much involved in Sierra's activities.

Santa came to our church one night and that was pretty exciting.  Connor asked for trains.  Sierra got the candy cane stuck in her hair.

We just put the cookies out on christmas eve

Christmas Day!  

Santa must have a sense of humor

Jared only had to help me once putting this together

the aftermath