Ok, wow do I feel bad. I just realized that I have not been posting anything on here. Things have been so crazy and busy for us. And Christmas is coming up so fast. It seems like I have not had any time lately to keep things updated or do anything on the computer besides work :)
Chris has been working in Iowa three days a week so the kids and I have been spending lots of time together. They asked him to come down to help out for a while and he agreed. So we have not seen him too much this December.
I went up to Minnesota with some mommy friends at the beginning of December and had an awesome time. It was so nice to get away and enjoy the company of other people :)
Lily has been in dance class and loving it. She had her first recital type thing the other day and it was so cute. She has been sledding a lot, making snowmen, and enjoying making Christmas cookies and goodies.
Nolan is trotting around like crazy and getting into everything. He also loves to be read to so we spend much of our days reading books.
We saw Santa many times and Nolan is still scared of him. Lily just loves to sit on his lap. It is great because I think now that she is three this year, she is starting to understand Christmas, which is neat to see through the eyes of kids. We watched the horse parade in Oregon last weekend, as they had their winter festival going. Tuesday night, I had lots of mommies over for a holiday party. It was so much fun and we did an ornament exchange. We had wine, and lots of appetizers. We chatted and enjoyed each others company. It was great.
This week is filled with many Christmas parties. I am really looking forward to staying home with just the four of us on Christmas morning, though. That is something that is so important to me with the kids and now that they are getting older, I want our family Christmas to be enjoyable and at home with the kids on Christmas morning. We had to sacrifice attending the Erfurth Christmas but I really wanted to stay home with the kids so they could slowly open their gifts and we could enjoy the company of each other. So many times, we open gifts so fast and rush off from place to place. I am really looking forward to it this year.
Here are some recents of the kids.