Traditions

Writing letters to Santa has become one of our favorite traditions. The kids really enjoy letting him know that they've been "nice" and then listing a few gifts they would really appreciate getting on Christmas! :)

 Of course, we also love the tradition of visiting Santa every year. As much as they would love to go to the North Pole and meet all the elves and Mrs. Claus too. . .they understand that we're lucky to catch him where and when we can as he's so busy around Christmas! This was at a bookstore where Kyra performed in her choir:

Darci got lucky and got to see Santa again with her cousins at the library for preschool:

One tradition that we enjoy each year with Dave's cousins is making cookie trains. . .it's amazing the work parents will put into helping their kids have a great time! We do it because it's worth it, not because it's easy! :)

So Thankful. . .

We had such a great time celebrating Thanksgiving with my dad and many of my siblings. I LOVE having the cousins together and watching them have so much fun. We all gathered in Af and Chris's club house. It was perfect. The kids watched Toy Story 3, we played games, perused the sales, and of course ate lots of yummy food. :)

and, of course, I caught Hobie cheating!! hee hee