The rest of the year (Thanksgiving & Christmas)

So we made it through to Thanksgiving and then Jordan started throwing up and for the next couple of weeks someone or other was throwing up too....til eventually we were over it....
And then it was time for Christmas!!!!!!

We bought a real Christmas tree for the second time ever and just remind me not to buy one again while we live in Arizona....it barely made it through to Christmas Day and I watered it and gave it Christmas Tree food religiously....by Boxing Day morning it was out the front door.....but for that first week it WAS beautiful just not really worth the money.....

Anyway, some memories.....
The kids put on a nativity on Christmas Eve.....the girls and I had worked on it all day and  the boys jumped right into their parts....some more enthusiastically than others.....(the pineapple was a 'gift' to baby Jesus)....it was cute and fun to watch them....

Christmas Day...being woken up at 5.30am by some desperate pleading from Amelia (the kids always send in Amelia for the really hard sell!)....we had to be at church at 8.30am and they were concerned they wouldn't have time to open presents (not sure quite how many presents they were expecting???) Lots of fun presents of course......

and facetime with family all around the world...I have to say I LOVE this technology that lets us sit in a room across the world and chat with and see our family....all for FREE:)

And ended the day with an eve with friends and family....(and McKenna singing for all of us!)