I haven't had time for blogging, and feel like December was a blur of sleeplessness, but I don't want to forget some of the highlights of December 2011.
- Decorating the house for Christmas. I felt overwhelmed with the thought, but the kids were so excited. I let them decorate the tree all by themselves, as well as the rest of the house. I did get out only about half the Christmas decorations as we normally do though!
- Decorating the Gingerbread House. Uncle Dan brought the kids a gingerbread house this year. They put the whole house together, but when it came time to put all the candy on, the house collapsed. The frosting just wasn't strong enough....much to the delight of the kids! First year they didn't have to wait till Christmas Eve to eat it :)
- Family Christmas movie night. We made pizzas, ate lots and lots of Christmas cookies and watch Home Alone 3. A perfect family night.
- Hot chocolate and candy canes.
- Aspen's school Christmas program.
- Journey's ballet recital.
- Slumber party at Grammi and Papa's house. Grammy and Papa surprised us by putting on a slumber party for all the grandkids the first weekend of Christmas break. They went all out by planning games for the kids to play - "tasty test" and bean bag toss. Taking them hot tubbing. Watching Christmas movies, and setting up a tent in the living room for Aspen, Journey and Peyton to sleep in together.
- Baking Christmas cookies for Homeless Christmas party put on by My Father's Heart. I felt challenged this year to give in such a way that it would be a sacrifice or that it would cost me. As I thought about it, I realized that this year, giving of my time is the biggest sacrifice for me. I am still adjusting to having 4 small kids, including a nursing newborn, and time is something I feel like I don't have enough of! The kids, Mark and I all worked together to make and frost 3 batches of sugar cookies and 2 batches of gingerbread for the party.
- Christmas dinner out with all my brothers, sister and the husband/wives. While the kids were having their sleep-over, Charity suggested that we all go out to dinner together. We went out to a Thai restaurant in Gresham and then came to our house for drinks and dessert. It was a lot of fun. The guys played Wii games and the girls hung out and talked. Teague was the only kid, and he was a perfect baby!
- Christmas Eve at Lisa's
- A relaxed Christmas morning at home as a family, then to Grammy and Papa's for the rest of the day.
- Going up to Nana & Papa's after Christmas for 2 days.
- Going to the beach for the rest of Christmas break and New Years. Dan, Troy and Kirstyn came down to the beach with us for a couple days. We had so much fun hanging out, and it was a great way to relax and spend time as a family.
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