Poor blog how I've neglected you but life has been incredibly busy. You've fell down the important ladder.

Just a few pictures of some of the things that kept us busy this month.

Colin's class at his Christmas Program

All the classes who participated

Elias swimming for the first time at my work party

We saw Santa Claus at the FMG

We hosted several Christmas parties and had 4 family Christmas parties.

We've survived on little sleep, cut our first tooth, recovered from being sick.

Sorry, December, you weren't well documented but as you can see we were too busy being too busy.

Merry Christmas to all! Hope everyone's day was filled with joy, laughter, family and thoughts of the best present of all - the birth of baby Jesus.

"And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2: 10-11

We took the boys to see Santa Claus yesterday at the FMG with some friends. Both of the boys did really well especially considering how long we waited to see him. Then we braved the long lines again to get inside to see the trains which Lo and Colin loved!

Here are some random {phone} videos from the past few days....

Colin's first time hearing this book

Elias playing with Daddy

Daddy being silly

Last week's goals:

• Menu Planner: Dinner at Mom and Dads, Burgers, Chicken Alfredo, A Big Fat Who Knows, Thanksgiving, Dinner Out?, and Tacos
• Make Thanksgiving treat for the boys' teachers
• Finally mail out Elias' birth announcement to the White House
• Mail letter to Disney for the boys (http://pinterest.com/pin/197173289905449111/)
• Write note of Appreciation to someone
• Game plan for Thanksgiving Sales (can I hit any before work?) and Black Friday
• Go to bed before 11pm at least 2 nights
• Complete at least 1 pin Completed http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cheese-and-bacon-potato-rounds/detail.aspx and http://cookiesandcups.com/pumpkin-dump-cake/ Potato Rounds I'd make again. Pumpkin Dump Cake probably not. It wasn't bad (others enjoyed) but I wasn't wild about it.

This week's goals:

• Menu Planner: Dinner at Mom and Dads, Italian Crockpot Chicken, Out with Friends, Tacos, Chop Suey, Cheesy Crockpot Chicken, and Dinner out (go out of town?)
• Complete at least 1 pin
• Go to bed before 11pm at least 2 nights
• Put up Christmas Tree
• Create Christmas list and distribute
• Start creating list of who I need to buy for, what is already bought, and what to needs to be bought