from our december

as i type this, erin, don, libby, kady, ally, toby and chloe are driving to the springs from the denver airport.   the cousin craziness is about to begin and i'm uber excited. 

december flys by, just like always, but thankfully we've done a lot of our traditions, melting christmas memories into little hearts. 

we deorated our tall, skinny tree. 











we put these guys to bed (at like 6:30) and then got them up and told them we were going to see christmas lights! 





and rapunzels long hair has morphed into mary, joseph and occasionally a shepherd. 


they play "live nativity" all the time. 




i still have some things to get checked off of the list, but am hoping that peace and joy and enjoying our family will be the main focus these next few days. 

joy to the world!