Christmas..........

We had such an awesome week leading up to Christmas. Jon was home, we had no plans and we just enjoyed ourselves!!! We played with friends, did some last minute shopping, I squeezed in a girls night out, girls stayed up late and watched Christmas movies every night, and it was just fun. All fun, fun, fun. We drank lots of hot chocolate, did lots of baking and wrapped presents. Enjoyed our home, our families and our friends.......whether in person, phone, skype, email or Christmas cards in the mail.

The girls looked forward to looking for our "Elf on the Shelf" every morning in his various hiding places. One morning he even snuck his way into our refrigerator!!

Aubrey had a super fun party at school with fun games, a cute cookie cake and even a visit from Santa.

Eliana had a preschool party and I went and played some pretty pathetic versions of Christmas songs on my guitar......but luckily it was the one-year-old class and they didn't know any better! They had fun singing and playing the shakers and instruments I brought in.

It was a joyful time and reminded us how thankful we are for the blessings in our lives. Family, Friends, our home, our health and our happiness.