Gingerbread house

Mike made a gingerbread home with the girls earlier this month...

Visit with Santa

And what followed was this...

Poor Andrew... he just doesn't like Santa... yet.

Last week of school 2009

Andrew

Andrew loves wearing his firefighter hat. I have to get a picture of him from behind, it's about half his size from behind!

My birthday present

For my birthday I got something I've wanted for years, real Wellies (Hunter Wellingtons)! The girls love modeling them!

The Polar Express Train Ride

Mike's friend was working... all of the engineers were carrying real oil lamps! (We had him put his down for the pic.)

ALL ABOARD!

We've got the golden tickets!!!

Hot hot hot... yeah, we got it...

HOT CHOCOLATE!

The "runaway bride" and her brood...

WHO just got on the train ? ! ? ! ?

Gianna is enamored...

Sweet memory...

Our friends Brian and Melissa visited us from Maine during Thanksgiving week. They had to leave suddenly due to Brian's grandpa getting sick (prayers for him would be greatly appreciated). But the night before they left, I captured a regularly occurring moment. THEY read to the girls and put them to bed every night. The girls are just in love with both of them.

This is the only picture I took of them. But for some more, check out their blog.