Saturday, December 8, 2012

holiday happenings

so we have been busy enjoying the holiday season and a few of our favorite seasonal traditions....

....we had breakfast with santa at the local fire department.  i think i look forward to it more than the kids. they get to tell santa what they want and mama gets a picture to put on the mantel. i asked riley if he'd still sit on santa's lap for my picture when he's in college and he innocently promised he would....we'll see.  as a bonus we got to see sparky too.




....we put up our outside lights and our tree.  we opted for a small tree since we will be in denver for the holidays this year.  the kids really enjoy pulling out the ornaments and decorating the tree.  i sneak in some snuggles in between the decorating.





...lucy was in the hood river dance performance of the nutcracker again this year.  this time she was a bon bon....super super cute.  she has decided to hang up her ballet slippers and won't be participating anymore...we'll see if she quits forever, but for now this may be our last nutcracker.  this is lucy with her little buddy lani.



that's it for now...hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season as well.
cheers!