Merry Christmas 2012!!

Sorry this will be an unorganized post, but my laptop crashed so I am stuck blogging from my iPad. (I wont be able to insert pictures where i want them, but i think you can get he idea.) It isn't ideal but its better than nothing as I really wanted to get a post up for everyone, to wish you Merry Christmas, and to tell you we are thinking of you.

It's been a busy month, regular activities plus Christmas ones added in. But we were able to fit in an awesome Santa party put on by our realtor, Darlene. She seems to have a sweet spot in her heart for our family, so the boys got a bit of special treatment, including a private visit with Santa before the regular "everyone stand in the long line for a turn to talk to him" chaos. Trevor requested cowboy boots and Carter asked for a spark scooter so we'll see how that works out ;-). Thank you for an amazing time, Ms. Darlene!!

I've put off getting my normal artwork and pictures on the walls yet...anti climactic post move blahs...but Christmas inspired me to get my seasonal stuff out, so I thought you might enjoy a tiny peek around our home with a few things actually on the walls!

Carter had two fun Christmas parties at school, including cookie decorating with his friends.

Emilee wowed us with her voice at her choir Christmas concert and Daddy brought her flowers (anyone else floored by how pretty she is?!).

Trevor started his cross country season...he's running about 5 miles per day training...pictures to come in January from his first meet!

I got a huge Christmas surprise on Saturday night...Joshua convinced Art to hop in the car and make the 1700+ mile drive from CA to spend Christmas with us! They didn't say a word to me, so I about fell over when LaVerne walked up to me in my kitchen Saturday evening! We haven't spent much time with them in almost three years so its pretty awesome to have our dear friends with us!

Andy and Mandi are here too...having moved here from CO last month. We have started doing Sunday Night Family Dinners (this is a very special tradition Joshua's family always did when family was close by). And we got to celebrate Mandi's birthday yesterday...and we are excited to have family in town for Christmas (especially Joshua since his family can rarely come visit us). They are even going to stay the night tonight so we can all enjoy opening gifts around the tree together.

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday!! {insert VIRTUAL HUG}