Christmas in lots of variations

For the record, we are mostly through the Christmas parties. Eileen still has the preschool performance that she will attend on 16 December where her classmates will reenact the birth of Jesus. I am still working on myself and how I deal with this all. I had hoped that she would be older before the peer pressure of Santa and the rest of the season hit her.

Meanwhile, we are now queens of gingerbread houses. We have one more to make. Soooo excited, now that we know what we are doing.

Some recent photos

These were done at a local park by a fantastic photography: Unique Images by Misty. So, there are some recent photos for people clambering for new photos of the family. Our house seems very empty as my parents and brother and his wife and son all left this morning. The last of the linens are now in the dryer...and life is getting back to normal - whatever that might mean :-)

Thanksgiving here

Well for those brave readers wondering what is up, we hope to upload Halloween photos sometime soon. Meanwhile, my parents arrive on Tuesday and my brother, his wife, and their 4 year old arrive on Wednesday. We are very excited and can't wait to do lots of preschool art projects (like turkey napkin rings). Otherwise, life here stays busy.

We are through the first of my holiday events: a large bazaar called Hangar Holiday. The after action report reads like a need to have checklists to follow for each of the 10 plagues of Egypt. But I loved the people I worked with and will happily volunteer again next year if they need me.

Holiday parties 2 and 3 are next Friday and Saturday. Saturday afternoon we head to Dallas so that Eric can run his first marathon on Sunday morning.