Here and There...

Hey everyone!
How are the Christmas preparations coming? I am well-behind my usual pace of Christmas shopping, baking,etc....but I am hoping to catch up by the end of the week. We do have a bit of an excuse, as Bray has had 2 major final papers to write, tests to take, things to sing for...the list continues on. Not only that, but we found out late last week that we get to go to Monroe after all! We will head down January 1st, as that is the same day my brother Seth and his wife Naphtali are heading back home, and we will be there till the 12th! Isn't that exciting? Bray hasn't seen his fam since last February, and the kids and I haven't since the beginning of August-I need to start saving for a private jet. It gets trickier to visit the more kids you have, and the farther away you live!
We also found out we will all be going to Santa Barbara again this summer. This is Bray's last year at that program, and we only wanted to go if we were all going to be together. We do not know exactly where we're staying yet, but we have some connections.
Our Christmas cards will be mailed within the week, so hopefully the first year that I will get them out BEFORE Christmas! We miss you all, and hope you are eating lots of cookies, and enjoying the season!I was trying to show her little wispy curl on top of her head after a bath....it's there, I promise!:)
Last weekend we bundled the kids up in the double stroller and took them for a 'snow walk!' They loved it!
We got quite a bit more snow yesterday, so I took Hobbes out to play in it-of course he's too distracted to look at the camera!
Little girl, playing with her sparkly shoes!
My handsome dude, with a crazy do for church.:)
They love to play like this-Hobbes kneels down, and 'hides' and then pops up, and Madeline goes into nonstop giggles! It's pretty cute, I must admit!