Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

from my family to yours!

We used to pay $60 for a 7 foot tree, but this year things changed...

We found a place where you can cut down any tree for $30, so we decided to go all out. When we got our tree home we had to cut a foot and a half off of it so that the angel didn't have to duck her head. $30 for a 10 foot tree!

The big one wanted to model the tree for me to take a picture.

The little one likes to do everything that the big one does.

Merry Christmas!

An update

It's been awhile since I last wrote, so I thought I'd update!

We got a 'new' car: a Pontiac Grand Prix: my husband's choice, but a good car nonetheless.
We got a cat, then she turned out to really enjoy attacking the children, so we took her to the barn at my parents' house.
We got a new cat that is nice and doesn't bite. When I get pictures of him I'll post those.
We put up our Christmas tree, which is huge! (I have pictures to put up of that, too.)
Christmas is around the corner and I have far more gifts for my husband than for my children. (Kids get so much stuff from everyone else, anyways.)
The little one is in training pants! I mean the underwear kind, not the pull-up diaper kind. She'll be 2 in January.
The big one is reading and writing a lot. I'm amazed at how fast kids pick up on that.
She's also taking piano lessons from a wonderful teacher. She loves it, but I'm having a hard time making time for practice.
My little sister is done with college and is moving home!
I learned how to crochet and have realized that it may be a perfect hobby.
I have an excellent fudge recipe that I'll share soon.

Geesh, I think that's it: a month in the life of us. I was kind of scraping the bottom of the barrel there at the last, too.