I got an early Christmas present of a new camera and I am thoroughly enjoying trying to learn how to use it. The kids and I went out to the lake to enjoy the weather and get some fresh air after school.

It has been a little while since I posted. We have been doing well and enjoying the weather. We had Thanksgiving with Brian's brother's family and just enjoyed some time around the house. A cool front came through on Thanksgiving dropping the temp 30 degrees in a couple of hours. It was refreshing and THANK YOU LORD it did kill off some of our mosquitoes which allowed us to spend some time outside. We also got to have some fun with friends making special Pilgrim hat cookies and turkey puppets. I also did some black Friday shopping for the first time ever, Sarah and I went out at about 5 for a few hours and had a lot of fun. I also got my kiddos some pretty impressive balloons from a fund raiser.

This afternoon we are keeping Lexi, a sweet friend while her twin sister has some testing done. As I was explaining why only Lexi would be here and not Lilly I told Kiley that Lilly had to go to her doctor's appointment. Kiley says, "Oh I have gone to a doctor appointment, is it the same doctor?" I told her it was a different doctor and she says, "Mom why are so many doctor's named Appointment?"

Decided to do Christmas cards this year so thought I had better attempt some pictures of my children...

The owl shirt Kiley requested is done. Not sure how I feel about it but Kiley loves it so that is what counts. I have also learned how to make different hair bows and enjoy the short amount of time it takes to complete them (thank you Sarah).

This week Eli was learning about Newton's law (I do not remember that until middle school at the earliest...) and they had to make a balloon powered car incorporating Newton's law. Daddy worked late this week so it ended up being something that mommy helped with. I told him to look around and see what he wanted to use for wheels and cut out some sort of shape from the cardboard and this is what we ended up with. He was pleased with it especially after his went the farthest at school. Kiley loved watching it race across the floor too.

We have successfully completed our first sports season. Eli has finished soccer and had a lot of fun play. Brian also coached and I think he actually enjoyed it too. We had our end of the season party and all of the kids got their trophies. The team gave Brian a gift card too which was very nice. Here are a few pictures from the season and of his trophy.