Look Who's 33!

We got to celebrate Tom's Birthday with him on December 2nd. As he has of late, once again he requested home made apple pie for dessert. Happy Birthday Daddy!

Tree Decorating

I really meant to post these pictures much earlier this month and have had them uploaded for weeks now. Somehow December has just slipped by with all the shopping and extra events, it has seemed pretty busy. We decorated our tree for family night the first monday of December. It has been quite to chore this year to teach Wesley not to touch the tree and play with the ornaments. I think after having it around for a month he may have finally at least gotten bored of it.

Amberly puts up her first ornament.

Reili has lost a couple more teeth in the last month or so.

Jane digs out the ornaments for everyone to put up....and tries to convince the kids to let me get them out for them.

Wesley studiously moves his ornaments to the most strategic spots. This requires immense concentration as you can see.

Tom gets to put up the angel. He's the tallest so he can reach. It was so wonderful to have him home for the holidays this year.

Our Little Doggie

For Thanksgiving this year we were invited to our friend's, the Boehme's, for dinner. We had a great time eating delicious food, talking, and playing games. The kids had fun running around with each other and watching a movie. Wesley found the doggie door quite the entertainment. Here is a look at our little "doggie". I guess we don't need a real one yet.