It's beginning to look like Christmas

This past week the kids had their Christmas concert at school. M was so excited to be a part of it this year. She has watched her brother perform the last few years and finally she is old enough to take part in it. They both did wonderfully and the show was enjoyable - not just our kids but the whole show. Here is a little sampling for you all!

Unstoppable!

Look who is moving now!

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay

My, oh my, what a wonderful day! Plenty of sunshine headed our way - zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay! What a magical time we at had this past week at Disney World. We were lucky to be able to spend almost a week just playing down in Florida. While we were there, we also got to visit with J's sister. Nana and Gipa came down for the week too. It was wonderful.



This trip, we spent three days at Disney. One day at Magic Kingdom, one day at Disney Studios, and one day at Animal Kingdom. We did have some cold weather and rain but overall it was great. The kids all enjoyed our time there and loved just about everything. I think in the end, the favorite was still Magic Kingdom. Our kids are still young enough to be just giddy about the Disney Magic. The princesses were a huge hit, as were the rides. What a fun time!

At Disney Studios...
The big kids loved The Tower of Terror and the Rockin' Rollercoaster

Playing in front of Cinderella's Castle

Dumbo! Little C just kept saying "my turn again!" She loved it!

More fun rides!


Our little parade magnet. Once we took the baby out of the stroller, we got a lot of action!

After a rainy morning at Animal Kingdom

Cinderella! Need I say more?

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

One of my favorite times of year is when we put up the Christmas tree. I just can't get enough of all that Christmas cheer - especially when the family is full of cheer too. We crank up the music and go to town turning our house into a Christmas wonderland. This year was a little bittersweet for me though. Knowing that we have the movers coming on the 28th of December caused me to think twice about all my decorations. In the end, I decided to forgo the garland on the stairs and some other of those extras, knowing that I did not want to take it all down the day after Christmas to get ready for the movers. But, even without it, we still had a great time getting our tree up and starting the Christmas season off right!

Dressing up or dressing the tree????

Christmas Joy!

The beauty in our tree comes from its mismatched imperfection. All of our ornaments were made by someone in the family(mostly at a young age), or are souvenirs and gifts. There is no rhyme or reason to our hodge podge Christmas Tree and I just love it that way! We get a new ornament on every family vacation. This makes putting the ornaments up a very fun event - it is a trip down memory lane every year.

Enjoying all our family ornaments.