Around the house

Welcome December! Where has the time gone? We've been up to everything and nothing it seems. With the coldness of winter, it seems we've been staying at home lots more and trying to keep everyone entertained, which is no easy task some days. We had a great Thanksgiving with Wes's family, even though we missed being with my family who was out of the country. It's always refreshing to remember the many many things we have to be grateful for. This first picture is one of those things I'm grateful for: one of those rare but precious moments when I catch one of these moments on camera: I was putting Matsen to bed one night and found Jazlyn reading Kelston a story. He was listening sooo intently. It was the sweetest thing ever. Sometimes I wish there was a "pause" button to life to hold on to those moments for awhile.

We got surprised with some early snow before Thanksgiving this year, which is super rare for this side of the country. The kids had so much fun playing in it.
Here's our sweet little guy, who's now 4 1/2 months old. I also want to pause him in time. I love this age. He's so smiley and happy and is the best baby. We all adore him to pieces. He is BY FAR the easiest of our three to take care of at the moment. (I'm sure that will change with time).

We got our Christmas tree on Monday for Family Home Evening (sorry, no picture of that yet). Along with that, out came the Christmas decorations. Jazlyn set up this manger scene. The kids are so excited about Christmas this year. Wes took Jazlyn and Matsen out separately today to pick out gifts for each other. It's fun to see them get excited about it.

I've been busy reading some good books and trying to sew superhero capes for the boys for Christmas. That has proven to be no small task. I'll spare you the gory details. Let's just say that Kristy + sewing projects= frustration!!