Getting ready for Christmas

 We have been super busy the past couple weeks getting ready for Christmas and with Christmas programs with the kids schools.  We also had our first Christmas party with 30 of our neighbors! It was so much fun and hopefully we started a new tradition.

Not sure if I've posted a picture of the aquarium since Rob stained it, it now has the African cichlids in it. They will grow to be pretty big fish!

We will need to figure out something to do with our stockings in the future, but for now they're hanging on the TV stand.

 She's a genius! Obviously...

 Snuggling with Daddy at Ava's Holiday concert.  The kids did a great job singing and it was really well done, but soo long.  We had to have her there at 5:45 and it didn't get over until around 8:15.  Much too long for little kids to be sitting still in a church on a school night.  I helped out Ava's teacher the next day at her class Christmas party and she said all the kids were so exhausted, most of them had been up until 10 the night before.

 Jake's preschool had a Christmas program.  He was one of the wise men.  It was hilarious.  The kids were singing in their sweet little voices and there was one song where they said Bethlehem about 50 times.  And every time they said it Jake screamed out "BETH-LA-HAM"  Then at the end it was quiet and he yelled out "Bravo" and started clapping for himself.  Oh Jakey Boy...he will be the class clown for sure.

 Walking out of church at the end

 Reagan just living the good life

 Before our Christmas party, Rob was excited to rock his Santa Hawaiian shirt

 My Mom and Lilly arrived the night of the party but their flight got delayed and they missed it.  Such a bummer :(  But we are excited to have them, we did ginger bread houses the next day.

YiaYia brought the girls matching pajamas!

 And Jake got new pjs too :)

We are off to Naples for a couple days and coming back Christmas Eve.  The kids are so excited for Santa!