Christmas Season Begins!

My Christmas Season was kicked off last night with an Advent Tea at our church. I hosted a table with my dear friend Catherine. We had a fun time decorating and spending time with the ladies at our table. I don't think any of us went away hungry- or will be craving anything sweet for a while-ha! It was a fun evening and a great time of fellowship.

Brothers

Little Pilgrim

We had a fun day celebrating Thanksgiving at Ethan's school today. I was able to help out with his class "feast" and he was so excited when Kevin and I came to his chapel as evidenced by the expression on his face in this video:



We look forward to spending time with family tomorrow and having a long relaxing weekend. We have so much to be thankful for this year! Happy Thanksgiving!

Dropping Benjamins on a Plastic Tree

The following is editorial commentary from Kevin:

This is our Christmas tree this year. Took us two stores and roughly 75 miles to find it at the Garden Ridge in Bridgeton, after an unsuccessful scouting mission to the store in Fenton. Bin 83: "Round Rock Pine" with pre-strung electric lights.

It's been a while since I've been in the market for a plastic tree. Not one to buy plastic anything...flooring, shoes, clothing, I hesitantly ceded the need for this product this year, what with a new baby in the house and a spotty family history of pine tree allergies. Floored...floored was I upon entering Garden Ridge, "the place with the cheapest trees" as Allison described it, to find artificial, plastic trees anywhere from $100-$600. $600. For a plastic tree. A plastic tree. And that was after the 25%-50% off "sale". We got the $100 tree, after some unsuccessful lobbying for the $40 "Charlie Brown" model.

Tagged--With Not Much to Say

Ok, so I've been "tagged" by a couple of people who'll never let me not do this. So, here are the eight "interesting facts" about me, if you can call them that:

1. I'm torn between Rudy and Mitt. I'm leaning towards Mitt.
2. Yes, I sang at Dollywood. With Dolly, on rare occasion. (She's really a nice person.)
3. Never thought I would like St. Louis, but now I love it.
4. My heart melts when our oldest boy looks at me at some random time and says, "Mommy, I love spending time with you".
5. I'm a Food Network junkie. I love to cook.
6. Kona coffee. 100% Kona coffee. On a Saturday morning, with Nancy's "Great Grandma's Thin Pancakes" from the CPC cookbook. 'Nuff said.
7. I like watching the Tour de France and also tennis on TV, but can someone please tell Federer to quit playing with his hair?
8. The Sound of Music=Best Movie Ever Made.

Tagging:
Everyone I know who blogs has already been "tagged"! What do I do?

The rules:1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.2. People who are tagged need to write a post on their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules.3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.4. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they are tagged, and to read your blog.

So Big!

I have been finding Andrew standing up a lot this week--first in his crib and now doing it every time he gets a chance. He thinks he is big stuff! Again, the constant stream of drool seems to make it in every picture-sorry. Those teeth just keep coming...

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Happy Halloween

Check out the cow and cowboy we had at our house last night-they had a great time dressing up and Ethan probably won't come down from his sugar high for days. Happy Halloween!