Welcome home!

More fun things to love in December. Aaron's brother and family are back from their tour of duty in Germany. We are very excited to have them back in town and Rebecca is glad to have more little cousins to play with. We hosted an open house their first Sunday back in the states. Once again, my camera set on the shelf for far too much of the party, but here are a couple shots I got before the fun began.

Its time to trim the tree....

We got our tree up the first week of December and Rebecca was very involved this year. I can tell that Christmas this year is going to be the best so far with her. Its such a fun time of year seen through the eyes of a four year old. At Target we bought a snow globe that plays music and at the checkout she asked the cashier, "Have you EVER seen anything like this before?!" The first package under the tree this year was a present for Levi that Rebecca both picked out and wrapped herself. She is not only my big helper, but a nice big sister.

Late, but still Thankful!

We drove to Kansas City to be with my family for Thanksgiving. The house continually full of great food, laughter, and lots and lots of people! I think my mom said there were 40 different friends and family members in and out of the house that week and some came over more than just once. I didn't take any pictures on Thanksgiving itself....shame on me for missing Levi's first, but its so much busier being a mom of two! We did get a few snapshots of the night Grandma and Papa gave the children their presents. Levi's affinty for paper crinkling turned out to be great for getting him to want to unwrap presents.