Christmas?
Wow… yeah Christmas is right around the corner. How has another year already gone by? December is here and it feels like last December was just yesterday. We have been busy the last month or so. We’ve had so many visitors and life has been pretty non-stop. We took the kids to the Portland Japanese Garden for a field trip. They enjoyed being outside and seeing all of the fall colors. School this year has been a lot of fun. They all seem to be enjoying themselves.
November was pretty eventful. My mother flew into town on the 17th and J’s parents drove in later that day. My dad’s birthday party was on the 19th. We left the kids at home and drove out to attend. I don’t even know the last time all of my siblings have been in one place all at once (My little brother Michael was the only one who wasn’t there). Thanksgiving rolled around and we hosted. It’s was pretty much an open invitation and we had a nice crowd. Afterwards we went over to Aunt Minnie’s and visited for a little while.
We also visited the Mike Bennet Museum and coffee house and went to Snow Day downtown and got the kids a few ornaments. We took Grams to the Tillamook creamery, visited Multnomah Falls, chopped down our Christmas Tree and saw the tree lighting downtown. It’s been very busy! I don’t think things are going to slow down anytime soon.
And now December is here…
The kids wrote their Christmas lists. Arabella’s listed asked for a Jeep and Scooter for her OG Doll and a bunch of different books that she wants. Elijah asked for a Minis Mosasaurus Mayhem Playset, Jurrasic park jeep and anything TopGun. Luca is still into sloths and basketball so he’s going to be easy to please.