It was a lovely Thanksgiving and for once the children entertained themselves most of the day. (This had a lot to do with inviting a family over with similar-aged children). It has been a busy couple of weeks and I’ve posted pictures from a birthday party, Thanksgivng and random cute shots of the kids.

Charlie has been pretty busy, he found us a new used couch for the den (leather because the kids stained the heck out of our other one), picked out new curtains and painted the den/ breakfast nook.

What have I been doing? Finishing my classes. I have two papers due in the next week and have been trying to buckle down. It is difficult though  and I’m having a hard time fitting it inbetween family time. We are really looking forward to Christmas Break.

We also got the tree up this weekend and most of the decorations up. (Those of you who know us well know that our decorations are limited to the mantel, so it isn’t really a big project).

We miss our families dearly and wish you could be here with us for the celebrations or at lest that we could be there.