Family Pictures

My wonderful aunt Kristy took our family pictures recently. It sure was a lot of work to get everyone there, dressed and then to smile but they turned out great!!

My darling hubby. This Christmas it has been 11 years since we started dating and 6 1/2 years of marriage.

See her work at www.kristinewoolf.com

Life These Days

I realized that I had not posted since Halloween and could not believe that a month had flown by so fast. We had a really nice Thanksgiving and got to spend time with our families. We feel so lucky to have them close enough that we can hit them in 1 day. Sydney made this adorable Turkey hat in preschool and I had to get a picture. Of course I did not get the picture before Tysen bit off one of the eyes... who knows why he does these things!!

December started off great with Danny having his 90 day review at his new job. It went really well and after some tough negotiating he will be receiving enough compensation for me to be a stay-at-home mom again. I will be giving my notice this weekend and do so with mixed feelings. I am so so happy to be home all week again and spend time with my smart and quickly-growing kiddos, but I am also a little nervous. I enjoyed my time at work and have loved dressing up, getting out of the house and contributing to the household finances. I have weighed all this and still know that my place is at home. So that will kick-off a new/old adventure for January.

We also got our Christmas tree this past weekend and had an impromtu decorating party. Danny's mom and sisters were passing by and got to join in the fun. I love Christmas and as Sydney put it the other day, "I love this Holiday Season!!" Stay tuned for more to come, a Tonks wedding, a baptism and much more!

Bobbi, Alexus and me

Family Picture- never can get Tysen to look at the camera

Nana (Danny's mom) getting love from Tysen.