eleven

Dario turns 11 years old today; I can hardly believe it.  He is growing up way too fast!

christmas tree

Last Saturday we went to a local Christmas tree farm to pick out our tree.  I love this fun tradition, nothing beats a fresh tree and we are lucky that there is a farm close by.  It was freezing, so we didn't bring Dahlia, who already was sick with a cold. The farm gave out delicious, hot spiced apple cider which helped warm everyone up.

thanksgiving

We had lots of fun visiting with family during Thanksgiving break. Dahlia loved being around all her cousins.  Lorelei and Dahlia are the same age and are so cute together.  They were playing and Dahlia scooted up to Lorelei, grabbed her hand and said, "come on, Lorelei!"  Instead of running off to play, they scooted off together.  On Friday, the guys watched the kids, and the girls went out to lunch.  It's always nice to get a little break!  On Saturday we took the kids to a park to play and have a picnic.  While we were there, we took some family pictures.  While we were taking them, we were joking that they would make great redneck Christmas cards, with all of our mismatched t-shirts and kids with food smeared all over their faces!