We're celebrating...

For lots of reasons obviously...

First off the Christmas season of course...

And the fact that today marks 7 years in our home...
 (also the day we accepted an offer on our last home we were desperately trying to sell 7 years ago...)

And..  it's my bestie Shelby's birthday!
 It was 1st grade when I met that girl...
life would never be the same with out her!

Love ya Shelb!

(1986 - 6th grade?
Only posting this because I threw that oldie but goodie in of Shane a few posts back. :))

And... we are also STILL celebrating because, on our mantel, standing proud...

for at LEAST the next year...

resides this bad boy...

Thanks to this pretty awesome boy, who last week...

Became the "Neighborhood Spoons Champion".

That's an honor... a serious honor.

I'm in awe...

It was another wonderful neighborhood party filled with the usual caroling and treat giving.

Yummy food...
and totally awesome neighbors that we call friends.

And of course a wild game of spoons...

We're also celebrating that Jadyn is...
"Facing her Fears."

Yes she sat on the man in red's lap...

by choice!!

Well mostly by choice...

Thanks to my parents for taking us to the fabulous Pickleville Christmas show...
Before which I told Jadyn that this was the last time that she would be able to tell Santa what she wanted...
and then...
Maybe I threatened a little...
That if she didn't tell him what she wanted tonight...
he just might not know what to bring to a certain little girl.

So after this picture...

She came off the stage and said I have to go back up there...
I didn't talk to him...

And so she did very calmly.

That-a-girl Jady...  FACE THOSE FEARS!

Lydia doesn't look overly excited, but she's up there right??  Even if it was in stunned silence!

But most of all this Christmas we are celebrating our little family...
and our crazy life.

From which we took a break to spend an evening together sleeping in the front room under the tree.
Where my whole family froze because I wouldn't turn on the heater due to the dust from the sheetrock in the basement below.

I was toasty warm cuddled up on the couch...
but then I had more than one blanket...

 they weren't quite as prepared...
oops...

Merry Christmas Adam!
(the day before Christmas EVE!