Christmas Happenings ...

So, we've been a little busy around here. Decorating, wrapping, shopping, cleaning, making holiday/wedding attire and sewing various Christmas presents, sending christmas cards, losing weight, writing letters to Santa, going to christmas parties, driving around to look at lights .... wait ... did I say loosing weight?!?! During the holidays?!? Yeah, J.D. and I signed up for this crazy diet in October with some friends - kind of a competition thing (called 'Game On'), and amazingly we've lost 40lbs. between the two of us! Amazing! I'm so ready to take a break and maintain for a while, but it has been great to get back into shape, find our clothes are a little loose, or as in J.D.'s case - falling off - and know that it can be done!!! (with a lot of meal planning, vegetable eating, and exercising - who would've thought?!?!) Anyway, with a wedding and Christmas just around the corner (my younger brother, one of the twins is getting married in CA this weekend) I've had a few things to get done. It's always ridiculous how much there is to do at Christmas, and then when you try to travel during the holidays it has to be done early!?! But I thought I'd post some pics of the kids in various Christmas celebrations. Master S had a Holiday Program at school and surprised us by playing the chimes for the first song - we had no idea! He got to play them with the only other boy his age in his elementary school from church, so that was really fun for him. All the kids are loving story time each night as we choose from a collection of Christmas stories we've collected over the years. Big D especially loves the santa hat. Merry Christmas!