And December draws to a close....

As soon as Thanksgiving dishes are put away, Christmas seems to happen so fast! Every year, I think that I will not get caught up in too much "stuff" or stressed about everything to do. And I am sort of getting there. But I did send out some late cards and the flu did slow us down a bit. The picture order is still out of order, but hey, same month anyway!



Alex and Addison are into rock climbing now. They both got harnesses for Christmas so they can "hang around" LOL! 


And thank you to family who were able to send such wonderful gifts so full of love! I wish we could be in the same room when we open them up.

 Addison is taking a high school biology class with a very rigorous teacher (not me) and has an A average! I am so proud of him. Alex and Atley are also working very hard in all of their classes. They constantly amaze me! Alex is always reading and writing. And he loves it. He also is a gifted photographer. Atley has learned all the 50 states and capitals and can identify them, as well as a great deal of latin and history in addition to her readin', writin' and arithmetic". But most fun of all is making cookies!



I took all of our old videos that we haven't been able to access for years and put them on a hard drive. What fun times going down memory lane! Uncle Pete, we can never thank you enough for recording our entire wedding rehearsal and wedding!









 Addison and Alex are certified belayers now.





They both passes testing! At the black belt level Addison is at, he only tests every 4 months now.



Decorating cookies with 2 older boys has its challenges. No mischief here... Atley is slightly annoyed... Next year, it's just going to be me and Atley. :)

Highlight of Addison's day here. We went to a friends home and were suprised by the car they had! So the dad took Adder for a cruise around. Addison is very into engines and cars so this was amazing for him. He has new respect for Cheverolet!
 Alex belayed up to the top of a tree in our yard.

Omi's homemade pecan pie! Best in the world!!!!




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