We made it to Christmas Eve!!  It was touch and go there for a while!  Just kidding - it's been a fast paced fall and I'm happy that...

 I had made a whole bunch of cut out cookies with the intention of decorating them for Christmas but, let's be honest, that wasn't g...

We went back to Merrifield today to actually buy ornaments and enjoy all of the beautiful trees in the garden center!  It was a great activi...

 We spent our afternoon at Merrifield Gardens today visiting Santa.  I thought it would be a quick trip but we ended up standing in line for...

 I've felt like I have been behind the eight ball this year and I haven't made as many cookies as I normally do but I was able to ge...

 Declan's school had their Christmas pageant today and it was beyond hysterical!  The older kids went on first and then the Happy Apples...

 Declan's class built gingerbread houses today in school.  Declan was not interested at all in building the house but he was very intere...