December

We are in full swing preparing for Christmas around here.  Starting with our trip to Santa.

As you can see, my boys didn't even last long enough with Santa to get a picture.  Luckily, there was a carousel to cheer the boys up.  Every year I try to act excited with them and tell them that Santa is the greatest but who am I kidding?  I was terrified of Santa until the age of 13 so I'm pretty sure I have no luck of convincing my boys to sit on his lap.  I completely understand, boys.

This past weekend I also had the opportunity to play in the Messiah.  Honestly, up until the day of the first rehearsal I was pretty darn close to dropping out for multiple reasons.  However, as always, the music got to me and I was reminded why I play.  And it has absolutely nothing to do with the people around me.  It was the perfect way for me to focus my mind on Christ and I couldn't be more grateful for the reason we celebrate this whole Christmas season.

I just really don't know what faces Patrick pulls sometimes.  He's a character...:)

As I was getting ready for the first concert(this is a picture from the second night) Patrick came into the bathroom and said, "mom, why you dressed like a queen?"  I asked him if he liked my dress and he said, "it's pretty!  You have a crown!"  He knows how to butter his mommy up. ;)  

And now we're just trying to finish up all of our Christmas gifts!  Am I the only one that feels like I have to do a Christmas bundle more than just a Christmas gift?  I swear, no matter how early I plan ahead, I'm never done until Christmas eve.

    Patrick wanted to "help" daddy with our homemade gifts.

And lastly, this is us just hanging out at our house at 11:30 at night.  I can't really write more than one post without mentioning our house.

It takes quite a bit to get me super excited about something(a quality I wish I could change), but this house does not leave my thoughts.  I already love this house of ours and by the time it's built, everyone around us will be so relieved because then they won't have to hear about it anymore.  Who knew a house could hold so many hopes and dreams.

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!