Brennan's Christmas Performance.

 Brennan loves to steal the camera and take half a dozen shots of his face, very close up.

 Brennan was a sweet little towns person looking for an Inn during his Christmas performance this year. He really like the song, "Knock, Knock".

Christmas Showcase--Gymnastics!

 Taylor has been participating in gymnastics for about a year now, and we were excited about her first show! She was sad Dad had to miss it (being in Utah), but she ended up having a fantastic time! She is looking forward to joining a more advanced group for this new year and making a lot more progress!

Sparkles

 Brennan finished his star chart at school, and as a reward was able to bring Sparkles home for a few days. Brennan and Sparkles had a load of fun together. They helped set up for a Christmas party at the church, ate dinner at the base one night and spent every night cuddled together.

HighClere Castle A.K.A. Downton Abbey

Mike and I slipped away with Cameron while the kids were in school to check out HighClere Castle, the filming location of Downton Abbey. They were open for two days for Christmas Fair stalls. We were lucky enough to get tickets from some friends who had bought extra, and we just happen to meet some other friends from church who got there at the same time as we did. It worked out perfect for getting a great Downton Abbey shot.

Cameron is still full on English with his eating habits, fork and knife a necessity. I was lucky enough to get some of the lunch intended for me.

Trying to get one shot with all three of us jumping in the air proved a bit more difficult than we thought. :) The off center one was the best we got!

We will have to go back when the gardens are in bloom, because I imagine it is beautiful.

Trimming the Tree

 At the same time that we were decorating the tree Mason spotted another package sent my Gma and Gpa. As always he won't give up until we open it. Cinnamon Bears were grabbed straight away, and Cameron got a hold of a bag of caramel popcorn that Gma and Gps Great had told my Dad to send. He did NOT want to share!
Taylor was the star topping person this year and was very funny trying to get the star to stay on, but it finally worked and the tree was complete!

Christmas Tree Hunting

 We convinced the farmer at a tree shop to actually take us into the fields with him to find the perfect tree and cut it down. Never under estimate the power of our adorable children. It was muddy and a bit wet, but we had a great time picking out our tree and racing the sun going down.

We did have Thanksgiving--I promise!

This is literally the only picture we took of Thanksgiving time this year. :) I made 75 of these guys for a couple different things, and I didn't want to assemble another one ever again by the end!! :)

Wood Crafting...

 We decided to venture into the land of wood crafting this year and do a stall for the Christmas Fair held at the kids' primary school. Overall not a lot of shopping on the night of the event, but plenty afterwards, so we are pleased we did it. :)