Christmas break has arrived!  We have had a great week getting lots accomplished and ready.  Right now the boys are having a late night with their long awaited "Star Wars Marathon." I have sadly missed out actually watching it, with the reality that the cleaning, Christmas preparations, and packing for Salt Lake will not happen all by themselves. 

I am really excited for tomorrow. It is still a surprising thing to me that Robby and I are the adults making all this happen for our family. Sometimes I want my mom! But the truth is, it is so rewarding, even weighing all the work of it, when I see my kids enjoying it all so much.  We are settling into some great traditions that we are really looking forward to keeping as ours and adding to throughout the years.  So we await the next couple days with energy and anticipation.  Merry, Merry Christmas!

Well, so much has happened since my last post. So I am going to list the highlights and then catch up later with photos and descriptions so I can just start posting day to day again. We had a great visit from my parents for a fabulous Thanksgiving. A week later Robby and I took a trip to Paris! It was incredible to say the least. We came home anticipating Oliver's birthday celebration a few days later when it was delayed because the kids were pretty sick. We finally had his party some days later with his friends and their families. So, further updates to come...