Footed Jammies: Busy Month!

This month has been, uh, busy. We had some sort of meeting, class, or other obligation almost every night, which has left little time for much of anything else! January is going to feel relaxing in comparison (I hope!) and with the first *real* snowfall happening right now it appears that we might not have a choice but to stay inside and relax! The month culminated in a week of illness in our family, starting with a migraine that knocked me out for 2 days, and ending with all five of us being hit with a nasty stomach virus. Michael is on the (hopefully) last leg of it, and then I am planning on bleaching our entire house. Due to the sickness that washed over our family, this was the first year ever that I didn't spend Christmas day with my mom and sisters :( I was sad, but really too sick to even think about getting in the car for 2+ hours and then infecting everyone with our vomit germs.

My plan was to do a lot of blog posts with descriptions and pictures of what we have been doing all month...but I'm going to take the advice of a friend, dump a bunch of pictures in this post, and start fresh :)

So here ya go...here is our December!

Maya playing the part of "Herald Angel" in her preschool Christmas pageant

Maya and Charlotte listening intently to the pastor after the program

We celebrated Michael's birthday late this year, with surprise party (attended by the kids and I ;)) and gifts picked out by the girlies

Maya picked the card. Not pictured are the disposable serving platters, a flashlight with batteries, and a sparkly red table decoration. He uses the crystal chalice almost every day ~ no lie!