Here is the tree we decorated in the office. For the record, I had a very very small decorating budget. and hey!--If you can believe this...I went over!! 
Ah--new Christmas jammies. I am quite a freak over jammies. And look at how thrilled they are? They are hugging each other. For real. A real hug.
They each have these cute little trees in their bedrooms. Riley loves his. I mean LOVES it. Adyson, well, after picking it up twice from the floor, I have a pile of ornaments next to it that have "fallen off" and the top broke. Totally did not think it was going to go like this. Certainly thought it would be opposite. Eh? Who knew? Next year...there's always next year.
My babies. They are so excited. I love this time of year with them. 
"Hey! Where's my food? I am HUNGRY!!!!"
Grandpa teaching Shane how to carve a turkey. A skill everyone must know.
The feast. There were many items I had forgotten. I've never had thanksgiving without carrots. This was a first. All kinds of things I forgot. And I kept saying to Dave for the next two days...."You know what else I forgot?" Finally I decided to keep all these things to myself. He's going to start thinking I'm loosing my mind in my old age. 
These are two of my boys after our Thanksgiving dinner. I say that Bruiser thinks he is a chihuahua. He believes very strongly that he is a 3 pound lap dog. We all are very aware that he is a big 30 pound dog.
And here are my two peas in a pod.
In Riley's class, I am the class photographer. I get so excited that I get to go to each of the events, even when parents aren't invited. Here, he was Gray Fox, see the shirt? And the necklace listed things he was thankful for. One was food, one was dinner, and the last one was his brother. He loves Sha-Sha!! 
At Sam's yesterday I picked them up a new Christmas video. I thought I was going to wait until after Thanksgiving to pull it out. The kids had another idea. Why make them wait anyway?? So, here they were happy and content for all of 30 minutes. It was fabulous! 
He is sucha good little puppy. Aside from chewing everything in sight and our being unable to keep anything on the floor unless we want it chewed up, he is great. Just great. I still wonder if he will ever grow into his ears.
But I especially love the way the corners of his mouth turn up so it looks like he is always smiling. Always happy. I love that. 
Little Riley's school play. He had two lines to memorize and was quite jazzed everytime he said it. Adyson was the understudy. He did fabulous as well. We were quite proud of both our little babies!!!!
Adyson had her first chorus / festival at her school last week. She had been singing for weeks and weeks in preperation for it. She had a fabulous time and was quite magnificent if I do say so myself. Of course she sings just beautifully as she gets those skills from her mother.
And it is so darling to see how excited they get when their Mommy & Daddy go to their school. Just darling!! 
A slightly crazy puppy-dog.
But does it matter? Really? Look at that face!!!!!
And naturally he wants to be wherever the kids are! It's quite hard to keep him out of the tub, and really I'm not all that sure that he likes it, but that's where the kids are at. 
The evil Dr. Doovenschwartz. Perry held his candy.
The fairest in the land...Snow White.
Awwwww!!!!! They are the sweetest!
And there they are with their Daddy. We went to the church and had a great time playint all the games. This year, I was smart and while we were still there, I walked up to a woman handing out whoppers and asked her for two. Got my fill...yes I did! I was not going home without any - that's for sure!
Shane and Riley on the creepy train ride.
Yes, Shane is going to kill me for posting this. I look at it this way...at least I'm not printing it in his yearbook. Next time I'll make him take his hat off. Next time? I know. I make myslef laugh. Shane spending the whole day with us happens only a few times a year...don't think he'll head to the zoo with us again. 
