More phone pics.

 This was our gratitude tree.  The thought was that we would each add a leaf every day after dinner for something that we were grateful for and then by Thanksgiving it would be a huge tree full of all our blessings.  It was a little difficult for Josh because the rule was that you couldn't repeat anything that was up there.  It was fun but after just a few days I didn't feel well enough to continue.  I'm hoping next year our tree will be even bigger!  The Piglett coloring page in the corner is from Josh.  I was having a super rough day and he could tell, so he got Lynds to help color a picture and then hung it on the wall to help me feel better.  It was so sweet of him. 

Since I get to spend time with Huds, here are some pics of him too.  Here he is making a snowman out of marshmallows  I drew the outline with glue and then he stuck them on.  It cracked me up that he had to clap after EVERY marshmallow he put down.   

Here he is eating a mini muffin.  When I gave it to him I told him what it was and then said "Isn't that so cute?  It's just a little guy."  When he was done he asked for more by saying "little guy, little guy?"

Mike was so excited for it to finally snow enough for him to use his toy!  He was so funny because he ended up going in late to work and then coming home early all so that he could plow the driveway. 

This was the first year that Josh was in on the Santa secret.  I was worried that he wouldn't be as excited for the Christmas activities now that he knew, but that was not the case.  He took it upon himself to hide our elf, Sarah, for Huds and Lynds in the morning.  This was his first hiding place.  I thought it was so sweet that she was in the manager scene until Josh came and added a straw.  I asked him what it was for and he shrugged saying "I just wanted to put it there."  Ok...

Josh got a Beyblade stadium from Grandma and Grandpa Monsivais for Christmas.  He loves it.  It was so fun to see him 'battling' with Grandma :)

The upside to my surgery was that I got to pick my breakfast and it always had bacon.

Christmas was funny because Mike gave me a 'prank box' for bacon scented dryer sheets.  I totally believed it and only found out it was a trick when he pestered me into opening it up so that I could smell it.