Lately

Yea, yea.. I know it's been

a while... sue me, Micaa.

I have been busy! It's

the Christmas season..

so I have been shopping.

baking, nursing a sick

baby, and visiting with

family! Long stories

short...

Harper has an ear infection.

Same one since November.

On our 3rd round of antibiotics.

If this doesn't work...

tubes are next. Pray this works!

Kyle, Jayme, and Carley came

up this weekend, so we have been spending

time with them! We went ice skating.
WHOOO!!! It was so fun! It'sjust

like regular skating, but on ice of course.

I have done the majority of my Christmas

shopping online. And it is the best. thing. ever.

seriously.  Almost everyday I have 

gotten a package right to my door and

I didn't have to leave the house. AND I

got the same deals as everyone else did

on Black Friday AND free shipping.

Amazing. And so convenient!  Besides

shopping and getting ready for Santa,

we have made an advent calendar, played

endless hours, Harper has learned to 

pretty much sit alone, Kyler and D

have been going to Lowe's for the build

and grow thing they do twice a month.

You sign up and you take your child and

they get to build something there and

bring it home! AND... the best part...

IT'S FREE! :) Free fun for 

kids. Can't get any better than that.

They have been building 3 parts

to a train this month and next month

it's some kind of game box. Fun times.

Kyler and the rest of the kids in

Children's Church went to the 

local nursing home to sing carols

to the elderly and give out

handmade blankets they made at church.

They loved it! We all had a good

time and the people there were

just smitten with the kids.

It was good for them to do something

for others. I think Kyler had

the most fun. He sang every song

he knew at the top of his lungs and

talked and talked to the little old women

there. He loved them just as much

as they loved him. :) He's a little

heartbreaker.  

I'll leave you with a long post

of pictures from the past week.

Enjoy the last couple of weeks

until Ho Ho comes! Or as

Kyler used to say, "Hanta Caus"

comes! WHOO! 13 days! :)

 in front of our tree.

 just got back from his first trip to Lowe's

 with his certificate and masterpiece.

 little miss H

 about to go ice skating!

me, k, and carley

 family ice skaters

 d doesn't even know how to regular skate.

 children's church at the nursing home

 had to have one by himself.

homemade advent calendar!