Ashers 7 month Photos

Not sure if I could possibly love this baby any more than I do! 

He has stolen my heart and wont give it back!! 

Thief!

My baby Boy!

My Little Reader

Have I mentioned How much I love the fact I taught my daughter to read?

Its one of those really cool things about home schooling! I catch her this way all the time

 ..makes me so happy!

Pre Christmas Happenings

I was gonna be the coolest Mom this year for Christmas. I had all these plans lined up. Had the pins pinned on pinterest. And then my kids got sick..really sick. It lasted about 3 months. I was so tired, averaging about 3 hours of sleep a night for long stretches of time. And i waved my little white flag and gave up! We did do some stuff..but really not allot. We did get a tree, and decorated it.

It was the ugliest tree ever..but it was our tree..so we loved it!

Kristofer was asked to teach Sunday School during the month of December...

This was Asher "helping" daddy

And then we decorated Christmas trees....The kids loved it so much!

Its just sugar ice cream cones, green frosting and candy of your choice

It was a hit!!

Everyone enjoyed it and it was easy for all of the 3 older ones to do!

So Beautiful!! ;)

Favorite Christmas Memory

I thought i would share my favorite Christmas Memory with you this year. But only it happened on Christmas Eve...and I guess it went a little into Christmas too. It was December 24th late at night. All the little ones were in bed and Kris and I were just finishing up our stuff to prep for the next day. When we fished up we realized how..quiet it was!  We both look outside and the snow fall was beautiful! And all of the sudden, it felt like Kris and I were the only ones awake at that moment. The littles were asleep, the snow had fallen and created a  blanket all over our sweet little town. There was no noise, it was just..quiet. So peaceful. For those who live near snow...you know the silence it can bring. Its actually beautiful! And Kris and I just watched the snow fall together and talked.

We talked about nothing significant or important I can think of. We just soaked in the peacefulness of it all. We talked about how beautiful our little side of the world is..and how amazing it was.

We talked about how excited we were about the littles big day the next day. And if we stay up to much later we wont make it through the day with out a nap!

and then through our windows on the 2nd floor..we took pictures of  the beauty. And now just looking at these pictures transports me to that time. And it makes me smile. It was the best memory i have (and we  had allot of good ones) of Christmas. Time with my love with nothing to do but soak it all in. It was perfect.