A Week before Christmas...

A day of skiing at Welch Village...
(we got to drive back in some fun weather conditions Monday night! ha ha! ...for those of you not up North, we had about 8 inches of snow that evening.)

Parker helping Nana cook in the kitchen...(wearing his green froggy boots, mama's apron, and Ashee's ski goggles)

Cooper enjoying some relaxed reading time with his Aunt KK

Baking cookies in the kitchen and hosting a Cookie Swap for our Sunday School Class...

Mrs. Leslie's Christmas Party, seeing friends, and meeting Santa...

a few of the things we've been up to since arriving back from MS...

This last week and a half we've been experiencing all the fun holiday activities including trips to the mall, sledding in the front yard, hot cocoa and tea, special Christmas cookies baked by Aunt CiCi, Christmas movies, fires in the fireplace and more!!!

I'm taking pictures of it all and can't wait to document it.

Christmas cards are mailed and almost all the presents are purchased and wrapped under the tree (what would Christmas be without that last minute run to the store that takes 3 1/2 hours?! ;).