Advent

We had a really busy time leading up to Christmas!  Alan's parents were with us for the second half of Advent and celebrated Christmas with us, which was very nice.  Since they live in Texas, the snowy white xmas was a big treat this year! 

The first pic shows Sam in his pre-school holiday music show cracking-up at something.  After that you can see our little shepherds, dressed up for the children's Christmas pageant at our church.  Then there's a pic of us decorating the tree, with Oma helping out.  Finally a quick pic that hints at how hard it was to get the picture we ended up using for our photo xmas card!  (all you parents out there know exactly what I'm talking about!)  Getting both boys to smile at the same time & not make a face or poke each other is always a feat...

But, we got everything done and had a great Advent time. :)