december

Jenna's list for Santa. I love her little note at the end:

Paul got to be one of the singing wise men at our ward Christmas party:

Liam was Joseph for his pre-school nativity (and Gavin got to be a sheep):

Christmas prep:

Jenna did great at her winter piano recital! For some reason, their teacher always has them sing one piece as well. They chose a song about baby Jesus. Jenna brought a doll prop, but Oakley got to use her brand new baby brother:

 A couple weeks before Christmas we met up with Paul's mom and Hilary's family again in Danville to exchange presents and play at the museum:

Then my dad, Jordan and his kids came to visit for Christmas:

Since we were so busy, we had to visit the temple lights after Christmas this year:

Then Paul and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary!!! 10years!!! It's always a busy time of year with family and work, so we usually try to go out a bit later. But on the actual day, Paul had to work at a women's basketball game so I brought the kids and we all hung out in the suite. They made us a catered dinner and yummy cake.
I love this man and the life we have made together so much!

november

I took the kids to Liberty Mills Farm, Virginia's largest corn maze:

For the first quarter of Preschool our theme is On The Farm:

"Milking" the gloves. They LOVED this!

 Parent observation day at ballet:

During ballet the boys and I play in the field behind the studio. In the fall it is filled with piles of leaves to jump in!

We went to South Carolina for Thanksgiving, which also happened to be Eliana and Kedric's birthday party, so I got to make them a cake:

It's always hard saying goodbye to our favorite Thomas family member, Rocky. J/K!

 Gavin is finally getting excited for the books (rather than just the toys and computer) at our weekly library trips.

For no-shave November Paul thought this would be funny. And, yes, he kept it the entire month. And every single person he knows asked him "What does your wife think?" To which he had to answer "Oh, she hates it!" Hahaha...