Christmas is almost here?!

I guess I should blog about all our happenings since Thanksgiving.

First up...Book club.  I especially like our book club meetings in December because we do a white elephant book exchange.

I'm bummed we never got a group picture.  Oh well.  (I just want to point out Emily what a good friend I am...I never got a decent candid shot of you and I refrained from putting the ones I had on here.)  :)

Next...

Our favorite Christmas tradition since moving to Washington is going to the Festival of Nativities.  It is amazing the amount of beautiful nativities that people donate each year for this special weekend.  Again, we didn't take pictures of the nativities.  While in that room we are too busy ooohing and aaahing over what we see.  I did take some pictures of the kids dressing up in the children's room where EVERYTHING is a "please touch" kind of thing.

Look closely, Carley is hidden in the donkey costume.

Lastly, was Lauren's birthday.  Up first is Lauren opening presents at home on her actual birthday.  Kenny did an intro for Lauren on his trumpet...too cute! 

I love Lauren's expressions.  Oh, did you notice Lauren's missing tooth?  It fell out the night before her birthday.  How fun to have the Tooth Fairy come on your birthday!!!

The next day, Saturday, Lauren had a party at Chuck E Cheese's.

 Lauren getting crowned by Chuck.

 Lauren hit it big in the ticket booth.

Happy 7th Birthday Lauren!  We love you!

Well, all caught up!

Stay tuned for pictures from our Arizona Christmas trip.  I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!!!  Hopefully I'll have pictures up before February.  he he he