where has the time gone aka december in a nut shell

Every time the kids see one of these manikins they go up to them and pretend it's their mom. I wish i looked like that.

Don't have anything to say about this picture besides, "awesome."

This picture is almost too cute for me too look at. I'm melting as we speak! Every time Eli sees the camera he smiles. My good little boy.

This was taken at Nois after the Los Osos Parade (if you could call it that).

Two boys riding a bike around the nursery.

That's my dad. He had a heart attack about a week ago. It was the scariest moment of my life when i came home from volleyball and Ben told me he was in the hospital. He spent 3 days in the ICU. He's okay and is doing a lot better now. I'm not ready for my dad to go yet. He's a huge part of our family and my kids are absolutely in love with him. Makes me appreciate every second I'm with him now.

That's Jasmine. She's my brother's girlfriend and she and my brother came to visit this December. My kids were so in love with her.

And last but not least this is Zaiah picking out our Christmas tree at Rite Aid. I wanted to go to the tree farm and cut one down and sing Christmas carols and roast marshmallows blah blah blah but in the end it came down to how much and can we fit it in our car. We didn't even open this one up. We just threw it in the front seat and brought it home. It was perfect.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. GOd bless us EVERYONE!