The countdown is on...

The boys have been very anxiously counting down the days until Christmas here. I can't believe how fast the month is flying by. We had a super busy week here so thought I would post this before Christmas is already past. We celebrated Tammy's 44th birthday on Sunday after FHE. Black forest cake was requested so I did my best. I've never worked with ganache before and trying to transport a 4 layer cake with whipped ganache frosting is actually quite comical. Let's just say it looked better before we left the house with it. P.s. Sorry about the picture T-it's the only one Brandon got of the both of us

Cody finally went back to school after resting for 2 days with a tweaked neck. He went back on a good day b/c his 5th grade team were awarded medals for getting 1st place in their division for flag football. He was sure happy about that.

Dallas also had his winter band concert. He is playing the tuba now and enjoys it, although it's quite a bit larger than the trombone and has a hard time when it comes to practicing as he can't hold it well without the stand that is provided at the school. This is the best picture I could get of him, while he was walking in no less. After he sits down in his chair...it's all tuba:)

Of course Elijah and I had to take a selfie while we were waiting for the concert to start.

Elijah is so excited for Christmas. He has written a few letters to Santa now: This one made the final cut. He also loves to wear our Santa Suit and goes around delivering his toys to his brothers.

I had a job interview with the school district yesterday for a sub lunch lady:) It went fine. I should know in the next few days what they think. On my way home though, I saw this beautiful double rainbow. I couldn't capture it all but I saw the whole arch. It was pretty awesome. Wish I could've caught the whole thing.

Finally, I've started babysitting my niece, Haven, for the next little while. It's fun having someone to play with during the day. It's sure different watching a baby all day when you haven't done it for about 6 years though. You forget all the stuff you don't get done;) The boys love it though. She never starves for attention-that's for sure!

Words to live by...

Christmas Parade

I took three of the four boys to Sumner to watch the Santa Parade. It was about an hour long and the kids got quite a bit of candy. I think they would've enjoyed it a little better towards the end if two of them hadn't had to go to the bathroom so bad. Cody really enjoyed watching the trombones in the marching bands. The instruments were all decorated too! The kids enjoyed the tractors and the Grinch float. The Santa at the end was really neat too! (Cody said we needed to get some pictures of the tractors for Grandpa Stone)