I almost don't believe it's been the whole month of November and half of December since I posted last, ohmygosh, that must tell you how busy things are!!! :) But things are good! I've spent most of my "free" time in the kitchen, which I love, but I must admit things around here tend to get a little neglected when that happens, lol. I've been doing tons and tons of Christmas baking, some for orders, some for friends, lots for family and of course, for my boys. :) The boys have decided they love gingerbread men, and peanut butter balls, and oreo truffles and cherry mash and fudge and cut out sugar cookies and m&m cookies and peppermint chocolate cookies and toffee bars and dipped pretzles and...................everything else i've made :) It's so much fun.  Times like this though, really make me want a dishwasher.....*sigh*.....  ;)
I can't believe only 2 wks until Christmas; how fun!!  We had our family Christmas at my parents' house today, it was a blast as usual. The kids played like crazy, we ate lots of good food and treats, my brother brought out the 4 wheeler and sled, and I even got in on a snowball fight with him....I won. ;) Good times, as always, lots of blessings being able to celebrate with family. :) Took only a couple hundred pictures, so I'll have to pick & choose a few to share. :)
This also means Thanksgiving has come and gone.....this year, that's kind of ok!!  We had all sorts of plans to have a wonderful family Christmas.............and plans go as sometimes they do!  Both Nate & I ended up with Grandmas in hospitals, and so it was a bit stressful! My grandma was in Lincoln at the hosp for some ongoing problems, which they finally now have (fingers crossed!) gotten taken care of.  On Thanksgiving Day, as we pulled up to Nate's aunt's house in Hastings, the ambulance was leaving.....ugh, not a good sign....poor little Gramma Emily fell and broke her femur, which required some pretty intense   surgery.  Both Grammas are on the mend now, but we're just looking forward to moving on!!  We are eternally grateful for all that we've been blessed with, and thank God our grandmas weren't in worse shape.
Unreal that the fist semester of the school year is almost over, Ryan's loved Kindergarten thus far!! P.E., lunch at school, first lost tooth, and first "girlfriend", lol, I think we've filled the cup.  :) Ready to have my boy home for school break with Colby & I, it'll be fun to have some of those days at home where we all stay in our pj's for hours. :)  
Pictures to come soon, for now it's time to catch some zzzzzzz's.  :)