December

Our December has been filled with a lot of different fun events. Here is our annual gingerbread house. For the past several years, we've done it with our home school group but this year we made them with some friends. We made 2 in which one collapsed soon after we decorated it.

The 3 boys and I attended the Nutcracker in South Bend. The boys enjoyed the first half anyway...not really their thing.

Davis turned to a friend and said half way through "I never should have come to this!".

More home improvements. Below is our bedroom after we painted and the carpet was installed on Thursday. I love the craftsman style trim work we copied from our previous house. I'm so happy with how its all coming together.

A lot of time has been spent painting trim, door jams and doors. We got a steal picking up these solid doors from a local warehouse.

Hudson had his first band concert. He is learning to play the trumpet this year. I can't believe how much he has improved since starting in August.

We hosted a dinner party for our elders and their wives. It was fun planning the menu and decorating the tables. Here is one of tables. We had a great time eating and playing games. We are so blessed to have them in our lives.