it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

After all the birthday and halloween busy-ness, we're finally able to relax a bit and start getting things ready for Christmas!
Before we got into that, though, Josh and I had a weekend in the city a couple weeks ago, a late anniversary gift for us. Grandma and Grandpa came to our house and stayed with the kids, we went to the city for some shopping (I guess it was partly getting ready for Christmas after all!) and spent the night in a hotel - in a room with no bunk beds!

Last weekend on Friday and Saturday we were in our church's "Bethlehem Live". It's a lot of fun to be a part of, and always draws a great crowd - this year we had over 1,000 people come through! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa, Levi didn't have to put up with all the shows, and Zech was able to attend a special karate session over the weekend as well. We were all there on Friday night, though, and I remembered to get a photo of the kids all dressed up!
Bethlehem Live 2012


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The kids all did great for the shows they were in, and Levi had a good day with Grandma and Grandpa on Saturday!

I snapped this photo yesterday of a flock in our yard - hen pheasants?

We got our Christmas tree on Sunday - a real one this year! Yesterday Josh and I got it brought in and put up while the kids were at school. It wasn't quite opened enough last night for decorating, but tonight it was! The kids had a great time trimming the tree!
Now we just need to get some Christmas photos done of the kids - wish us luck with that!

And - we're all very excited - tomorrow we're going to Josh's colony school to see Fred Penner!!! The kids have no idea who he is, but Josh and I certainly do!