A Day of Relaxation

Coffee made with Monica's new coffee machine.


John with his new lounge pants and slippers.

Putting the new Legos together.

Merry Christmas

This year, the kids and Monica played a lot of music for the Christmas Eve church service.

Here are Nicholas and Clara playing Away in a Manger during the prelude.

Clara played Silent Night during the service.

We were all super excited that Grandma Rudy joined us at our home this year.

Cookies

Even with our busy schedule this year we managed to make some cookies.

Nutcracker

We enjoyed a wonderful performance of the Nutcracker at the beautiful Ohio Theatre. One of Clara's friends was dancing and her violin teacher played in the pit.

Christmas Spirit

Check out the post at Homemaking with Monica for a tour of our decorated home.

Enjoy!

Happy St. Nikolaus Day

We had to wait all day to see what was inside our stockings. There was much excitement when John got home.

Super Duper Deal

Here's a deal going on at Meijer this week.

Buy 4 bags of M&M's, one 5lb. bag of flour and one 5lb. bag of sugar and receive a $10 off your next purchase coupon.

I purchased all of this for $11.66 (after coupons) and received the $10 coupon. Wow!!!

Fiestaware Christmas Plate

All Fiestaware fans...here's the Christmas plate for this year. I bought this on Black Friday. Isn't it fun?!

Happy December!

Opening the first window on the Advent calendar. Exciting!!!

Day After Thanksgiving Tradition

Here are the kids enjoying our annual Elf movie night.

Note- We did have a wonderful Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping experience, but didn't take any pictures...oops. Thanks, Erika for documenting the days for us. :-)