Life Lately

I've been so busy!  New calling and a busy time of year!  But it's a busy good.  I've actually really, really simplified this year.  Or just really lowered my standards. :) It has been such a relief.   Going to blog about it some time before I die.  But not today, because my photos are uploading so slowly.  Even with the simplifying or the lowering my standards down to the bottom of the barrel, my feelings of peace alternate with mild panic attacks.  Prepping Christmas, especially with five kiddos, is a big deal. 


Went to see downtown all decked out for Christmas.  A cold but enjoyable night!  The kids loved riding the train.  :)


Aunt time over Thanksgiving.  This one is a precious commodity since we don't get to see her much.


This little zombie bookmark has been sitting around since Halloween until I recently put him away.  He makes me smile.  So cute!




Somebody got strep.  Poor girl.


Sick.  We got to have a quiet Sunday afternoon nap together.  You all know how good I must have looked.


First time to the Symphony.  It was magical!  The little girl on the right had a skip to her step and kept smiling.  She probably enjoyed being in the city at night.  We got seats on the highest balcony, and she ate it up.  Didn't hurt that they were playing Debussy and Ravel.  Ahhhh... It was so beautiful. It was a bunch of classy elderly people and....us.  Just to be fair, we got fussed over a couple of times by said older people, some of whom drew in a sharp breath of surprise when they found out it was this girl's first time to the symphony.  And we got super cheap seats ($9, right?) through Travelocity (what?  seems a little weird, but I'll take it).  Great even though two of us were sick.



Simplifying by making ginger people (this one is literally a ginger person...just for you Tia) instead of a house this year.  Was easy--my husband bought kits and the big kids each decorated their own with very little help.  Fun memories.

What is one of your Christmas traditions?