December happenings...

First- why are Christmas morning pictures always so goofy looking?  Here's ours true to form...   Hey, we were just thankful to have a tree up with presents under it this year- didn't have the energy to worry with a family Christmas picture or even one where all of my children looked normal...  Anyway..

So, we have finally moved into our apt!  I had lots more "progress" posts in my head that never actually made it onto the blog- I was way too busy moving and dealing with crazy moving issues!  But I'll save that.  This post is for other stuff.  Random things that can't be categorized together that in another season of my life might have gotten their own separate post, but things have just been too crazy...

In the midst of the craziness of moving, life tends to go on and sometimes I managed to get pictures of it.  Here's a summary in pics and few words of what's been happening...

The girls got a little crazy cleaning the kitchen one night- they were very proud of their smiley face..

We didn't need elf on a shelf this year- we had our own little Christmas elf...

We did our Christmas shopping (the week of...) and had a much needed break at Starbucks..

We remembered the joys of having an artificial tree...

but at least we got it put together and decorated BEFORE Christmas which was a minor miracle considering how the move has gone...

AJ was Mary in the school Christmas drama- she did so well!!  We were all so proud, even Anabelle..

We had a wonderful Christmas morning in our new home

Brunch with dear friends...

Caroling and even some guitar lessons...