it's almost Christmas

family movie night in our cozies

jude hates sleeping alone

so he often convinces eleanor to sleep with him 

jude orchestrated a paper airplane contest for our family

and because he has us all wrapped around his little finger, we obliged

even though it was late and we were tired

the kids gave the kitties a bunch of styrofoam 😒

making homemade ornaments as a family

cozy sewing in the snow

fancy post thanksgiving dinner at home

so much fun playing in the snow

snow day! no school, lots of baking and movies and playing

made myself a new dress out of fabric i pieced together

girls day decorating cookies with the olsons

i love that he wears his sisters handmedowns

playing uno with mittens

addressing christmas cards while i watch while you were sleeping

we surprised them with doughnuts

best friends

middle school dance/cheer performance

spencer's bday party

downtown enumclaw was so cute

we walked around and got dinner

this little fort eventually took over the entire bonus room

practicing our sacrament musical number 

eek

getting their hair did

potato leek soup and homemade rolls for dinner

and toffee for friends and neighbors

secret santa shopping for each other

cuties

our little 90s heartthrob

who knew a backyard shed could make me so happy

ripping out the girls closet and rearranging their room

and we pushed the boys beds together because they're always sharing a bed :)

eleanor, "help, there's a cat on my head"

progress in the girls room

date night to paulo's was delicious

cutie

brudders

still wearing the bonnet i made him as a babe

all dressed up for church on sunday

we sang away in a manger acapella

and it was special

i didn't know when i volunteered michael and the girls singing

it would become a family affair but i'm happy we did it 

monday this week i finally got my uterine mass removed

it wasn't the most fun

but it's been nice to relax the week of christmas instead of stressing

it also motivated us to get shopping and wrapping done early

surgery was successful but recovery has been more painful than i anticipated

it feels a little like i had half a c-section wonk wonk

the oldest three were going ice skating for mutual this week so michael took the little three so they could skate, too while i rested at home

pretty snowfall meant the kids only went to school one day and it was late start this week

instead of three days but they aren't sad about an extra long winter break

eleanor made gingerbread men for the kids to decorate

because jude was sad to miss that part of his class party at school today

she's so sweet

henry made a sign for my door to remind everyone to let me rest

sweetie

the girls are having their christmas sleepover

they've been planning for a bit

i'm hoping to feel better as the week goes on so i can enjoy christmas

laying in bed is getting old already