festival of lights...train rides...and more....

we have been busy. December has been laced with craziness. considering the holiday season is here we also have Jake's wedding coming up in two weeks. busy busy. last Thursday we went to the festival of lights which is the Christmas parade...all the shops stay open late so most people shop and wait for the parade to start....Ryan absolutely loves parades...

watching for more floats....

soooooo happy!!

shane, izzy, tucker and ryan...adeline on the phone

christmas pic 2008

ryan and izzy...aren't they sweet??

then today we went on the polar express with the Enoch's. the girls like the first 15 minutes of the ride....oh, the polar express is a train ride to Custer city and we get to wear pj's...listen to Christmas music...the girls loved when the train actually choo choo'd. i will post pics of that later.

we went to get Ryan's shots yesterday. poor baby. she was so happy till they stuck her....she had to get 2 in each leg. no matter what medical professionals say...they do act differently. Ry slept for 3 hrs yesterday and even wanted an early bedtime...but we stayed up a little after bedtime to watch "how the Grinch stole Christmas" then we never heard a peep after laying her down.

i have been trying to think of some Christmas traditions for our family considering i never truly had one. some of them i have i thought of is of course the polar express...having a birthday party for Jesus on Christmas morning....watching a Christmas movie on Christmas eve...that's about it...i hope that Christmas is a joyous time for our family that we truly grasp Christmas is about the birth of Christ...i want Christmas to be filled with fun and family time.

tomorrow we have Jake and Jess's second shower and the Christmas program at the church...busy busy.