'Twas the Night before Christma

Cookies for Santa

Story Time

 Just cute

Laying out the Santa Bags

Hanging the stockings

All set - ready for bed!

Gingerbread

For one of our advent day activities we make gingerbread people.  Here are ours from 2012.

When Luke saw Dad's he started to giggle

Then laughing uncontrollably

Because Daddy made a girl with "boo-boo's" (again!)

These are Mom's

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Yea for carolers!

They looked cold, so we invited them inside to play.

6 Months

We'll meet you in St. Louis

Brandon headed to Iowa after Thanksgiving to defend his dissertation (YEA).  He passed and will officially graduate this semester!  Then he headed down to St. Louis with Uncle Bill for his wedding.  We flew out to meet them there to be with them on Bill and Christina's special day.

**All wedding photos taken by Heather Lynn Photography**

The Beautiful Bride and Groom - Christina and Bill.

 Brandon performed his best man duties very well.

 The boys were the Ring Bearers

slash Jr. Best Men

Brandon and another best man also played a duet for the processional.

The boys didn't drop or lose the rings

You may now kiss the bride

They danced with all the bridesmaids

And took the garter toss very seriously. Kurt actually dove for it and barely missed it.

We had half a day to play in the city before our flights home. We went to the Arch and the zoo.

O Tannenbaum

5 Months