Holiday Cheer

We had a fun weekend, spending time with friends on both days. And while outside on Friday morning, I noticed a few new roses that bloomed. Amazingly, our flowers are still going strong despite the chilly weather - we are already down to the 30's at night.

We had friends from church over during the day, that have 3 girls and a newborn boy, and the kids had fun playing for a few hours. Friday night, the boys and I made cut out Christmas cookies for our office holiday party today. They were good helpers and had fun making and eating the cookies!

I also made a winter salad that is mom P's recipe. It was a good compliment for the delicious Italian food that our co-worker made.

We have a LOT of kids in our office. Between 9 co-workers (and spouses of course), we have 24 kids. We tried to get a group picture at the party. We came close, but were missing 4 from the party, and 2 were toddlers that cried their way out of the picture!

Benjamin looked so handsome in his tie. He loves it and sometimes wants to wear it to school :).

Sweet boys. Love them so much!

And finally, a preview for Benjamin's class winter show. I have a feeling we will be out of town enjoying Petra that day. Though his teacher said it may be this upcoming week, but the school hasn't decided yet. Ha, and a glimpse of normalcy here :). Enjoy!