Christmas party

Jacob and I have created this wonderful new habit, take the camera with us to an important event and then leave it in the car!! Wonderful isn't it? So the amount of pictures during this holiday season is small.

Luckily a co-worker of mine took pictures for us at the Home Life Holiday party.

Here we are with the raffle gift I won; I sure look excited:

Jaden looks like he might have had a little too much to drink:

And the family :)

The party was held at the local country club and luckily we had no crazy weather, except for rain, rain, and more rain. Last year an ice storm hit during the dinner so we all drove home while slipping all over the roads and the year before that the party was canceled due to snow. The person wearing the most festive holiday attire won a prize, unfortunately I don't really have much holiday attire. Caleb sported his but did not win.

We have been able to keep ourselves busy lately, as if life with 2 boys was not busy enough. This past weekend Jaden attended his first birthday party, well first party that he was invited to for someone his own age. It was for a friend from church and held at a local indoor play area. He now talks frequently about Zabel's party. After the party we ventured over to Story Book Land in Albany. Jaden is at the perfect age to enjoy walking around and looking at all the characters from many of the books he reads, including "Thomas blue train" (as Jaden would say). We definitely will be heading back each holiday season for the next few years.