Jingle all the way ...

WOW it appears we have been a busy bunch lately!! Where oh where has the time gone? I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! We had a great time in Los Angeles. Cruz was sick and unfortunately did not eat his first thanksgiving meal. He was too young to eat it last year and this year went to bed before we even ate, sad. I guess that'll make it even more special next year, right!? There was also the annual cousins paintball the day after which as usual was awesome and painful all rolled up in one!!

The first week in December Cruz and I boarded a plane and headed on over to Rhode Island! I was so excited to be able to introduce Cruz to all my friends and family back east. We were sad to leave Mario but excited to go make new friends! We had some playdates with my friends and their kiddos and got to meet a lot of new ones myself!! It is so wonderful to see everyone creating their own families and seeing their little "mini me's". As fun as it was being there it is good to be home and also good to be over with the flights!

Oh boy, back home for two days and then ... the North Pole!
We went to a little town in the AZ mountains called Greer where we then boarded a bus, went through a portal and landed at Santa's workshop in the North Pole. It was so great! The elves were everything you'd expect, so nice and so much fun!! They fed the kiddos cookies and snowflake soup (aka hot chocolate)! Then Cruz wrote a letter to Santa and hand delivered it to him. Off to read a story with Mrs. Claus and then to dinner and back home to bed!! Boy what a night that was! We stayed in Greer with some friends for a couple night and got to play in the snow and have another mini vacation. It was a lot of fun!

Riding Santa's elephant
Bringing his letter to Santa

Santa's workshop ... wow, look at all those toys!

Sledding with Carson!

Future firefighters!

I think that's a good quick update for now! Now is time to get back to the cleaning and decorating!! Hopefully you'll be hereing from me again this year!! Only a couple weeks left but I'm sure I'll find the time!!