My Blissful Madness: The Holidays Are Here!

The holiday season is my favorite time of the year! Isn't it everyone's? We started the holiday season off with long over due visitors from the East Coast. My Kissy, Paul, and Matt all flew out to Oregon for Thanksgiving! It had been way too long since we'd spent time together so it made it extra special that it was during a holiday. Kissy had been dying to get her hands on Amelia. Once she did it was hard to pry her off her.

Ben had so much fun spending time with Cousin Matt! I found them hanging out in the living room together one night talking about sports and watching Full House. Matt was telling Ben how much money baseball players make. Ben was pretty impressed especially once he realized that that must mean his friend Keaton (6 years old) who plays baseball must be super rich!

Courtney's family Jer, Pamela, and Ruby were here visiting as well starting a little earlier in the week. Ben and Ruby always have so much fun together. Here they are playing dress up. You can 't tell in the picture but taking a picture in these masks/hats...whatever they are was making them laugh so hard.

Poor Ben got so sick that he had to spend Thanksgiving day and the next couple days in bed which is not easy for a 6 year old. That weekend was the Christmas parade downtown which I so didn't want him to miss. So, I bundled him up, took a couple umbrellas, left Eder and Amelia at home, and we headed to the parade. It was so much fun! I love our little town and their hometown traditions.