It's Christmas here too...

So we got here Dec 1st at 12:30 am.  The house was 50 degrees (the landlords had not left the heat on).  We had brought one space heater so we piled everyone into the same room until the house heated up.  I told the kids to go back to sleep when they woke up in the morning so they wouldn't be tired during the day.  Marcus looked at me like I was crazy and said; "No, I'm getting up and going outside to play in the snow!"  (Sadly there has been no snow since we have been here.) 

Mark didn't start work until Thurs so we had 5 days to power through as many boxes as we could, hit IKEA for some storage solutions and stock up on food.  Thursday Mark started work and Marcus, Addy and Jaxon got sick.  I succumbed a few days later.  It was a VERY long week and a half.  We didn't leave the house the whole time.   I finally found a babysitter and escaped Thurs and Friday for a few hours.

On the positive side; Katie started school and loves it.  That little girl can thrive in any situation. 

But Christmas did happen here.  I was able to get the Christmas tree and most of the decorations up.  We have the kids nativity out.  We haven't done anything extravagant but we have celebrated the birth of our Savior and enjoyed a little of what the world has to offer.  We have watched some Christmas movies and drank hot chocolate.  We went to see Santa and his reindeer. 

 We made some Christmas cookies.

The kids got a little hyper after the cookies...

Friday I went to Katie's school and made ginger bread houses with her.

 

 

 Nothing to do with Christmas, but cute nonetheless.

Marcus sharing Uh-uhs with Jaxon

 And finally Christmas Sunday.  Do they get any cuter?

 

 The outtakes...

 

Merry Christmas to all, I hope the peace of our Savior is with you this Christmas Day.