Time is Flying!

how fast time is going by!  especially at night with no sleep! :)everyone is working to adjust to a new person in our home and a new (mostly lack thereof) schedule. we'll get there soon enough after the collic stage is over! i just haven't quite got my groove back...so sorry to the farm. i keep finding all the pieces that have been left undone around the week of november 20th...this amplifies each time i have a baby before i get things under control again at the office!

sometimes boy and emerson escape or do something crazy while i'm nursing ellee.  here we have young santa being a daredevil...

one day after school ellee was asleep!  we got all of our stuff out to make gingerbread houses and get ready for the ward party.  making the houses was so much fun and a kick off to the holidays for us with our tree up and decorations out.  the kids and mom had a great time doing this little activity.  then when ben got home, we headed to the ward party while he stayed with baby ellee.  the kids all dressed as angels and got to sing during the nativity.  i remember the ward party being such a highlight of the season when i was a kid.

 a skiff of snow came through one morning.  ben helped string up lights with the kids on our fence.  they even have a remote control on and off switch (thanks to ben).  they look awesome!

 miss ellee is growing away!  slow down little baby!  everyone wants to hold her and emerson says she is her friend.  she runs to get me diapers and wipes anytime and has to do the 'naps'  (snaps).  she still blesses aunt carolee and ellee to get feeling better.  bridon is as crazy as ever!  i wish i could remember everything that kid has done/said...holy cow!  yesterday, bentley didn't get off the bus after school.  i heard the bus slow down/stop and looked out the window to see it go by behind a band of sheep with no bentley.  i didn't freak out, just started looking everywhere outside.  then, with no luck, called the school and the bus company.  my heart sank when no one knew where he was.  it definently made me think...esp. today after what happened in ct.  about 10-15 minutes later, the bus came from the other direction and there was bentley.  i went out to get him and mr. jim said he didn't want him to be scared getting off in the middle of the sheep, so took him around and finished the route.  whew!