Happy Holidays

I can't believe Christmas is already here! I realize it has been quite a while since my last post so let me catch you up on what's been going on in the Conte house! Both boys were pretty sick during November with various viruses. Nick and I were even sick so something was definitely going around. Luckily we were all on the mend by Thanksgiving. My mom and Grandmommy came down and stayed for a week!! We had such a great time with them and Mom helped out so much with the boys and around the house (Thanks Mom)!! We didn't think that Darrell was going to be able to make it down for the holiday b/c he recently started a new job, and wasn't going to be able to take any days off. Well, he ended up surprising us and he was here when I got home from work the day before Thanksgiving! We were all very excited that he was able to make it...it wouldn't have been the same without him! We had a really nice Thanksgiving and a very tasty turkey dinner! Cole really enjoyed eating all the good food. Chase is still super picky, so he had Trix cereal (served in a China dish no less)!!

December is flying by. I am in the midst of Christmas shopping, and trying to get my cards sent out. I pick them up tonight and plan to mail them tomorrow so be on the lookout for one in your mailbox soon. Getting a good picture was quite an ordeal this year. I have a bunch of funny rejects for sure! I was finally able to get a half way decent pic of the boys and Rocksie, and I am hoping my cards turn out ok! We shall see!

Chase has a Christmas program at school this coming Tuesday night. We are so excited to go and watch him perform with his class. They will be singing 7 songs and some skits. I will be sure to get some pictures and possibly some videos.

I will be baking Christmas cookies this weekend. I have 8 recipes on tap, most of them family traditions. Everything from Grandaddy's chocolate chip cookies to Mimi's pizzelles to Aunt Pam's nut ball cookies. MMMM!! I can't wait. I am going to let Chase help cut out the sugar cookies and decorate them with sprinkles. Hopefully all the cookies will turn out good!

Well, that bring you up to today. I am going to do another post w/ some pictures of the boys' visit with Santa! They were a trip....I couldn't get them both to make a normal face at the same time.