December

 We continued our fresh tree tradition by picking out a tree at Lowe's. This year's tree was much smaller than last years but it fit our space well. It was raining the night we bought it and so we didn't get it in water as soon as we should have but it lasted through Christmas.

 Clara and Kenzie helped decorate the tree while Emmett helped rearrange.

 We took a couple of trips to the aquarium, once with Suzanne and Grace at the beginning of the month and then as a family after Keith's work party.

 These cute dolphins are scattered around the aquarium

Kenzie's poses crack me up in these

 We thought the kids would love to see Santa at the aquarium but they were too scared. It was still fun to see the aquarium decked out in lights.

 My boys are so handsome

After the aquarium, we met the Tafoya's at Centennial Olympic Park. They came to Atlanta to celebrate their anniversary with a few days in the city and a showing of the Nutcracker.

That night, we had dinner at a pizza place that acted like they hadn't really seen kids before and looked at the fountains and ferris wheel because we were all too cheap to take a ride on it.

On Saturday, Tafoya's invited us to join them at the Nutcracker and I was pretty excited about it. I love the ballet and it did not disappoint. The performance also fell on the day before our 6th wedding anniversary so Keith was able to kill two birds with one stone.

 We had so much fun with them and weren't ready to see them go the next day.

Last day of school before the break. Even though she doesn't look happy in this picture, Kenz was excited to give her teachers these reindeer bags filled with fudge.