It's been a while since I've had time to update my blog, life has been busy, busy! Kendall started his new job at Wells Fargo in Shoreview, about 6 weeks ago. He is just finishing up training and will start his new hours on Tuesday. He'll be working 2-10:30 pm with Wednesdays and Sundays off. While it will suck to not have him here for dinner and bedtimes, it will also be easier in the mornings to get things done, run errands, go to appointments, etc. It will probably take some getting used to but I think it will be okay.

Last Saturday we took the kids to a Christmas tree farm that's just down the street from our house. We took a tractor ride out into a field where we (Kendall) cut down our own tree. They also had hot apple cider, snacks, ponies, and a play structure for the kids. It was a ton of fun and a beautiful day for it!!

Xavier started sleeping in his "big boy" bed. The first few days went very smoothly, and we were quite surprised! He just laid right down and went to sleep. However, the last few days haven't gone as well. He has figured out that he can get out of his bed and now it's impossible to keep him in there. The last couple of nights we've given up after an hour or so and put him back in his crib, which we haven't taken down yet. I can't believe he is going to be 2 next month!







Amayah is still busy as ever. She is in preschool 3 days a week, plus dance class, gymnastics, and swimming lessons. She loves it all except for the swimming. She's terrified of the water even though she's been in lessons for over a year now. She hasn't made any progress. I'm stumped and the instructors are stumped on what we can do for her to get her more comfortable. Xavier on the other hand LOVES swimming, which is a huge change from when he first started lessons over the summer. He jumps in the water, goes under, kicks and scoops on his own. He's great at it!

The other night I had my friends Leah and Georgia, and their kids over for a visit. I don't get to see Georgia very often so it was really nice that she could make it out here. Her daughter, Arayah, is the cutest little thing. She's only 6 months but looks like she is pretty close to walking already. She is full of smiles and has the greatest personality, reminds me of how Amayah was at that age....if only that had lasted :) Anyway, we made plans for Georgia and her boyfriend to come over on New Years Day to play some spades and have some drinks, so I'm looking forward to that. For New Years Eve, I'm trying to talk Kendall into us taking the kids to spend the night at the Waterpark of America. I've never been there but think it would be a blast!!

This past Friday my dad and I took the kids to the Macy's Holiday display in Mpls. It was our first time there and I was really impressed with how great it was! We ended up parking really far away though and got lost in the skyway system. Thanks to some really nice people on their lunch breaks we were able to make it there and back but it was a long walk! I think the kids really enjoyed it. They also got to see Santa and sit on his lap which they liked. It's nice during the Holidays when I can use Santa as a way to get the kids to be extra good (Santa doesn't bring presents to the naughty kids) :) ha-ha!

My dad bought us a new granite countertop and sink for our bathroom for Christmas. This weekend Kendall spent a ton of time trying to install it and it ended up being a bigger project than he had anticipated. In the end he had to put the old sink and counter back on just so he could turn the water back on and we could go to bed. He had to go get some more parts today and hasn't had a chance to work on it again today, so maybe next weekend. I'm excited to re-do the bathroom and it shouldnt' be too expensive. I love doing home improvements. Ok, well actually I don't really do the work myself but I like the results I should say.

I'll try harder to keep the blog updated!