I guess to get caught up for over a year of slacking, I'll start at Christmas and work back. All of our family was in town for Christmas which is a greater joy than anything else. I treasure our time together. We all attended church on Sunday. That is one of my very favorite things. There really is nothing like having every member of my family sitting on the pew together. We have a new family member this year! Wesley (far right) is Madison's husband of 6 months. The kids are head over heels in love with him too. Every year my Dad used to get out his Santa hat at Christmas and wear it. In honor of his wonderful sense of humor and sense of fun, we've started taking a picture with all of us wearing a Santa hat. Mom is wearing his hat in this picture. Oh how we miss him and his presence...every second of every day. And the other tradition we started last year is the Epic Nerf Gun Battle. Last year my boys got nerf guns for Christmas. They ended up getting