Hood Party 2014

Um, well... We have Awesome neighbors!

Honestly, Ryan and I can't believe our wonderful luck!

So, we had a little gathering a few weekends ago

Nothing fancy, just low-key...

Ok, LYING!

Hahaha! It was a BIG deal!

Was LOADS of fun, and I laughed more than I have in ages!

For 2 weeks leading up to the party, we did Secret Santa (adult style)

and while my Secret Santa was very kind and polite, Ryan's was a little

more "creative" ;)

Our night started with beverages and revealing our Secret Santa's

along with our shirts that were to be our attire for the night!

We then split into teams, and tackled an interesting lists of "tasks"

that earned us points, to be tallied at the end of the night!

Nothing but laughter and fun ensued!

What a great night!

Stick your tongue on a flag pole- Check

Team pyramid - Check

Team photo in front of the Moose - Check

There were a bunch of other point-earning tasks... what a riot!

I was Bryan's secret santa... I think he liked his gifts!

Ryan playing Darts... He may not realize he's not actually holding a dart. Haha

Love this girl!

Thanks for a Fantastic Fun night!  Can't wait

to see what kind of neighborhood craziness awaits in 2015!

It's been a month

Well, actually more than a month.

My longest break from blogging since I've started.

It wasn't intentional, it just happened.

Time slipped away and here we are 5 days until Christmas

and I'm still lacking a Thanksgiving post.

Such is life.

Here's a little smattering of stuff that's happened.

~Miss Lila was Star of the Week! ~

She was very excited about this special honor and now has her poster on her wall in her room!

~We celebrated Thanksgiving~

Nothing too fancy, and we missed Ryan again, but it was nice, and spent in the company of my loves!

~I love Boone~

But sometimes I hate him.

But I love him.

It really depends on the day

~Ryan spent time in WI deer hunting with his dad, so I took the girls to our friends cabin and hung

out for the weekend to chill out~

We watched movies, played games, and went sledding... all good things!

~All good things until Elaina decided to get car sick on the way home~

This is how I felt smelling vomit for the last 20 min of our drive.  

~We had our neighborhood Christmas Party~

This earns it's own post... 

~We took the girls to see Santa~ 

This is always a treat... however this year, we didn't get in until late and the girls were

semi falling apart by the time we actually saw the Big guy

You'd never know it by the looks of these photos though!

~Mike the Elf returned to our home~ 

He has been making his rounds, checking on the girls from all different angles

~Nothing particular... I just like this photo~

~We made Cinnamon Rolls for our neighbors and the girls thought they were pretty special to be able to bring them around all by themselves!~

~Our tree looks so pretty in our new home... And the puppies definitely have their favorite spot!~

~It's the time of year for Christmas programs~

Both the girls had a little dance routine for us, and Ellie had her Montessori Christmas program!

So dang cute!!!

~Ryan took me on a date to see Josh Thompson~

We had an amazing dinner at Kona Grill, and the music that night was great!

With Christmas right around the corner, they're be lots more to share.... and I'm hoping it won't be another month before I'm back!