Tis the season...

With the weather being unusually warm and hardly any snow having fallen on the ground in central Indiana (as I type it continues to rain and is in the upper 40's), it's not been quite as easy to tell Christmas is around the corner. (Snow pic)

This was our only snow on Nov. 29

So we've done what we can - when we can - to get the kiddos in the Spirit. It started with a quick trek around town to look at Christmas lights. No one was able to out-do Uncle Herby's spread, though. Our good friend Ryan Harber has a Clark Griswald-esque display at his West Lafayette abode.

We then ventured off to pick out a Christmas tree from a nearby farm. After Kari found several that were beautiful, we reminded her that if she wanted to attend a nice college it might be more prudent to stick to the $30 ones :)

Once home, Kari and Bryce helped Mommy set up decorations, lights and stockings. With the house all set, I took the kids to Purdue this past Saturday morning to see Santa and some elves. The Union has an annual meet Santa and eat pancakes type of day, so we stood in line and then downed a few hotcakes.

This should tell you how big the gingerbread house really was! I think Bryce ate the doorbell...

Both kids stared at Santa but didn't want to sit on his lap. Instead, they ventured in and out of large gingerbread houses and stood next to the 40-foot tall Christmas tree.

Happy Holidays everybody!

This weekend the kids will get to spend time in Indy with Gran and Beep Beep, while Kevin has his office Holiday party. Christmas day will be spent in West Lafayette, then a few days of work before bringing in the new year in Chicago with family.

We hope you're all having a wonderful Holiday season!