And this, my friends, is why I don't blog more often

This is for all the other parents out there who feel like they can't keep up. Our house starts out every (well, most) mornings pretty decently clean. (At least as far as clutter goes - don't think I dust or vacuum every day...or even every week). And by the end of the day, despite my best efforts, it looks like this. And these pictures don't even do it justice. These are just small sections of a few rooms. My pride stopped short of letting me post pictures of the entire kitchen or living room...or the bedrooms for that matter.

If you live in a constant state of mess, spills, and crayon and pen etched on every imaginable service, to you I say, you are not alone!

Despite our seemingly constant craziness, we are enjoying the Christmas season. The kids love the Christmas tree and we go downstairs (yes, I admit that I put it downstairs so I wouldn't have to save the tree from the kids every 5 minutes) and sing Christmas carols. They love to shake bells or maracas or dance around while we sing. So cute. This week I taught them to say "Ho, ho, ho" and they will say it to random people at church or in the store.

The ward Christmas party was amazing - we seriously have the best activities committee in the Church. Neither Megan or Colin would sit on Santa's lap but that was not surprising. At least they were smiling at him instead of crying which is actually what I expected.