Washable markers

I was on the phone this morning scheduling an appointment with the electrician and turned around to this....thank god for washable markers!

Sunglasses

Two pairs of sunglasses and so much silliness.

GO CLONES!

We are ready to watch Iowa State in the insight.com bowl game tonight and will be cheering our cyclones on to a victory. Thanks Grandma Ryan, we love our new ISU sweatshirts!

Love it when...

I love it when they snuggle so nicely together and watch a Disney movie so I can make dinner.

Decorating the tree

A few pictures from the night we decorated our Christmas tree.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

My dear friend Caitlin spent Saturday afternoon decorating our house (she loves to do that kind of stuff and is so talented). Our house looks so festive now and smells like fresh evergreen. I love it!
Here are a few pictures of what she did in our Hearth room.

Hot cocoa

Jack and Elizabeth were outside with Matt on Sunday afternoon hanging lights on my Christmas trees by the front porch. They sure enjoyed the hot cocoa I had waiting for them when they came inside. It was Elizabeth's first taste of hot cocoa and she loved it!