It's been a busy few weeks as we prepared for the holidays. Our Thanksgiving is kind of fuzzy in my mind - I'm sure the food was good, but I was sick and couldn't taste most of it anyway. However we did enjoy the company of a friend, Tom, from church, and enjoyed pie with some friends that evening. 
The next morning we jumped right into Christmas preparations with some Black Friday shopping, and on Saturday brought home the Christmas tree. Now the halls are decked, the shopping is almost all done, and I'm looking forward to just enjoying the season for a few weeks!
We have to create our own fun in the wintertime, and one of Jake's favorite things lately is to have someone bury him in the box of blocks. It was fun the first dozen times...
One afternoon Haley decided to set up a "photo studio" in her room - she hung a quilt for the background, set up a little chair, and asked us all to come pose. Here are the results:
