lighting of the tree...

Micah taking it in and freezing to death.

Nothing like a family picture at Hudson's!

You can see the excitement in Micah's face.


Jaxson and Micah hanging out on the bench. Jaxson is always so happy but for some reason in this picture looks like Micah just took his favorite toy away.

The boys with some of our lawn ornaments. Lovely!

So we started the tradition last year of going to the lighting of the tree in downtown dville. It definitely is no Macy's production like at Lenox but it is something that I thought would be a good tradition for years to come. Last year we missed the lighting by a few minutes and this year we were there just after santa left. It was freezing and Micah's hands almost got frost bite because he refused to wear gloves and tried to play with ice. We took Hayden with us this year and subjected our friends the Wallace's to it too. Then we had some good food at Hudson's. Mick and I both think we are trying to fight off whatever cold Micah had before it turned into the darth vader breathing thing...but traditions are traditions and we must stand out in the cold no matter how badly we feel. We feel a little better today and have hopefully prayed this stuff out of the house. Being sick for a good part of the last month has made me so thankful for my health as well as wonder what in the world somebody with 4 or 5 kids ever does... I mean with that many people I am thinking their days of wellness are slim. I guess that is one of the upsides to Mick not agreeing to my large family desire. That and the fact that it could take us til Mick's 65 at the rate we're going!