Thanksgiving with the Coons!! I am writing this post after moving, and my heart aches when I see these pictures- it was so wonderful to be able to drive 3 hours and see a beloved sister and her family. I miss it so much!
Thanksgiving dinner!
We had fun going on a carraige ride (a member of her ward puts this on)
Downtown Dayton, Ohio puts on fun Christmas festival during Thanksgiving weekend to kick off the holidays! It was fun to walk around and see the beautifully decorated downtown buildings, do crafts, the scavenger hunt, call an elf in the north pole (the pictures where the kids are on red phones), and best of all, see Santa!
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Our other fun outing for that weekend was the amazing Air Force Museum - Dayton, Ohio is famouse for it's aviation history- and this was truly a sight to see!
Back at home, the month of December went by in a blur. Fun with friends, cub scouts, school and ward parties . . that was only part of it! The first week of December is when Jon and I went to Spokane to look at houses to buy. I actually posted about this back in December right after we went- so I know this is a bit out of order as I am writing my "catch up" posts half a year later!
Anyway . . . it was a quick and exciting trip as we prepared to make an offer on a house. We spent much of December thinking and praying about what we should do. We actually picked one house (the one on Rolland that was a short sale), but then after three weeks and realizing we wouldn't be able to get it in time or for the price we wanted, we changed to a different house- the one we live in now (on Calispel Ct). Now that we are here and have lived here awhile, I can truly say that we made the right choice!!!!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE our cul-de-sac and neighbors, and the elegance and functionality of our house.
So back to Michigan we came after our long weekend- and the kids were mostly great with my friend Alicia who stayed with them- I am so grateful she helped us out like this.
Just to show you the craziness of the season, though- this is what the girl's room looked like when we got home!! Sigh- back to reality!
I digress, though- it was a wonderful season still. Always so many wonderful things going on.
The ward Christmas party and Cub Scout party:
I love christmas time at our house!!
I-spy christmas book with daddy by the fire- - it just doesn't get better than that.
Except on Christmas eve and day!
Marcus stayed up and helped Daddy set up the train- even building little buildings with lincoln logs!
On to 2012- good things happening in this Wilson family! To be honest- this is why I am sooooo far behind on blogging . . .
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