The Neratko Family

Joe and I celebrated our seventh anniversary on the 6th. We went up to McCall with some friends of ours and stayed in a condo for a couple of days. We had so much fun. We played games, soaked in the hot tub, watched movies, walked around the town, and ate lots of yummy food. The condo was amazing and had two master bedrooms with master baths and jacuzzi jetted tubs. My sister watched the kids for us while we were gone.
I am so glad to have Joe for a husband. He does an awesome job and is such a hard worker. He always knows how to make me laugh. I am so glad we have been married seven years and I am excited for the years to come. I love you Joe!

Two days after Thanksgiving we set up the Christmas Tree. I think that is the earliest we have ever set it up. I usually am a procrastinator. It has been a lot of fun having it up and the kids really love seeing the beautiful lights. JJ wouldn't stay away from it to begin with, but I think he is used to it now because he hardly takes anything off anymore. It was fun watching the kids put the ornaments on the tree because they would put three red ornaments right next to each other and get so excited because they all match. :) I moved some of them around so they weren't to close together, and to keep them out of JJ's reach.

I have been awful about updating lately so here are some posts that should have been posted a long time ago. We made Christmas chains the beginning of this month. Emily and Maddie loved it and caught on really quick on how to make them. They are really loving pulling a chain off every day and it has been nice because Emily is able to look at the chain and see how close Christmas is instead of asking me all the time. We also have advent calendars we bought from the store that have chocolate in them. The kids are really loving taking a chocolate out every day.