We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.

At the end of November Scott was asked to teach Rylan's pack about having respect for the American flag, what it stands for and how to properly fold it.      Did you notice something was on Scott's face in the above pictures?  Scott participated in "Mo-vember" and was able to grow quite a stealthy mustache! He shaved it off at the beginning of December, much to my protest, I kinda liked it!    He also had to brief a general at his work which he dressed up for.  When he wears his dress blues, I always have to snap a picture because he is just too darn handsome in it!  Ian just being cute in this Sunday outfit    I turned 32! My girl friends took me out to lunch and bought me a hour long massage at our gym.  It was amazing! Scott took us out for my birthday dinner at Benihana, where they cook your dinner in front of you. We had a little medical scare with Madelyn! She had a lingering cough and a l...

Another Christmas in Chicago, we tried to get family to come to us this year, but it just didn't work out for them, so we celebrated with just our family.  My family growing up had a Christmas Eve puzzle that we always worked on in the weeks prior to Christmas day, but I haven't found a puzzle for my family yet so what did we do, a world puzzle!  It was only about 75 pieces and it only took us about 30 minutes but it was a fun thing to do together!     We dressed up and had our ham dinner,  then made cookies for Santa                                        The kids really got into that!   Ian hadn't had a nap so he was really tired by this time and for some reason did NOT want to sit next to the others for a Christmas PJ picture!...