My 100th blog post!

So, this is my 100th blog post! You probably figured that such a momentous occasion would warrant some amazing news, incredible pictures, or proufound insight. Sorry. Just an odds and ends type of post with a few poor quality photos. (I don't know whether to blame my camera or myself, but my photos lately are AWFUL! I thought this was a good camera back when I was taking outdoor photos this summer, but indoor, yuck!)

Anyway, December has been a wonderful month so far. I've mainly just been home and enjoying the time with my kids. It feels like every day we are focused on Christmas as we have several traditions going. It's so much fun. Here are a few pics of things we've been up to lately.

Connor had his Kindergarten Christmas program last week. He did a great job and had a great time. My camera died during the first song (bad mom moment), so I don't have any pics of him singing his heart out. But here's a picture from before we left. He looked so handsome!

For some reason, Mylie has always known how to pose. Girl thing? When I tell Connor I'm taking a picture, he does this really cheesy face and stands weird (see above photo), but I pick up my camera, and Mylie does this:

I love it! Other good news is that I FINALLY talked Mylie into getting her hair cut again. I love this cut on her. Her hair looks thicker and healthier, and it's much easier to do. No braids or ponytails. I love it.

One fun Christmas tradition at our house is "Grandma Bags." Tony's mom gives the kids a giant bag filled with gifts. There is one for each day from Dec. 1st until Christmas. Here are the kids posing with one of their Grandma gifts. These cute elf hats were actually a kit that the kids decorated and then I hot glued. It was fun.

Last Saturday, I decided to make rolls. I rarely make them, but at Thanksgiving I helped my mom. She made perfectly round circles when she rolled the dough out to cut for crescent rolls. Every time I've tried, I end up with a very sorry excuse for a circle. But she gave me a couple tips at Thanksgiving, and on Saturday, I found out what a good teacher she is (or what a fast learner I am?!?) Either way, these turned out wonderful!

Mylie also had her birthday this month. As a birthday tradition, the person with the birthday gets to choose what we have for dinner. They also get some very fancy dinnerware to eat on. I thought this looked pretty funny: Tombstone pizza on the birthday plate. Hey, it's what she ordered!

Finally, on Sunday morning, I got everybody ready a for church a little early so we could try to get a family photo. We don't have a single one since Mariah has joined our family (how embarrassing is that?) and I thought it was time. So we rushed around, I rigged up a way to set up the camera, we set the timer, and ended up with several TERRIBLE photos. Really, everybody looked great, but the lighting was just awful. They were really washed out, and even after doing everything I could with photoshop, this is the best I could get. Darn. I really wanted a good one. Oh well. Here we are. Merry Christmas!