January

January means my favorite person in the world celebrates a birthday :)
This year Caleb got...new eyes!  Not really, but he did get Lasik surgery.  No more glasses and contacts!  I don't know the slightest about dealing with not being able to see, but I do know it was a struggle on midnight shift to be constantly dealing with his eyes.  He took the plunge and now has 20/15.  The operating room is made of glass walls so you can observe the whole thing.  It was pretty crazy to be able to watch them cut his eyes open.  He's a trooper and was back to work the next day.

 

On his actual birthday we got a bit of an ice storm.  Everything was closed.  It wouldn't be a birthday without cheesy decor.  So we got that all set up and he made the most delicious wings I've ever had in my life!  And possibly the best part of his day was enjoying another Patriots win. 

We didn't have much else happen the rest of the month.  The kids have been off of school quite a few days for weather and holidays so it's just been hanging out at home.

Caleb came home from work with super pretty flowers for me

And we got to close out the month with another amazing Pats win! (we may or may not have watched the game more than once.)  We're gearing up for a super fun superbowl day.  I'm so thankful it gets to be the best family time as well.

December

We had a really fun, and really busy December.


Arya's class rotates bringing home Pete the Cat.  They get a little journal and write down a fun activity they did the weekend of bringing him home.  Arya chose watching the Patriot's game with him.

We got to it a little later then normal, but we decorated for Christmas

Then, we got a bit snowed in.  We got about 11 inches.  School was closed for 3 days, so the kids thoroughly enjoyed being out in it.

We enjoyed probably way too many late night trips to Wegmans

We had a gingerbread train making evening and we also had a cookie decorating party with friends, but I forgot to grab pictures of that.

Since we traveled for Thanksgiving, this year we opted to stay home for Christmas.  We thought it would be a little sad being alone, but we actually had one of our best Christmases yet...and we have an even better idea for next year!

If we're home, our Christmas eve tradition is going out for Chinese.  We enjoyed that and then came home for hot chocolate, chestnuts, a Christmas movie, new Christmas eve pajamas, and the kids exchanging the gift they got each other. 

my favorite part!

Christmas, the kids didn't wake up until 8:30...it was pretty refreshing.  We opened all our gifts...Caleb spoiled me with diamonds, koalas, clothes, and so many more things that I love.  He's the best!  We had some delicious snacks, and Caleb and I attempted our very first prime rib dinner.  It was a big success!  Casen finished his fourth Harry Potter book, so we finished out the evening watching that movie and hanging out as a family.

We rang in the new year at a friend's house, but I didn't even have my phone to take pictures.  We have some pretty awesome things happening in January and are excited for 2019!