February

 February was my favorite month we've had in awhile.

We ended up being able to make Arya's 10th birthday extra special this year.  Back in November one of our favorite bands announced they were going back on tour and it just so happened that the day they were going to be closest to us was going to fall on Arya's birthday and Caleb was off and it was a weekend so the kids didn't have to miss school.  Caleb and I jumped at the chance, thankfully because the tickets were sold out by the next day.  We surprised the kids with the tickets hidden in the Christmas tree in December and have just been patiently waiting for February.

She simply requested a pink themed birthday this year.  We set up her decorations and let her open some presents on Friday when she got home from school since we'd be out of town on the actual day.

The next day we headed down to North Carolina and enjoyed brownies as her birthday dessert request.

And then we got to spend our evening here, with Falling In Reverse at the Rockzilla tour.

And we got to be right here

By the time we got out I think it was close to midnight so we made a late night fast food run and got to hang out at the hotel for the rest of our time there.

And we got to finish our month with some pretty awesome company.  Twinner and her family were able to make the trip down, which is pretty crazy since they have 4 kiddos now.  We had so much fun with them, adventuring around town and just hanging out at home.  The baby snuggles are definitely missed and I just love being an aunt.

January

 January, we of course celebrated Caleb's birthday.  We got really yummy fried chicken from Cocky Rooster and he always chooses key lime pie, but we had to sneak in a Crumbl cookie delivery on his actual birthday because he, unfortunately, had to work.

Any Friday or Saturday night Crazy Rooster has a good food truck we head down the road with the kids and have a yummy dinner and play board games for the evening.  It's been really fun.

Caleb had an unexpected guest jump in his car one evening on a call.

And we finished up the month with a fun Skittles challenge.  Caleb and I bought all the different flavors of Skittles we could find and the kids, blindfolded, had to guess what flavors they were from the list.

December

 This kids actually got off for Christmas on the 16th this year, so we had a relaxing month of doing all the holiday things.

The Christmas Eve tradition of White Christmas, new pjs, and chocolates proved to be our favorite once again.  We got to enjoy a quiet Christmas day with a really yummy beef tenderloin dinner.  The kids are basically out of the toy stage at this point so our day is a little bit different than years past.

And then we got to end our year, which I guess technically would be part of January too, with some fun family time.  I think it was one of our best New Year's Eve's to date.  We had tons of snacks, lots of games of bingo, and many hours of switch.

November

 November was a pretty awesome month for us.

Casen had another winter orchestra concert.  It was really cool to see how much they've progressed in such a short amount of time.

I dont know why I titled it his spring concert, but now I can't figure out how to change it.

We made our first batch of Geiger Christmas cookies.

We had an awesome Thanksgiving.  We were missing family, but we spent the day watching football and having lots of yummy food.  We did our turkey in the air fryer again this year and it was hands down the best turkey we've ever had. We even ended up getting to go for a nice long family walk after dinner to make room for the pie.

We decided not to be quite so grinch like this year and got all our Christmas decorations up.  We were long overdue for some new outdoor lights.

Our almost teenager is less and less enthused about things like decorating the tree and getting his picture taken :p

Our yearly ornament had to represent, I think every single person in the families favorite day this year.

We had a really fun random few nights at Crazy Rooster sampling the food trucks and beverages

I tried my best to get some updated pics of the kids, but i'm convinced a 12 year old boy is the equivalent to a toddler when trying to get cooperation for a nice picture.

And I think what will be my favorite gift for a long time.  Caleb and I have a longstanding tradition of watching White Christmas together on Christmas eve.  He got me a record player earlier this year and I've been really wanting the White Christmas soundtrack for it.  Unfortunately, it's not a record they're making anymore, so you have to track it down from way back when.  He surprised me with it early so I could enjoy it throughout the holiday season :)