Oh my how time flies when you're having fun. Ryan's birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and now getting ready for Christmas. How can the days go by so fast when you get older? Seems like the days moved slower when I was young.

Halloween was great. Ryan was the Red Power Ranger and Aiden used Ryan's hand-me-down dragon costume. This was the first year that Ryan really got into the scarey stuff. He must have begged everyday for us to get some scarey decorations in our yard. --I didn't give in. We celebrated by going to our church's Trunk or Treat on Wednesday, which he completely loved playing with his friends including Hudson there. We raked in the candy, but that didn't stop us from going out to a neighborhood on actual Halloween night.

Thanksgiving was so wonderful having my brother Kirk and his family here with us. They spent the week with us and we had great fun. The first day they were here we tried to go see Sarah Palin at her book signing at Books-a-Million but you had to have tickets ahead of time. We did get to see Santa though. Ryan was amazed that Santa was at the Great American Cookie Company getting coffee. He got to shake his hand and everything. What a great bonus! We also went shopping, went bowling and yes my niece Lainey threw the ball behind her. The kids enjoyed playing games, and seeing Uncle Kirk's magic tricks. I think Ryan has a new mission in life. He gave it his best shot. Which gave us all a good laugh. My twin nieces turned 13 on Friday---I can't even believe it. Again, this time passing thing is getting to me. It seems like yesterday that I was in the hospital at their birth. They've grown into wonderful young ladies! We captured that in some of the photos at the Trussville Bridge. I enjoyed having little models for me to practice on. My boys are so not interested in having their picture taken. You will see that by one picture of Ryan's hand blocking the camera.

So now out with the Fall and in with the red and green, angels and snowmen, and most of all remembering that wonderful night that a little baby was born to change the world forevermore. Our prayer is that you and your family will be able to enjoy this season of celebration as a holiday but more than just enjoying baked goodies, and Santa's wonderland, we hope that you can celebrate this HOLYday and share the love of the One that laid down His life that we may live.