It's the most wonderful time of the year...

And it's definately the most busy time of the year here in the Palmer house. Mommy is still trying to get the Christmas cards out...and yes, you read correctly it's currently the 19th of December. Oh well, better late than never, right?!

Right now Devin and Sarah have been staying with us as they came home from Alaska last week. The boys have had a blast spending time with them. They are really busy meeting up with everyone - we've all missed them so much.

Last night Ryan and Karen and their kids also came over to spend the night - thank goodness for square footage in this home!!! Us adults had an absolute blast playing with the Karoke option on our cable. We were up until 1:30 am watching Travis sing Lady Gaga (my P-P-P-Poker Face) and Karen giggling until she may or may not have possibly peed her pants. Who knew that the word "spoken" would take on such a hilarious meaning... I tried - I really really did - to capture these moments on video but Travis refused to allow me to share this hilarity with you all, so sorry... Great times, wonderful memories.

The boys are adorable - will that ever change? I doubt it. Rylan has been caught up with the term "oh geez" lately and is in a naked phase. Never had we had such a hard time keeping clothing on a child. Braden is so smart and is really concerned about "days" lately. Every morning he asks how many days in the week will he get to go to school, how many days will he be away from school, how many days until Christmas, how many days until he's home, how many days until his birthday, etc. Whew! This week Rylan and Mommy went and had lunch with Braden at school. Rylan loved getting to hang out with the big kids and Braden was an allstar cuz his mommy brought him Wendy's for lunch!!! Last night we took the boys to visit the infamous Santa at the mall. Rylan was terrified but Braden proudly took charge of the moment and let Mr. C know that he would really really really like a remote control car and fishing pole for Christmas. Rylan however was not at all interested in going anywhere near that strange man with the beard. Guess there's always next year!

Next week Travis will be home with Rylan all week having "boy time" and then Mommy gets her turn the following week. Can't wait.
Blessings to you all and you will probably, hopefully get our Christmas card by the New Year!!! AGGGH!