Not a whole lot...

There isn't a whole lot going on over here! Asher has been really sick with a virus and Ryan is out of town.  I thought I would do a small recap...

A few weeks ago I hosted our Branch FHE.  I decided it would be fun to do something with Christmas in mind.  We made paper chains and combined it with somewhat of an advent calendar.  With the help of my sister Kim we came up with this fun idea!  Everyone made a countdown and on each chain they put an activity for that day.  Some of mine included get a peppermint hot chocolate, listen to Christmas music, make a gingerbread house, put up a tree, take a walk along the water, write a friend an email and watch a Christmas movie!  We've done an activity each day this month!  After we made our paper chains we turned on Elf and I made homemade crepes with nutella, bananas and fresh raspberry whipped cream.  Yum! 

Joel and Robert

 Showing off our chain!

Asher has discovered a new trick.  Two weeks ago he began pulling himself up in his crib.  This is really cute but also terribly annoying because he doesn't know how to get back down.  He starts off playing, giggling and screeching and then it turns into screaming and crying.  He can't get down and so he feels stuck.  I go in to put him down and he immediately stands back up.  This has turned into a vicious cycle and has pretty much ruined Asher's great sleeping schedule.  I now realize how amazing it was having him lay right down and go to sleep!  I do have to say that it's incredibly cute having him reach up and grab for me when I walk in the room!

We partially completed one of our Christmas tasks.  We found gingerbread houses at Ikea!  So great! We built them one night and then we were going to decorate them the next day so it could set. BIG mistake.  It was raining the night we put them together and we woke up in the morning to a pile of gingerbread.  The whole house got so soft it fell apart.  So, we never got to the best part but it was still fun just building!