We had Finlay's birthday party a few weeks early when everyone was in town for Thanksgiving. It was a Winter ONEderland full of good friends, family, sweet treats and laughs aplenty. He is so loved and we are so blessed!
Wednesday evening we headed to the zoo with Kalyn for Zoo Lights. We all LOVED it and will surely make it an annual event. The kids were mesmerized by all the lighted animals.
We journeyed downtown, along with 60,000 other people, last Saturday evening for the Parade of Lights. It was incredibly warm for early December, and no bundling up was needed. We had dinner outdoors by the ice skating rink and stopped by the Christmas markets for some mulled wine. We lucked out with seats curbside for a fantastic view of all the lights and bands and floats.
For the third year in a row, we hosted Thanksgiving at our home. My Aunt Jane and John and cousin Chris traveled in from Wichita, cousin Jenny from Austin, and all of my family from the southeast corner journeyed here. Also, Harrison and Leah stayed put in Denver and joined us for the festivities. The days were filled with fabulous food, wine and family time!
For the second year in a row, I baked pecan pies for Euan to deliver to clients and business contacts. I set a new record this year with 32. Luckily, I had my little baking buddies Isla and Finlay to help. Isla's job was to unwrap the butter packages while Fin was in charge of holding the spatulas. Yummmm!
Isla showers her little brother with love and affection all the time. And, now that Finlay is getting bigger and stronger, he loves to pull on his big sister and wrestle around with her. They both giggle and laugh so hard at this. No fighting between them...yet!
