We had a great trip to Cincinnati, even though it was a very short trip. We got some pictures of the kids playing with their cousins Amanda, Nicholas and Matthew:

Santa knew we were going out of town on Christmas day, so he decided to visit our house a day early this year. You can see the whole experience in pictures:

All of the kids have been doing lots of Christmas art projects at school. I have posted it on the family pictures page and here (click on the image to get all the pictures):

I have also posted more art from this fall to each kids page.

In school, Jacob and Beth got to write to Santa to tell him what they want for Christmas. Here is what they told him:

Jaocb:

Beth:

Lauren had a Christmas show at her school today. She sang all of the traditional holiday favorites, Jingle Bells, Mary Had A Little Boy, and J-E-S-U-S (sung to B-I-N-G-O). She actually did very well, especially considering how many kids were there. Our biggest surprise was when all the kids sand “Away in a Manger” when all the kids also signed it. It was pretty good considering they were all between 3 and 5 years of age. For those who can download 2 MB easily, I’ve attached some of the video. (Just click on the image to the right). There are more pictures of the show on Lauren’s Page.