We arrived home yesterday from our little family vacation. What a trip it was, of course we didn't really go that far from home but still got to enjoy ourselves. Carthage is a nice city and the Precious Moments is beautiful, though i can tell its fading a little. We got to paint some figurines. Holly's and Avery's looked very diffrent. You can see Avery had fun with the one they gave daddy. She is also into this teeth bearing smile these days. She does know what smile for the camera is though.

We also enjoyed a light display at a local monestary which was rather fun. They had everything up to the birth of Jesus, however they left out the most important thing which we noticed was odd. There was no cross or any mention of Him dying for our sins and being raised again. The stories portrayed in the lights were great, but they lacked the vital piece.

We had a silent auction of figurines and bingo. Avery caused such a chaotic time in bingo i finally had to drag her out. One of the guys in charge handed us a figurine on the way out. Its called Rasin' Cane on the Holiday's. Its adorable and it seemed to fit right. Avery had a good time with Mommy and daddy all weekend and will not enjoy going back to school today, but alas she must.

So just a couple more weeks till Holly's birthday and Christmas are here. Hard to believe how fast time goes but we always look forward to this time of year, lots of good times ahead. Even with the world as crazy as it is we have each other.