A few other highlights...

The kids got to meet with Santa on Dec. 2. Dave took the day off (his birthday too!) and I took Kylie to work with me on the bus and let her have a fun day with Mom and Dave came downtown around 11:30 and we headed over to Macy's for their spectacular event "A Day in the Life of an Elf" and then met with Santa afterwards. Kylie told Santa that she was a REALLY big doll house and a pink elephant (not sure where this came from) and that Dawson wanted a really big truck that goes really really fast. As for sitting on Santa's lap, Dawson wasn't quite sure -- he tried to squirm his way out as Kylie sat on the drum next to Santa (picture to come). But I was quite proud as she was still able to tell him what she wanted -- we're progressing every year :)

My friend Kelly had baby Lauryn on December 8 (yes, I now know 4 people with this birthday and two were born this year, hehe) and she weighed in at 8 lbs. 15 oz. and 22" long! I finally got over there last night to visit and she's absolutely gorgeous -- she's got a full head of hair and her face is soo pretty -- she already looks older than she really is.

Kylie had her Christmas dance recital on December 13, 2008 and Grandma, Grandpa and Grandma Denis came to watch. It was a lot of fun and Kylie looked beautiful as always! :) She is doing really well this year and really getting into it. This is her second year of dance and she's really enjoying it! (Again, pictures to come -- I haven't had time to get them uploaded.

This last Monday, we had some nasty snow storms come through and Dawson only allowed us about 4 hours of sleep, so I ended up calling into work and kept the kids home with me and around 9:30 a.m., Dave rolled in and said his crew didn't show up, so we had a nice family day at home. Kylie and I baked peanut butter/hershey kiss cookies and Dave baked his chex mix -- we had a really fun day!

As for the upcoming holidays, we have a busy few days (as if it hasn't been busy all month, LOL)...on Saturday, Grandma is taking the kids so we can get some gifts wrapped and then that afternoon, we have Christmas at my Aunt Ivette's house in Anoka with my Mom's side of the family and then on Sunday morning, we're headed down to Albert Lea to celebrate Christmas with the Sletten's (Dave's Mom). With Kylie getting into the whole entire Santa thing now and Dawson not far behind, we've decided we will be staying close to home for Christmas Day. I'm super excited for this year as its Dawson first year hopefully opening gifts and now that Kylie is a bit older, she totally gets into it. :)

If I don't get to post prior to Christmas -- I hope everyone has a safe and Merry Christmas!!