Gingerbread House Tradition

It is a tradition in our family to make gingerbread houses. My family would usually make a competition out of it... asking one of our poor neighbors to be the judge and pick their favorite candy-decked-out house. So so fun. Susie and I had a great time together, just us two, creating our gingerbread houses. The best part was having the one on one time with Susie. It was so fun to see her creativity go to work...Susie's gingerbread house, so cute!...My gingerbread house...Lennon's little dinosaur found a good home...Silly Susie and I...

First Snow Fall of the Winter!

Since we are living in warm New Mexico this month, we were unsure if we would experience any snow this winter. It is just a strange thing for me to not have snow in December... I've always lived somewhere that did. So, I have been wishing that it would snow at least once so the kids and I could build a snowman, have a snowball fight, make snow angels, and just crunch around in it! My wish came true just a few days before Christmas! It snowed just an inch or two and melted away the same day, but the kids and I still got-in some good play time!

Susie chose me as her target while throwing snowballs...Lennon throwing a snowball at me: Hot Chocolate to warm us up after all our snow fun!

The Happiest Place on Earth...

While we were staying in California last month, and since we will be living there for 5 months soon (Dave has a core rotation in LA)... we got season passes to Disneyland! I am such a kid when it comes to Disneyland, I love it! I love the detail that goes into every ride and throughout the park. Visiting around Christmas time was additionally magical... the decorations, the huge decked-out trees, and it even "snowed" fake snow occasionally! The teacups: A highlight at Disneyland was seeing Mickey Mouse!

Lennon was ecstatic to see him and didn't want to leave his sight!
One of the kids favorite rides was Buzz Lightyear!

Especially for Lennon... he is obsessed with Toy Story!Susie trying to catch the fake snowflakes on her tongue:

Susie and I in front of the Rapunzel Tower:

Susie waiting in line for one of her favorite rides, Winnie the Pooh:We wore the kids out... we wanted to keep on going, but when Lenny lied down on the cold ground we knew it was time to go... after we went on the ride we were in line for though!

Here, There, and Everywhere

Wow. Life has been a bit crazy lately... an adventure to say the least. We moved from Chicago, our home for the last 3 and 1/2 years, this past August. Since then, we have lived in Michigan, Utah, Washington, California, and now... New Mexico. And, our traveling is not done yet...
Dave is in his final months of Medical school (MONTHS!!!). Each month he has a new externship (clerkship) in a new area throughout the US. The kids and I have been fortunate to travel to most of them with him. We get to experience an unknown land (unknown to us that is), and best of all be with Dave. It has been quite an adventure, but one can only be uprooted for so long before missing a place to call "home". It will be nice to have that again... in the not-too-far future. So for now, we will enjoy our journeying to here, there, and everywhere!