The sleigh was in the shop...

So Santa rode his John Deere to town on Saturday. Joshua wasn't too impressed.

"Mommy, I'm inside the tractor!"

As you can see, Joshua's visit with Santa was less than "merry". Poor little thing just screamed and screamed at the sight of the man in the red suit. After a while, he finally did give him a high five and requested two teddy bears for Christmas. Needless to say, I'm glad he told Santa, because his elves here had NO earthly clue that he wanted a teddy bear for Christmas. He kept telling us that he wanted trucks....

He definitely enjoyed going outside into the parking lot and seeing the "big big tractors" with Daddy.

It was a whirlwind of a weekend for us....although I feel like I say that every single Monday when I report on our adventures. We ran all over the place on Saturday furniture shopping and exercised our minds more than we usually do on the weekend to try and map out our new little den. We're still not completely sure where this project is going. The search for the right chair continues...

Yesterday was a special day for our family. We headed to Lewistown to be at my home church for Brooke's dedication. I found myself crying...surprise surprise...but it was beautiful. She looked so adorable in her little red dress AND SHOES. Joshua behaved relatively well considering the fact that we had him cooped up in the car for an hour to get there, then he had to sit still for another hour during church, and then had to go back home again after lunch. That's tough when you're 2...but he did surprisingly well. Mom and Dad treated us all to some homemade hot chwicken soup after church that was yummy as always. Joshua particularly enjoyed it and ate a whole bowl. I think he mostly liked the piece of carrot cake that he got to have after lunch. We were just so thankful that we could be there to share the day with Libby and Zig and Brooke. There's no doubt that our family has been blessed by this little girl...we love her so much.

Happy Monday everyone!