Team Hawkerson Reunion!

This time next week, we will all be together again, including little Joshua who is in Ash's belly in this picture!  So excited! Watch out London! Happy Christmas all!

Ben's debut as a shepherd...

Ben was in a little nativity yesterday.  He had a good time and it was pretty cute to watch all these kids up on stage together.  A little crazy!

Nate will be in it next year!

Ben sitting by his little girlfriend, Emily. 

Our big boy up on stage!

This donkey was the best!  He stood perfectly still the WHOLE time!  Plus, his costume was just too cute.

Santa Fun Run

Yesterday, I ran a 3 mile fun run for the local YMCA.  It was a lot of fun and totally worth the entry fee to get the santa suit!  My guys did not joing us at the race, it was rainy and Ben has been a little under the weather. 

Ben was very excited about the suit and did not want me to take it away. 

At the end with my two friends! We had a great time chatting and running. 

My sweet boys in their hohoho suits!

Last Saturday

Last Saturday, we went to see Santa land in a helicopter at a park near here.  Not sure what Ben thought of the whole thing.  However, he did enjoy the ride afterward.  They had some great little kids rides. 

Nate enjoying the excitement from the stroller

Then Saturday night, Allen and I went to see a Pantomime (aka Panto, here) at a local church.  It is a childhood memory of mine and Allen indulged all the silliness that is a panto.  There was LOTS of singing! 

Our Christmas Tree

The Sunday after Thanksgiving, we went to get our Christmas Tree.  We were really excited to be able to get a real tree this year.  However, we quickly learned that it is not like in the states.  We missed our little Christmas tree stand on Two Notch.  Anyways, we went to a local garden center but the trees were really short and round, which our little living room can't handle.  So, then we went to a Lowes type store and this is what we found.  All the trees were wrapped up and you just sort of had to guess by looking at it if you liked it...they did unwrap it for us to see but you could tell that they were not going to open a bunch for us to look at.  So, we tried to choose wisely while the boys played and you will see our results at the end of the page. 

Checking out our tree on the roof of our car.