Chrstmas Card..Parties & Birthday...

It has been a CRAZY week around the Pilling house. We have had so much going on that I didn't know if I was going to survive this week.

First off here is our 2008 Christmas card. I used the family photo that Rebecca took of us in the summer. I wish I could have gotten an updated one with Grace a bit older...but oh well.

This year I decided to include a family letter to update everyone on what has been going on with our little family. I won't bore you with that...

The boys both had their school Christmas concert on Thursday night and they both did such a GREAT job. Carson was in a mood before we left and he didn't really participate much in the song, but it was still fun to see him up there. I can't believe how big he is getting!

Here is a little video clip of Tyson doing his song. He was SO into it! He was quite miffed at me that I made him wear his nice new Christmas outfit. He said it wasn't cool & that he needed to look cool for the performance. As you can see Mom won the battle...and I think he looked COOL! LOL!

And it wouldn't be fair without a video clip of Carson. As you can see...he wasn't all that enthused about it. LOL!

Along with all the kids activities I celebrated my 31st Birthday. My how the time has gone by! Tyler spoiled me as usual. And I was more than surprised when I opened a tiny black square box and saw the beautiful blue topaz & diamond ring he picked out for me. Topaz is my birthstone...he did such a GREAT job picking it out. And to top it off we both got a new pair of sunglasses from the Sunglass Hut. Mine were a total splurge cause I wasn't really needed any...but hey it was my birthday. And I also got my hair cut a bit. This isn't the best picture of me...oh well!

And here is a picture of little Gracie...who is growing SO fast. I cant' believe that she is 5 1/2 months already! I have tried starting her on rice cereal but she isn't so fond of it yet. Here she is trying an Arrowroot cookie & getting it all over her face.