It's so hard to believe that Christmas is seriously 5 days away. Where did this year go? Can't say that I'm ready for the big day, but luckily it's only a couple people and I can get it done this weekend, and I don't really need to go shopping to finish...yay for homemade gifts, right? Erich and I kind of just bought ourselves the things we wanted...for him, a new mandolin. For me, a new camera. For us, a new printer. Then our dishwasher broke last weekend, so add that to the list. Ahh, the joys of home ownership!! We spent Thanksgiving with my sister and her family in Missouri, and that was a lot of fun. Got some good pictures of her with her cousins, and a lot of her with their cat. They loved each other...Erich was not a fan. I think Harper's favorite part of the trip was playing dress up with Miss Kitty. And visiting Santa! We made our kids wear ugly sweaters to go visit him before we left; it turned out pretty good. And Harper made sure to l