I love the holidays. It's been so nice to have a little time to relax and spend time with Ben. We spent Thanksgiving at the Wheeler house in West Jordan and it was a lot of fun. Caleb (our nephew) was the center of the party. It's hard not to be popular when you are that cute.

Only 2 weeks left in this semester! Hopefully next semester will come with a little less homework and I can see Ben beyond the 30 minutes we spend eating dinner together. Ben works really hard at school and so far it's paid off. I'm thankful that he's such a hard worker.

We are looking forward to the Christmas break as well. We set up our Christmas tree tonight. Our already small living room is now mostly just the Christmas tree...at least it's pretty.

On Saturday, I went shopping with Audra, Keynan, Julian and Lanea. Lanea, who works for her Dad as a dental assistant brought Keynan Spongebob Squarepants toothpaste and some dinosaur dental floss. I've never seen a kid so excited about toothpaste. Within the space of a few hours he'd brushed his teeth three times and had to take a nap with his floss beside him. At one point we even caught him flossing when he was supposed to be napping.

At the mall, a fit ensued when Keynan didn't get to push the button to open the trunk....a small tragedy in a 3 year old's life. In the first store we went to, Keynan crawled under two dressing room doors...thankfully it was just mine and Lanea's. Remarkably, Julian was delightful all day long. He smiled, slobbered, and did every other cute thing an 8 month old generally does. I don't know how Audra ever shops alone with her two boys. Keynan is an expert at escaping.