The Friday before Christmas was an exciting one....here is what happens when a Town & Country collides with a deer at 45 mile an hour

And a bit of the fur left......

Needless to say...I did NOT see it coming and it scared the you-know-what out of us. Courtney was ok about it but Liann was very angry for a few days. After I told her it was a deer we hit she said "Great! There goes more nature!". If that wasn't bad enough, she listed all the things I have killed from turtles I did not see in the road until it was too late to the gecko (who knew you couldn't put a toad in the cage with a gecko?!?!?!) So now the car is in the shop while I drive a rental. Of course....no rental coverage was a real bummer this close to Christmas. Then it was Christmas! Liann was an angel in her class Christmas program.

Her class also "sang" "Silent Night" in sign language...I hope the video publishes ok...it was beautiful We survived Christmas. Poor Jackson was completely overwhelmed and it took him all day to open his gifts. I think the girls tore through theirs in a matter of minutes! So.....Courtney's big exciting gift was a microscope (a pink one!) and Liann's was........ KODA the Triceratops. SO now....in addition to a BIG horse in my house (that freaks me out with his snorts and movements) we have a HUGE adorable triceratops.

It's my favorite time of year and it didn't dissapoint this year.... the kids really do make it fun.
