I know it's been a while..

Sorry to have taken so long to write. We've had quite a bit going on lately. Sadly I have yet to load any of the photos so this will just be the details. I'll try my hardest to post pictures before the weeks end.

I guess I'll go back to Thanksgiving. Peyton had her school break for Thanksgiving Wed, Thurs and Fri of that week. Wednesday I took her to the dentist. It was the second time she's been and she did excellent. She was funny about it b/c the hygienist we usually see is a girl I've known for a very long time. Ms Jessica. Well Ms Jessica is out on maternity leave with her beautiful little girl at the moment so Peyton was not all that thrilled about that. She wanted me to call Ms Jessica and ask her to please come see Peyton's teeth and then go home with her baby. Once I convinced her that no matter who cleaned her teeth she would be fine she went in and acted just like the big girl she is. She'll be so happy when we go back in the spring and Ms Jessica is back. After that we met up with Jerome so we could take him to lunch. Peyton is so in love with Daddy at the moment. This has been a long time coming.

Thursday, Thanksgiving day, we headed out to Conyers to see Jerome's parents. Nonna and Papa as they like to be called. When we arrived they had put their Christmas tree up and let Peyton and Max decorate it. They did a great job. Max had a little trouble actually getting the ornaments ON the tree but with a little help he got the hang of it. We had a nice lunch and a nice visit.

Jerome had off on Friday so we had a nice long weekend together. We put our Christmas tree up Saturday and the kids really seemed to enjoy having it up. Max was more interested in playing with the boxes and putting stuff away than with actually decorating the tree but he still had fun. We thought he was going to be the trouble maker as far as the tree is concerned this year but nope, it's Peyton! She keeps moving the ornaments and grouping them by color. Guess that's what happens when they start learning patterns in school. She's always so proud too.

This past Saturday(Dec 6th)we had our first Christmas of the season. The Maxwell family got together. We had another new addition this year with little Miss Claire. Now that their are 4 small children running around it's so much fun to watch them. Carson and Max seemed a bit more interested this year. They both got pretty much the same toys but Carson thought Max's were cooler. He was so cute coming over and taking them one by one. Max didn't care though, he was ready for his nap before we even finished opening gifts. He hasn't been feeling well so hopefully the Thomas family Christmas will be a little more exciting for him. After we had lunch and visited with everyone it was time for the Vincent clan to head to the Jefferson Christmas Parade. Peyton had the opportunity to ride on 2 floats this year. Her pre-k class had a float(that won 1st place)and her ballet school had a float. She wanted to ride on the ballet float b/c she was going to get to be a "Whoo". The younger kids rode in the 2 floats and wore cute little "Whoo" headbands and "Whoo" shirts and got to shake maracas. The older girls followed and danced in the street. They were the Cat in the Hat. It was all very cute. I walked along beside the float and let me just say that Jefferson is a pretty hilly little town. Not as bad as Athens but still pretty hilly. It was a really get day. Christmas is such a wonderful time of year b/c it seems that it's the only time of year my whole family has the chance to get together. It's so wonderful to be reminded of our many many blessings.

On Monday(December 8)Jerome and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. In so many ways it seems like it was just last week we were heading to the beach to get everything ready for the wedding. Here we are 7 years later with 2 beautiful children and very blessed lives. We couldn't ask for more. God has been so good to us.

That pretty much sums up the last little bit. Next post will be all about the pictures.