Another new family member!

This weekend my little brother Ben got engaged! Laura is a wonderful person, and we're so excited to have her as a sister and aunt. No wedding date scheduled yet, but we are looking forward to welcoming Laura into our family. Don't they make a cute couple?

Here is Eli, sipping on a strawberry smoothie from our favorite drive-thru coffee and smoothie place, the Human Bean. I always order a skinny mexican mocha, no whip, with a candy-covered coffee bean. Eli and Silas always split a strawberry smoothie with lots of whipped cream, and they each get a bean, too!

Silas, collapsed with exhaustion on the living room floor. We had a very busy weekend--Eli's Christmas program at school, mom practicing several hours for singing at church, doing some last-minute shopping, church, birthday party, and family Christmas night at church. On Sunday we were gone from 7:30am-10:00pm!

Here's Eli in his Christmas performance at school. There were a few hundred people there, and somehow we lucked out and got front row seats. It just so happened that Eli was at the opposite end of a long row, and we could see just the top of his head the whole time! This was the best photo I got. They sang several cute songs and told the story of Jesus' birth. Eli was a little lamb.

Bryan took the day off to be one of the parent-helpers at Eli's Christmas party at school today. Eli loved having his daddy there, and Bryan enjoyed helping the kids make several crafts.