my cute nephew

I love this time of year and being around small children has its rewards. Annaliese is excited about santa. Santa, ho ho, santa ho ho, she doesn't get the full concept of Santa, but I am looking forward to next year. Especially when she can ramble like my little buddy Breck.

Last night my mom, sister, me and the kiddos, and my nephew Brecken went to look at christmas lights and we were headed out to Glenwood to look at "the house" with all the lights, and boy was it a fun little ride. We had to keep talking to Annaliese to keep her awake (no nap Anna), Brecken did a pretty good job with that. We got about a block away and I hopped out of the car to grab a blanket and prop it under B so he was a little taller and could see out the windows, as I was strapping him back in the seatbelt A asked to get out...I said, "no we are going to drive up the road and look at all the Christmas lights on this house." I got in the car and we drove a half a block A was out like a light....needless to say she did wake up to see the lights (and when she did , you just had to be there it was hilarious), but then went back to sleep. However the fun just began.....my nephew Brecken is so smart and is always telling us something interesting. He got reall excited and said "hey you wanna know what?" "what?" we replied. "Guess what.....Richfield has something...." "what does Richfield have" we asked, "Richfield, Richfield has a FIRE STATION"....I wish I had a little recorder to record conversations.... It was the cutest thing... he was so excited to tell us that Richfield has a Fire station!! Then he proceeded to tell us that we need to drive by his house to look and see what is on his roof. "go by my house and I will show you what is on my roof....there is no santa or reindeer on my roof, but I will show you what is up there. So we got about 2 houses away....Brecken said, " SEE SEE SEE what is on my roof.....Christmas lights!!! I love that little guy and am so glad he came with us to keep us entertained.