Christmas, my favorite time of year

We went to Bass Pro Shop in Nashville to see Santa, everyone knows that is where the real Santa goes to see everyone before Christmas :) We wrote letters to Santa, and dropped them in his mail box, we made cookies for Santa while waiting too.

Of course my oldest went out of love for his momma. Why else would a 16 yr old go get his picture taken with Santa? 

 Lil dude loves the nutcracker. 

 Freddy is getting so big :( Where has time gone. 8 months old I LOVE that she didnt bat an eye when I sat her on Santa's lap :) LOVE IT!

 The crew :) Baby J took to Santa this year too, which was a vast improvement over last year's photo!

Take note... Freddy is chewing on Santa's beard O_o

Wait is it really

Only 46 days until Christmas?  I am usually so much more organized than this. I usually have a huge part of our shopping done and out of the way. This year. Yeah. I bought a new coffee maker for Mr Digger, his died a couple months ago, and he has been limping through his morning coffee routine with a cheap $10 maker I bought him for his shop a few years ago.

Money is tight, and everything the kids seem to want costs a fortune. Between attorneys fees and vehicles with phantom issues that cant be resolved the money tree has stopped producing this year. I know my older kids will completely understand, its the little ones I worry about :( 

With the fall semester time has been an issue and I havent done a mystery shop since August. I just may have to stalk some boards for some good shops to coincide with Christmas presents... off to see whats out there right now.