what the december?

i know, way too long. can't believe it's the middle of december and that christmas is just 9 days away. sheesh! i've been wanting to post these pictures FOREVER and just haven't felt like i've had the time to do it properly. with each day that passes there is more and more i want to post and write about, funny anecdotes that i know at least family would get a kick out of among other things (beth gets funnier and funnier by the second and hyde is just a tornado these days) and it just gets added to the to-do pile that grows like a mountain before me. having said that, this post is going to fail in the here's-what's-going-on-in-our-lives department and just be pictures. family pictures taken by a good friend that were long overdue. these are just a few of the awesome ones.