Hello, I'm back.  We've been out and about traveling.  Saw King Tut in Chicago, visited family for the holidays and now we're home.  Madeline and I have been battling colds every since.  When we stopped at my family for christmas of course EVERYONE was hacking up a lung.  Joy!! 

I bought my husband a new trumpet.  A really cool Mike Vax model that he loves.  He's been practicing everyday.  He plays all these cool jazz and swing stuff along with the Flight of the BumbleBee.  He bought me an acoustic guitar for xmas and I've been busy trying to teach myself to play.    The girls got lots of fun stuff too so all is good.

Yesterday we packed all the christmas stuff and put it away.  It is amazing how bare everything looks and how much more space is in the living room without the tree.