Mike took his second CPA test the last Monday of November and we are very excited because he passed. Two down and two to go. Keep up the great work MIKE!!!

It was Mike's Birtday on the 16th. HAPPY B-Day Mike. Mike thought he would have to work late so I had to let Isabel scream all morning while I got his birthday cake together. Then Isabel and I went and got a craigo's pizza to return home just in time to celebrate his birthday at lunch. He ended up not having to work late so we watched a movie and opened gifts when he got home.

We spent Christmas this year with Mike's family. Mike was able to get off work at noon on Christmas Eve so we did our own family Christmas after Isabel's nap and then we drove out to a farm that had a donkey, cows, sheep and lambs and watched a 4-H group put on the nativity. It was neat to see all the live animals in this little stable the farmer had with Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus in the middle of them all. It was a neat manager scene presentation and we really enjoyed it. Isabel loved looking at all of the animals she would bark at all of them. She is into every animal making a barking sound lately.

Afterward, we had dinner with Mike's family played some games and then watched a movie. Isabel was up half of the night there so that wasn't too much fun for Mike and I. But we had a fun time with Mike's family and relaxing the best we could with a teething 17 month old.