Thanksgiving and the Holiday Kickoff.

We have had a busy holiday season thus far.  The girls are keeping us all super busy with dance and horse.  Kendall is also still working at her first job.  It has been a great fit.  They have been working with her busy schedule very well.  She works anywhere from three to eight hours per week, which is just about perfect.  She is enjoying the financial independence and has been learning to manage her money well.  She has learned a number of new skills to include customer service and running a cash register.

Sidney has been having a few things come up with her health, so her neurologist suggested she have a sleep study performed to rule out sleep apnea as being the cause.  So Sidney and I spent a night at St. Luke's for the procedure.  Thankfully, she does not have sleep apnea.  In some respects, Sidney is glad, but I think she was also hoping for a silver bullet that would explain what is going on.  

Kendall has been practicing her press to handstand.  She is getting better each time.  This requires tremendous strength and is super impressive.

The girls and I attempted to put our tree up the evening before Thanksgiving.  This was a major concession on Kendall's part, as she has a real thing about Christmas decorations going up before Thanksgiving.  Sadly, the lights would not come on for our trusty old tree.  We decided to part ways and purchased a new tree with working lights.  After we got it up, the girls and I decided to take a timed selfie.  I love these sweet girls.

No other reason for this picture, other than it is just a super cute photo.

Sidney has resumed her holiday baking.  She is working hard to perfect her hot chocolate bombs.  

Bella was spayed right before Thanksgiving, so she spent the holiday in a cone.  She only chewed through one of them that had to be replaced.

These dogs are equal parts super cute and super annoying.  They are just waiting for Sidney to drop some of her caramel corn.

Bailey seems like such a mellow sage now that we have Bella.  With all of their playing, we deemed it time for Bailey to have a spa day.  He came back fluffy and clean as a whistle.

Bella was not really sure what to think of all the Christmas decorations at first.  In fact, she proceeded to chew through the light chord of our new Christmas tree.  Thankfully, it was fixable.  Otherwise, some nice family may have gained a cute new puppy:).  She has decided that she likes to take her naps amongst the presents.  It is actually quite adorable.