Christmas

I think I did like 10 posts in the last 3 days!! I just wanted to get all caught up!! I thought that all of these pictures got deleted off or our camera. So even though there is a lot to look at, I'm just glad we still had them! For almost six weeks straight someone in our family has been sick. We are sick and tired of being sick!!

Christmas was awesome! The kids got more than enough and we just had a lot of fun hanging out together. Kids make this time of year so magical - I just love it!

Don't mind the crazy mom in the background trying to get out of the way!

Christmas Eve

We had some goodies to deliver so I bribed the kids to help me and promised we would go to Chick-fil-A after. They wanted to dress festive and boy did they!! I even had a red shirt on. We were the hit of the fast food chain!! I think everyone we passed made a comment. Though I was kind of embarrassed, the kids loved it!

We had a great time having our traditional Christmas Eve picnic. Nothing special - I have just done it every year for my whole life and I love it!!! It would be even better if we were home with everyone, but we still know how to have a good time!!!!!

The kids got to open two presents on Christmas Eve this year - the traditional pj's and the awesome blankets that grandma Lu made them. They were both a hit!! The kids drag those blankets everywhere!! They are so warm and cozy!!

What a cheeseball!!!

Just hanging out in the lazy susan!

Christmas party

This is the only picture I took at the school Christmas party. I had the two little guys with me and they kept me pretty busy. Between Miles escaping the classroom several times and Marcus knocking over his hot chocolate everywhere we managed to have a great time. They had a sing a long for the whole school after which was so fun! It brought me back to the good old days of elementary school when we sang together every morning in the gym. Shannon - do you remember that? Good times.

Now this is snow!!!

This storm was much better than the first. They even cancelled church! Wahooo! They had a blast and froze their buns off. Everything looked so pretty. With all the bare trees here it really looked like a winter wonderland!!

No! No! No!

This guy sure is cute, but man oh man does he keep me busy!!!!!!!!!! He doesn't talk much and since putting up the tree he has been able to add no no no to his vocabulary!! Any time he is by the tree, ripping an ornament off, or sneaking back in the corner he screams his new words NO NO NO! This was sure a long month, I was glad to get all the decorations put away! Too much temptation for a mischievous little explorer.

Pennsylvania snow

We don't get much snow here, but when we do it is a BIG deal!! I swear the whole town shuts down. If there is a storm coming people run to the stores and clean out the bread and milk shelves. Kind of funny to me since it is nothing like Utah snow!! Schools even shut down if there is even a possibility of snow. The kids love it since we came from Arizona where it never snows. Even a couple inches and they are in hog heaven!! Miles is the smart one staying in and having just as much fun!!

Must be Santa

Justin went downstairs to find this. He was santa sitting in his sleigh, holding the reigns and calling out reindeer names. My favorite part - the awesome cup holder. Who knew Santa had it so great?

Thanksgiving party!

It is so much fun to be able to help out at school once in a while. One of my friends was nice enough to watch the younger two so I could enjoy the visit a little more. They looked so cute in their pilgrim hats!!

Visit with Santa

Lets play some major catch up! I'll keep the comments brief so I can get through all the pictures I have and get to the present time here!!! Visit with Santa sums it up!!