Christmas at Grandpa's House

We took off after our Christmas morning at home to visit my at my Dad's house. We had a blast hanging out with them. The kids got more presents from their Grandparents. I got to see my sister Susie too. It was even worth the blizzard we braved to get home!






I made a fabulous new dessert...a red velvet cheesecake! YUM!!!

Our Christmas Morning

We started our Christmas morning with Connor and Haydn woke up around 6am (like every day). They were so excited! We decided to start by reading the scripture account of Christ's birth in Luke 2. We put together our nativity set while the story unfolded. Then we went to get Tristan and to see what Santa brought! Here's some of the scenes from our Christmas morning!


Connor's wish list for Santa was a calculator, and sunglasses. He also got some fun lego games, a magic set and a dictionary. We also gave the boys a box of some of our favorite books-Magic Tree House, Magic School House, A to Z Mysteries, etc. What did he want to bring with him to Grandpa's house later that day? The calculator and the dictionary!




Haydn asked Santa for a calculator (if brother wants one he must too), sunglasses (his idea, Connor copied that one) and a dragon car that changes colors. Santa did good this year and he also got a butterfly garden, books, and a lightsaber (to replace one he lost).




Here's the big boys having fun with Tristan and his new ball house. It was probably the biggest hit of the day!


Here's Tristan and the rest of his loot, you might notice a theme...ball, Ball, BALL!




We hope you all had a Merry Christmas and carry the spirit of Christ with you all year long!

Ornaments

I had the boys decorating ornaments one day and they couldn't get enought out of it. Looks like I will need to come up with some more painting projects. The ornaments turned out beautiful!

Cookies for Santa

We had the boys paint a plate and cup to put cookies on for Santa. Then they decorated some sugar cookies for Santa.

Our Own Christmas Party

Connor had a Christmas party at school and Haydn felt a little left out so we did our own party. He made a Christmas card and we had a special lunch of cheese and crackers and star apples (this Mommy invention was a hit)!

Catch-up and getting ready for CHRISTMAS

We are teaching Kallie to run out some energy on a treadmill.

Haydn and his joy school group performed a nativity play at a retirement home last week. Here he is with one of his friends.

My sweet little baby is turning into a little monster! He's into EVERYTHING. One morning while getting ready for church I came upon this scene. He was happily helping himself to more cereal!

Decorating and trimming the tree...
Here's Connor working hard. We didn't give them any direction this year, we just let them go at it, and the tree actually looks pretty nice! Now if we could just get the dog, cat and baby to leave it alone that would be awesome!

Here's Haydn...


I'm not sure what Tristan is on his way to fix with that hammer but he sure looks cute!

The star is the most important part. It was Haydn's turn this year and he was in HEAVEN!

Somebody hit the BIG 3-0!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HANDSOME HUSBAND! We celebrated with my Dad and his family since they came to our house for Thanksgiving! I made Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars...


Here's the present the boys and I gave him...

Scott we LOVE YOU! Happy 30th BIRTHDAY!

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The First Snow

On Monday we were all surprised to find snow outside! The boys begged me to play and since school was delayed they went out and tromped around outside starting at about 7am! They LOVED it! It was so freezing and a mix of snow and rain was still falling so I didn't let Tristan out and he wasn't too happy about that. It was all gone by the afternoon but the boys can't wait until it snows some more.

Soccer Team

I coached soccer again this year and Saturday was our last soccer game. I had to get a picture of my team! Go Speedy Turtles! I think we won every game, not that that matters!

Brothers in LOVE

Is it too cold or do they just love each other? Maybe a little of both! I just LOVE finding my boys loving on each other like this. It warms my heart!