Drage Christmas Party.

We had the Drage family party last Sunday at Jamison's parents house. The girls had fun opening and playing with their presents. We didn't get a chance to get all the great grand kids together for a picture in this years dresses from Grandma Star and as you'll see my attempt to get our 6 together was a disaster.

Naughty or Nice??

Taking pictures of these two has become quite the challenge. Ryann used to love to pose for the camera and now she wont sit still for anything and Austyn hardly ever smiles in pictures. But we sure do have fun trying!!

Christmas Cousins

We attempted to take some pictures of the kids in front of Grandma's tree and I think a few of them turned out okay. Austyn loved sitting on Andrew for some of the pictures. We wish Alexis could have been there.

Bennett Christmas Party

Here are a few pictures from the Bennett party last Friday. The girls had fun playing with all the cousins they don't get to see very often and were so excited to get a visit from Santa, all except for Austyn who still isn't quite sure of him.

Santa Clause and the List

Well this is our Santa Clause picture for 2009. Not the best, but it'll have to do.

Ryann has been so much fun this year, she is really excited for Santa to come. She has seen Santa at the mall twice and then once at the Bennett party and once at preschool. Each time she sees him when he asks her what she wants she informs him that its on the list she already mailed to him and she wont tell him what she wants. So hopefully Santa got her list and she gets what she asked for.

Shiner!!

Poor Ryann got her first black eye last week and it was pretty much my fault. We were grocery shopping and she was in the back of the shopping cart, reached for a pack of gum and fell out on her head. This is her version of what happened "I tried to get some pink bubble gum and I went upside down. My head went down and my feet went up.". I felt awful and the next morning her eye was black. She insisted that it was purple and that she had to wear purple clothes to match her "purple eye shadow.". That girl!!

Fun in the Snow.

We had a pretty good snow storm earlier this month and the kids had fun playing in it. Austyn didn't know what to think at first and would not keep her gloves on at all. Jame pulled them behind the four wheeler on a sled and they laughed and laughed. I didn't get any pictures of that because I was too busy running along side the sled waiting for one of them to fall off!!

Party Like a Rock Star!!

We had Ryann's birthday party on the Sunday after her birthday. She wanted a rock start party, so we decorated with stars, Hannah Montana stuff and guitars. She definitely got spoiled.

4 Years Old!!

Okay, so I'm a little behind. Earlier this month (December 3rd) Ryann turned 4 years old!! I cant believe how fast the last 4 years flew by. She is such a fun girl to have around and she is constantly making us laugh and smile. For her birthday we took her to build-a-bear and then out to dinner. We were also going to get her ears pierced because that's all she had been talking about but at the last minute she changed her mine and said "I don't think this is such a good idea anymore." And when I say last minute, I mean last minute, she was in the chair, had the dots on her ear and the guns were loaded. She is now saying she'll get it done when she's 5 so we'll have to see. Here are a few pictures from the day.

Thanksgiving Weekend 2009

We had a nice relaxing Thanksgiving this year. We spent most of the day at home hanging out and then went to Jamison's parents for dinner. That night they kept all the kids so we could all get up way too early to shop. The shopping was fun and even my mom and dad joined in on the fun.

We spent the rest of the long weekend putting up Christmas decorations, going to the light parade and watching football.

Halloween

We spent Halloween with my mom and dad and took all three girls to the park by their house for trunk-or-treating. The kids had fun and so did we!!

Pre-School Trunk-or-Treat

Ryann's preschool did a Trunk-or-Treat last Wednesday. It was cold and snowy but that didn't stop the kids from loading up on the candy!!

Alice and the Tiger

That Girl!!

"That girl!!" is a common phrase around our house used when Austyn has gotten into something else. This is where we found her the other night just patiently sitting and waiting for someone to walk in the bedroom to see her accomplishment.

Pumpkin Guts

Both girls really enjoyed carving pumpkins and playing with the "guts".

Pre-School Pumpkin Patch

Ryann's preschool teacher has her own little pumpkin patch and last Monday Ryann's class got to take a trip out to the patch. It was freezing, but the kids all had fun picking out their own little pumpkin to take home. Ryann really looks like a midget lined up with the rest of her class.

Ryann & Cassidy

Ryann & Rhett

Halloween Party

Our annual Halloween Party was a success this year; the only failure was my lack of picture taking. So if anyone has any pictures they'd like to share..