Santa has come!

Well, the house is all quiet and Santa has come to drop off presents.

Yummy cookies and milk all gone! Santa really appreciated Eli sharing his favorite caramels!
Presents around the tree!
Stockings are hung (well when filled they are too heavy but you get the point)!
I couldn't resist taking a close up of these great ornaments that I have been working hard on getting finished for the boys - they are one of the gifts I am most excited about - and I think they turned out great. I made each boy their own set and thx to my friend Shanna for helping me with the hats! Well, I am going to bed - Noah says that he will be waking me up at 0630! We will see!

Gingerbread House!

The boys and I have decorated a gingerbread house every year for the holidays. But last year the boys said they were tired of doing them, however this year Eli really wanted to decorate a house. So, luckily I found one left at the store and the boys and I decorated it for Christmas Eve.

Before . . . .
How many boys does it take to assemble a gingerbread house? Learning from past years, we assembled in stages, letting the house set in between.



The after . . . .


Lucas enjoying some candy, the house hasn't lasted too long - Noah has already started eating off the candy! We are going to spend the rest of our Christmas Eve watching Christmas movies. Have a good day!

Happy Birthday Colin!

On Monday, my youngest nephew turned 1yr old! The boys and I head up to celebrate with the family. My sis-in-law did a great job decorating, too cute!

Cousin play time!

Presents! Colin wasn't too interested in his presents (he LOVED the paper) but I did catch him enjoying this new toy!
Party hats on! Yummy cupcakes! Colin LOVED his cupcake - once he figured out what he had - he just shoved it in!



Victoria didn't want any cupcakes but she sure was wondering what all the fuss was about!
Trevor was excited to have cousins to race with on Cars 2.
I so love how the kids are with each other!
Colin loved crawling on Lucas and Lucas was happy to let him!
We had a busy week getting ready for our Christmas on the 30th and family Christmas on the 31st. Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays!

Music Programs

The boys have had several programs this month so I thought I would do one post for them all. Here are pics of Eli at his strings concert.

Lucas's 3rd grade music program the Nutcracker.


Lucas had a showcase for his violin, unfortunately the pics were slightly out of focus. But here is the best of them.
Noah at his band and jazz band concert.

Have a good week!

Trimming the tree

I took a few pics of the boys when we were decorating for Christmas.

Thanksgiving Day!

Okay, I know this will be a long post but considering when I finally downloaded all my pics - I found out I had over 350pics. Now I did not take all of them, as usual my camera got hijacked. But there were so many great pics, and I think you will get a good idea of how we spent our day. Thankfully the day was perfect, perfect weather, perfect food, but not perfect family since my brother and his wife/kids were out of town. They were deeply missed.

Eli making his mashed potatoes. It was a great meal that everyone pitched in an helped make.
Jordan took some pics of everyone waiting for the food to be done.







I guess Lucas was over getting his pics taken.
Jordan's self portrait.
Playing games to work up an appetite.
Turkey is almost done.





Primrose and Ali on the steps observing the activities.

The Great Grandparents have arrived - so it is dinner time!
After dinner nap! A lot of us took time to hit the living room for a little nap.

Lucas showing Scott how to crochet.
After dinner games.
Victoria is up for her nap! And she is a Happy Princess!

Oh, look nap time has conquered another victim.
Outside fun! It was so beautiful - it would have been a shame to not enjoy the outdoor. My Grandparents even took a walk after dinner - we all had to work off all that food!












Lucas took the above pic as Scott raced by him. After the sun went down we all head inside for more FOOD! Hope you all enjoyed your holiday and remember what is most important this holiday season!