Christmas

We had Christmas the last 2 weekends with the Highleys then the Krugers. We have had such a great time. The Highleys came 2 weekends ago. The weekend was too short but the kids had a blast. They opened presents at Marmi and Gampa's house. We had a delicious dinner and sat by the fire and listened to Christmas music while the kids opened presents. We were so proud of Cameron and Ethan. They were so sweet and gracious while they opened their gifts. They were the way you hope that your kids grow up. They said "Thank you" after each present and were so good when the presents were gone. The weather was so pretty on Sunday that the kids got to play outside. They rode the new plasma cars that Santa brought them and had so much fun. We packed as much fun as possible into the little time that Michael and Ryan's work schedule allowed.

The next weekend the Kruger's came. Again we had a blast. Jen and Craig came on Thursday and Fred and Deb came on Friday. We shopped and went out to lunch. The kids opened presents on Friday night. They got so many neat things. Jen got Dance Revolution for the Wii. She and I played it for over 4 hours on Saturday night while everyone else played shuffleboard. It was such a good time. By the time we were done we could hardley move our legs. We had two awesome weekends in a row. We are so lucky to have such a fun family.

Santa and his Elf

Who are these gigantic kids on Santa's lap, because there is no way they could be mine. Mac's legs look a mile long and Cam looks almost too bid to sit on his lap. They were really sweet about Santa. Cam talks to him every time we go to the mall, but Mac has been scared to death of him. Mackenzie told him that she wanted the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and Cam told him he wanted small face Robin. Last week we got "The Elf on the Shelf". He is a little elf who comes with a sweet story about how he watches the kids and makes sure they are being good so he can report back to Santa. Each night he flies back to the North Pole and tells Santa what he saw all day. When the kids wake up the next morning he is sitting somewhere different to watch them. The story explains to them that he is magic and they cannot touch him. It says they can talk to him and he can hear them, but he is under strict orders from Santa not to talk back. They have been so cute with him. Cam came up with the name Redwhite because of the color of his suit. They have been on pretty good behavior since Redwhite has been in our house. If they start to fight with eachother they tell Redwhite they are sorry. The other day I was having Cam pick up all of the Batman toys that he dumped out in his room and he told me that Redwhite was watching and if I didn't help him pick up I wouldn't get any toys for Christmas.

Picture with Santa

 

Happy Birthday to my best friend. She gets prettier every year.

Happy Birthday Kendra

 

Thanksgiving

We had such a great time at Thanksgiving. The kids had so much fun together. It was beautiful weather and they played outside most of the day. Avery is getting so big. She is the sweetest baby I have ever seen. She just doesn't cry for anything. Cameron, Ethan, Drew and Mackenzie were great. We looked out the window and saw them all working together to get the sandbox lid raised up. We decided after that kind of teamwork we couldn't possibly tell them they couldn't get in with their good clothes on. The food was awesome, and being with everyone was too.

Avery

 

 

 

Mac