Merry Christmas

We wish you and your family a VERY Merry Christmas! We hope that you will stop to remember the true reason we celebrate Christmas. That it is not about the elves, or how many gifts you buy that really matter, but that God sent his only Son to us so that we might have a life more abundant and everlasting.

Santa Video and gingerbread house fun

Last night we took Jack over to his best little buddy Reed's house. We had a quick yummy dinner, let the boy's swap gifts and attempt to decorate gingerbread houses. Sara Ann and I ended up doing the majority of the decorating, of course it looks like the 3 year olds did it! HA!

Jack kept sneaking the candy off the house, so our backside has a few holes in places now!





I did this little video for Jack and he LOVED it. He was in shock that Santa knew sooo much about him! HA!

Life Lately

Lazy afternoon of TV and race cars!

A VERY independent 3 year old thought it would be fun to sneak those oh so messy white powdered donuts for a VERY messy snack!

A little after church grocery run! ( Is it bad that I despise these buggys and secretly wish that they would just disappear from Publix forever?)

The quiet easy child has suddenly become the into everything mischievous child!

And he thinks it is VERY funny!


This boy has learned to LOVE helping his daddy cook!


Lately J has been cooking like this....AND yes you can be jealous! Its AMAZING that I don't have to cook and that we get to eat this kinds of yumminess!

These two are ALWAYS up to something!

Santa and more Santa

I remembered VERY last minute that Santa visits our neighborhood the Saturday before Christmas on the Fire truck! He comes early and you have to be quick or you will miss him and the candy :) (that is all Jack really cares about)


As soon as I heard the sirens I grabbed the camera and coats and we headed out, some of us still cozy in our pjs!

We decided that instead of exchanging gifts with our friends the Oatridge's this year that we would take the boys to the Science center for the Polar Express party. We all have WAY to much and letting the boys spend time together seemed more like Christmas anyway.


That saw Santa, again, ice fished, ate cookies and drank hot chocolate, and got to watch the Polar Express on the imax screen. It was our 1 millionth time to see the movie that Jack can act out, but it was our 1st time to see an imax and it did not disappoint. All 4 boys watched the entire movie and were worn out when we left past bedtime!

School Partying

Friday was Jack's Christmas party at school. They had lunch from Zaxby's and Red Velvet Cupcakes, did a book swap with his classmates, gave mommy and daddy sweet canvases with handprint Christmas trees, and got lots of extra playtime!


Henry thought he was so big with all the older kids and it was fun to get to see what all they had been up too at school!

More Partying

Henry's party was tons of fun and we got to share it will all of our favorite people! I had LOTS of help from my sweet friend Jenny who can decorate and paint like no one I have ever ever seen! And Sara Ann who can bake and decorate cookies better than Martha Stewart. She did the cutest monogrammed and santa cookies and of course J who made ALL of the other cookies we had. Henry loved every minute of it and all the attention!

These boys are T-R-O-U-B-L-E and best little buddies!

Emily Kathryn showing off her party swag!

This picture cracks me up. I do not think there are two people on earth who like their sweets as much as Jack and my Gran!

Milk and Cookies Party-The Decorations!