December Catch Up

Here's our house with SNOW!! It snowed twice this month, once on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

I was looking through my pictures from the last month and decided to share a few more.

Our church had their preschool Christmas party at Little Gym and it was so much fun!

My little monkey!

And when we returned home from our Oklahoma Thanksgiving, our new little friend was at our house. Our very own Elf on the Shelf, Sherman! He appeared in new places every morning and watched the kids each day. Then he reported back to Santa every night. It was great!!!

The kids love it when Daddy reads their bedtime story. Such funny voices!

And one day after Kennedie got home from school, it was 70 degrees! We got to go in our backyard and enjoy our patio! (I really like this picture...how you can see the bubbles!)

And a few days after Christmas, James' parents came to visit. Grandpa helped Kennedie decorate her cinnamon ornaments.

Daddy & Grandpa were playing Daddy's new Big Buck hunting game on the Wii...she couldn't watch!

Funny girl!

Everyone got in on the action! So much fun!!!

Christmas Memories

Christmas has always been one of my favorite times of year. And since I've had kids, it just gets better and better every year. Their excitement is contagious! We were all just beaming...what a wonderful day!

Here's Kennedie helping Granny make pumpkin pies...yum-o!

We took our Wii over to my parent's house to play on Poppa's giant tv...so fun!
And by mid-day on Christmas Eve...it was SNOWING!!!

Pretty little snow bunny!

LOVE that missing tooth!!!

My little 4 legged nephew, LeDoux.

My little monster! I wonder who made that snowball for him???

Get Poppa!!!

Run Poppa!!

The happy couple!

Uh oh...looks like somebody's getting hit with a snowball!! I wonder who's throwing it??

Joy!

We realized that we hadn't put the reindeer food out on the lawn, and our jammies were already on. So, our awesome Daddy picked up both kids so they wouldn't have to walk in the snow in jammies...he's the best!

So funny!!!

She was SOOO excited! And ready!!

What could it be??

A sword!!! (That's bigger than he is! lol!)

I got this amazing new flash for my baby Canon...LOVE it! I stuck it right on...notice the difference in the above picture from the one below...

AWESOME!!!

My boy is all about the dinosaurs.

And the Nerf rifle was a huge hit! (for the adults too!)

My sweet little guy and his love for instruments...even kazoos!

Look at the serious, mean face. You have to have a mean face when you're toting a sword that size!

So funny!!!

And this girl was glued to her DS

And it's time to break out all the weapons! Yikes!

And my big kid and one of his favorite toys...the Big Game Hunter! (look at his face!)

Oh, so happy!

What a great Christmas with so many priceless memories!

How cute are THESE??

My mom saw a cute little melting snowman craft for sale at Canton a few weeks ago, and when she described it to me...well, it just sounded adorable. About a week later I came across these cookies, and they looked just like what she had described...in cookie form! And once I showed the recipe to Kennedie, she was stoked! She has asked everyday since if we could make them that day. They were tedious...but look!

Pretty darn cute, right?
When Colton woke up from his nap and came to see what we had been busy doing, he said "those look like turkeys...with no legs!" Well, thanks brother! Ha!

ALL Smiles with Santa!

This is Kennedie's 7th Christmas, and we have NEVER waited until the week OF Christmas to go see Santa! But, now that she's in school...things are certainly different! I do not go near the malls this close to Christmas or on the weekends in December. We were the 2nd people in line when the fat man opened his doors this sunny Monday morning! We were in and out of that place, with pictures in hand, in under 15 minutes! That's what I'm talking about!!!

And we've been talking it up to Colton, so he was pumped to meet him and tell him all about what he wants. They took their lists to show him, too. I am really pretty happy with this picture...of course, I wish I could have taken it myself...the picture girl was a little slow with her trigger finger (she missed 3 great smiles from Colton). =)

Colton's Christmas Program

Today was Colton's very first singing program at his Mother's Day Out! I really wasn't sure how he'd do. He comes home singing bits and pieces of the songs he's learning and I've been talking to him about how he's going to be standing on a stage so Mommy can watch him sing with his class. Here's a few pictures of how it went...

He walked in with his best bud, Cade. Then they had a little discussion about Cade's cool football on his sweater.

Then he spotted me. See the glare (I mean, love) in his eyes?
Then all of the singing became too much for his little ears to handle! Somebody, make it stop!!
Then he knew just what this program needed! A little (air) TROMBONE!!!

And now, he's had ENOUGH of this d-u-m-b shirt. If he knew how to undo the buttons, he would have been a shirtless 2 year old on that stage.

And then he proceeded to clap for the rest of the program.

C'mon Cade, let's bust this popsicle stand!

You did so great Colton James! I'm so very proud of you!

**And here's a little video clip, for your enjoyment!**