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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Christmas!

Merry Christmas!  We had fun on Christmas Eve and went out to dinner and then came back and dressed the kids up and acted out the nativity.  
They all loved it. 
They opened Christmas eve pajamas and climbed into bed.  Sidney said she didn't think she would be able to sleep at all because she was SO excited :)
Love the turbin on Jaxon's head!

Christmas morning






Merry Christmas!





Monday, December 23, 2013

Quiet night

It is late on the night before Christmas Eve.
The last few weeks have been busy and fun.  We pack up and go to my parents house tomorrow.  I have finished the last of my projects, gifts, wrapping, cards, laundry, cleaning, and packing.
The house is quiet, everyone is sleeping.  Time to take a minute and relax by the Christmas tree and remember what is most important about this special time of the year.
So grateful.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Shopping buddy

Shopping with Jax this morning.  
He insisted that I hand him everything and he stacked it all up nicely on the front of our cart.
He was so proud of himself!
So glad I have a shopping buddy :)

Monday, December 9, 2013

Christmas time….

Rylee had her 1st grade choir performance.  It was really cute.
Love these friends.
We made our traditional carmel apples to give to our friends and neighbors.  I realized this is our 9th year doing it!
Snuggled in and watching Polar Express.  One of my favorite pictures.  Jax laid there through the whole movie.
We are getting very excited for Christmas!

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Christmas downtown with Allen!

Allen's work Christmas party was downtown at the Marriott.  My Mom watched the kids and we went to the party and stayed overnight.  It is aways fun to be downtown, I loved all of the Christmas lights.  It was FREEZING!  But we snuck away from the party to watch the end of the parade of lights.  I think it was about 2 degrees.  We had fun at the party and a nice little get away!



Friday, December 6, 2013

Disney on ice

I surprised the girls and instead of taking them to school in the morning we went to see Disney on Ice!
It was a fun surprise.  My Mom and Dad met us there with Rachel, Kaden, and Gavin.  It was snowing really hard and we had to bundle up.
The show was awesome!


Jax fell asleep during the show and slept through being bundled back up to go outside.  He didn't wake up until we got to the car.
Grateful for a special day with Sidney and Rylee!

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving!  The kids helped me make these oreo turkeys.
We ate, talked, played, watched movies, and my Mom and I went on our annual Black Friday shopping adventure :)
A great holiday with family and friends.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

What have the kids been up to?


We made sure to get our permits to cut down our Christmas tree again this year.
Our day at the gift show with Grandma and Grandpa.
Porter's football game.  We have had fun cheering them on this season.  He worked and played so hard all season. I specifically wanted to remember this picture of his last game.  He is cheering on his team from the sidelines.  We have a family rule of no sports with grades below an A or B. We had to stick to our guns and he wan't able to play in his last game.  It was a hard thing for him, and Allen and I.  I hope this will be a learning moment and help to motivate him to work hard in school. 
Man, I love that kid.
Football party.  Porter is receiving his certificate for being a "Tackling Machine!"
Sidney's cereal box book report.  She worked so hard on it :)
Having a little bacon with his morning cartoons.
We traded in our double stroller for a stroller with a ride along board.
Porter, Sidney, and Rylee were playing outside and I looked out to see this….
a small pile of wood and Porter trying rubbing the sticks together.
I texted Allen and asked if I needed to do anything about this.  
He said, "Yeah, give him $5 if he can do it".
Oh, kids!

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Christmas pictures

We set out to take some pictures for our Christmas card.
It turned out to be a very windy day!  So we changed locations and tried to find somewhere that wasn't out in the open.

Love Rylee's face.  It was getting a little cold :)

I always love pictures of these kids :)

Friday, November 8, 2013

Out for a walk….

It has been so nice this week.  Jax and I have loved our afternoon walks.
I love where we live! 
Out of the stroller for a little stroll.



I love sunny Colorado days!

Monday, November 4, 2013

Funny Man

Getting ready for Church.


Love it ;)

Saturday, November 2, 2013

jax

Just a little of what Jax has been up to lately….

Watching the first snow, he sat here for 15 minutes!
Building a fort.

Ummm, I guess it is nap time :)
Doing some work on his tool bench, guess he needed a little step up!
Yay, Buzz :)
My walking buddy.
I sure have fun with this little boy!