Christmas with Family

Grammie was in town and 

we celebrated with cousins, Aunts and Uncles!

The girls were very thankful to Grammie for

their Christmas gifts.

More Christmas Day

Photo moment with my kiddos!

This little boy just loved the wrapping paper.

One of Big J's gift!

Still loving the wrapping paper!

We had one big gift for the kids.

She is quite excited as she runs to the new...

Bounce House!

The kids love it

(and secretly this is for mom too - 

a great way to release energy for the kids)

Christmas Morning

Lots of love for daddy!

Christmas Morning scavenger hunts. 

Purple Girl was in charge of finding the missing ornament.

And Big J helped Little J find baby Jesus for

our nativity scene.

Then Daddy read the Christmas story

and we sang some songs together.

Little brother using Big Brother as 

a place to rest as we sang.

Then we opened our stockings.

Christmas Eve Fun

Fun Christmas Eve dinner.

Opening a few gifts.

Lots of excitement about new pajamas.

He is our Green Tractor Man.

He hasn't wanted to take these pajamas off.

Boys new pajamas.

Girls and their baby dolls new pajamas.

New Home and New Challenges

Here is the new home.

and one of the new fun challenges...

training little ones where and where they can't go.

Merry Christmas

Individual Shots

                                                        

                                              

Children Christmas Photos

I once again attempted to take a few pictures of the children by the Christmas tree.  It is funny how the first time I go through the pictures, I tend to not see any good ones.  Then once I realize that no photo will be "perfect," I go through them again and find some keepers!  Might not be perfect, but I don't need perfect.  So enjoy a few imperfect, but sweet pictures of the kids.

Ten Months Old

Our baby boy was 10 months old on the 16th.

In the midst of the chaos of moving, unpacking, and renovations, 

thankfully my diligence of putting a reminder

in my phone to pop up each month

came in handy..  Without it, we might

have missed the 10 month photo!

Baby J is still a sweet, happy little guy.

However, he is becoming more mischievous 

with each new day.

In the new home, he has discovered new cupboards to open

and new doors to try to go through in his walker.  He is 

quite persistent and gives us a grin when told no.

But he knows the word no and once he sees mom or dad 

coming to instruct him no, he quickly turns

his walker around and "runs" away.

He is excited to get his own room soon.

Once the renovations are done in our new home,

he will have his own room (and move out of our closest).

He might not know the difference, but mom and dad

will be happy for him to have his own space.

He is not crawling yet, but is starting to move in that direction.

He really enjoys trying to walk when mom or dad helps him.

We love this little boy so much.  

Praising the Lord for him.

First Time Ice Skaters

I was able to take the oldest 2 ice skating for the first time.  They LOVED it!

Christmas Program

The past few years we have went to a local nursing home and had a short presentation for the residents.  This year we went with some cousins.

Little Drummer Boy- pounding their drums on the floor.

The kids also helped sing The 12 Days of Christmas

by holding up signs.

Purple Girl has become

real good friends with one of the residents.

Mommy's Helper

We Moved

This past Friday we moved - just across town. 

I had to get one final family picture in front of our old home

before we left.

Some sweet memories the kids have from our old home:

*Bringing home four of our babies to this house

*The swing set daddy built in our back yard

*Daddy catching a bird in the front yard

*The walls Purple Girl ran into when she started "running" at 10 months

*So many wonderful people visiting us and staying over

*The awesome neighbors!!!

*The great park near by

*The many walks around the block

*Purple Girl thinking the towel rack was monkey bars in the bathroom 

(daddy had to put up a new towel rack)

*All the special birthday parties celebrated - including 

Lego Party, Princess Party, Owl Party, Basketball party and so many more.

*The basketball court out back our neighbor let us play on

*Sledding/Rolling down the hill 

*The HUGE snowman daddy built the children

And so many more wonderful memories. 

We are so grateful for that home and our new one.

We look forward to making new memories.

We are so very grateful to all the family and friends who 

helped to make the move go so smoothly.

You are ALL awesome!!