Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Merry Christmas 2011

div>We didn't have a white Christmas this year, but it is a bit chilly. Merry Christmas!
We acted out the nativity on Christmas Eve and Brynn was our sweet little Mary.
Andrew did the gift exchange at Brynn's school party. He felt like a big boy. He is showing his new present.
Ashleigh is having fun trying on my crutches. I'm glad I only had to use them for a few days after my knee surgery.
Connor is loving his time at Brynn's Christmas party.This is a few days before Christmas and we got out all the presents. The kids can't wait!
The girls were so sweet to get me my dinner while I was resting on the sofa after my surgery.
Christmas morning! Andrew is going down the stairs first to see what Santa brought them.
The kids were so excited for their new pajamas on Christmas eve. The two little boys are the lemon and lime pajamas. Brynn and Ashleigh are the snowmen pj's this year and Kam is the growing up pj's. He doesn't like any cars, trains, or whatever on his pjs.

Brynn just put on her new pj's. She loves them:)
Having fun eating our Christmas Eve dinner. (ham, rolls, fruit and vegetable salad, and jello)Andrew is getting ready for Santa to eat his decorated cookies.
Kamren is doing the chimes for the first time. He is very serious.
Connor is enjoying his new giraffe and looking outside on Christmas morning. What a smile!
Kamren was so sweet to open doors for the mall shoppers as we sang for the Salvation Army.
It was freezing so all the parents took turns warming up the kids inside. Connor was so warm in his snow suit that he didn't mind.
We love this tradition. We invited many friends to join us. This year we had seven other families join us in raising money for the needy.
Ash chose to make ginger cookies for her date. Andrew was supposed to be sleeping but he smelled the cookies and ran downstairs to see the treats.
Our neighbor gave us a big bag of Christmas decorations that she didn't want. The kids had a blast decorating their rooms.
Connor loved eating them all:)
Almost everyday we coordinate these two cute boys in similar colors. I love them in orange. Connor is moving around very quickly with crawling.
I was listening to Delilah one night while I was driving in the car and a man said he was so in love with this woman. Delilah asked if he was so in love with this girl that he would get Christmas sweaters. He said YES! I didn't realize it, but I bought my sweater first and then I found Kevin's at another store. I didn't realize they were similar. I'm so in love with Kevin that I didn't care if we looked alike. We went to Kevin's Christmas party just like this!!!

Sweet Connor's gift to us was crawling!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Christmas Clothes

I love this picture with Kamren and his eyes! Do we really have to take family pictures?
Here we are in our Christmas clothes!! It was fun to coordinate today!
Look at those cute boys!
Look at those shiny lips!
Good job Kamren at taking the picture!
Could this really be my little boy? He is growing up so much. Many of the neighbors call him nice Kamren. He is so good to everyone.
Ashleigh is always helping out her classmates especially the ones who feel left out.
Brynn continues to sing her way through life. I can only smile when I see her.
Andrew is our little busy boy right now. He is into everything.
Connor is growing up way to fast and moving all over the floor.
We are so grateful for this special season!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Winter Activities

We aren't crawling yet, but we are rocking alot.
I had a craft night her last week. We were making advent calendars so the kids thought it would be fun to make one too.
The two boys are so fun together. Andrew adores him and tries to make him laugh all the time.
Brynn loves her friend Ethan. We had him over to make our traditional gingerbread houses.
Kamren enjoys eating the candy.
I'm rolling around everywhere. Now I go from sitting to my tummy position.
Andrew is so proud of his gingerbread house.
Ashleigh is proud of her walkway.

Andrew was so excited to mail this package to our cousins. We are doing the 12 days of Christmas for their gift.
Brynn had so much fun making crafts for her grandparents on her date with us.
Andrew is so excited that he can chew gum now and not swallow it.
I needed a new wreath since I decorated Kevin's office at church. I was able to make this with the things we had.

Kamren had his Christmas piano recital today. He played O Little Town of Bethlem and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
Ashleigh played Joy to The World and Jingle Bells. They both did a great job.
I love Connor in this cute green vest. He is such a sweetie.
Here's Kamren and Ashleigh with their piano teacher.
It was so much fun taking the girls and their friends to the Christmas dance recital.
My friend helped me make this. It was so fun!