Christmas at Gram and Poppy's

We celebrated Christmas with Gram and Poppy on Christmas Eve. All the kids and grandkids spent the night the night before and when we woke up we had a yummy breakfast...ham, eggs, homemade biscuits and hot chocolate. Then present time! Kennedy's favorite gifts were Connect Four and a Bitty Baby highchair. Camryn was really excited about her big girl bike like Kennedy's.

Camryn loves her new bike! She hasn't gotten to ride it much because it has been freezing cold! Every once in a while she talks me into moving the car out of the garage and she gets to ride it! She will have lots of fun keeping up with Kennedy and the neighborhood kids this summer!

Christmas at Jan Jan's

I don't know why Santa even comes to see these girls after all the stuff they got on this night! Their Jan Jan, Pop, and aunts and uncles spoil them rotten! A few months ago Kennedy spent the night with Jan Jan and Pop and they went Christmas shopping. Kennedy picked out a 2-wheeled scooter that she has been wanting for a really long time. Of course now Miss Camryn wants one too. However, she wants Santa to bring her one that "doesn't make her fall or bleed." That is going to be a tricky one!

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

The girls are really into Christmas caroles this year. I am so surprised at how many they know, especially Camryn. Her favorite is Jingle Bells. It is really cute hearing her sing it too. We were getting ready for church one morning and they were singing this in Kennedy's room and I was able to talk them into singing it for the camera too!

Thursday night Dinner Christmas Party

We hosted our dinner club Christmas party this year. Each year everyone brings a salty and sweet and we draw names and exchange presents. This year we just let the kids exchange since they are slowly taking over. At the time of this picture, we are up to 7 kids with 2 on the way! Since before Todd and I were dating, ourselves, the Dennie's, the Pennington's and Kyle all got together on Thursday nights and had dinner and then watched tv. I think it started with Friends and when that ended we started watching Survivor. Needless to say our traditional dinner and tv is no more. We still have the dinner, just not much tv! Much better enertainment though! Kyle moved to New York a few months ago...we really miss him!

Anderson, Graham, Camryn, Kennedy, Ethan, Reagan, and Jacob

The flashlights were a big hit. They had so much fun turning out the lights and shining them!

Santa Fun Meet

Kennedy started taking gymnastics again after an 8 month break!

They had their Santa Fun Meet before Christmas and all the little gymnists got a trophy!

Jake, Madison, and Kennedy

Kennedy's School Christmas Party

Kason and Kennedy eating their yummy Christmas cookies they decorated

Kennedy giving all her friends reindeer food she made for them

The kids painted these shirts earlier in the week and then the day of the party Mrs. Butzlaff put them all on them. They were so cute and a fun surprise for the parents!

Waiting for a turn to wack the pinata. It broke after only 4 hits! How often does that happen???

Camryn's School Christmas Party

Merry Christmas Mouse

Kenney's class tried to take a field trip to the pumpkin patch several times this fall but everytime they had it scheduled it would rain! Finally, the kindergarten teachers gave up and planned an indoor field trip to Larry's Pizza and then to the Children's Theater to see Merry Christmas Mouse.
Try to imagine 5 kindergarten classes at Larry's! We got there at 10:30 so it only got a little crazy at the end!
So excited to see Mommy!

It is hard to see Kennedy unless you zoom in but she is right under the last S.

She was so excited to ride the bus and wants to ride it to school so bad! Luckily we live too close for bus riding so it is not even an option!

During the play Kennedy looked at me after a funny part and asked

why I wasn't laughing. That made me laugh because when

Todd and I watch movies together he asks me the same thing!

I made an effort to start laughing after that.