Nutcracker and Santa and a Playdate!

My mom treated Laura, Elizabeth and me to the Nutcracker this December. It was so fun doing a "girlie" activity!

Here's Elizabeth while we're waiting!
Eliz and Grandma!

Laura, me, and E after the Nutcracker.

Here are the boys with Santa! Jackson wasn't so sure but he didn't cry and I was so proud of him! (he is a severe mama's boy)

After Santa we took a few family photos.

Kayson and Ashlynn came over (and their moms of course). We had a great time hanging out with them as always!

Christmas Activities

Phew, this was a marathon of posts today!

These are just some pictures from some random activities we did in December.

Cooper and Ben decorated some rice krispy treats. Unfortunately E was in school.

Cooper, Jackson, and I made ornaments out of construction paper and water. Unfortunately it was a big bust or I'd post pictures of it!

We also went to an annual Christmas party at my friend Janet's house. Here are all of the ladies who attended.

And some of the guys.

Now the kids!

Some of the kids relaxed and watched a movie that night, I thought this was cute.

December was a fun month! More to come hopefully tomorrow.

Christmas Tea at Grandma's House

Elizabeth and mom hosted a Christmas tea for some of Elizabeth's friends. We had such a great time. Mom decorated the tables SO beautifully. I unfortunately did not get a picture of the adult table.
The yummy grown-up drinks.

The kids about to start the tea!

Cooper had such a good time.

After lunch the kids played Christmas bingo.

Afterward the kids played outside. The moms got a little cold though!

Thanks mom for creating such wonderful memories for us and our children!

Church Festival

In December our church had a fun festival that we went to. Cooper loved doing some of the activities.

Cutie pie Elizabeth came too, along with Ben, Laura, and mom.

B and C

Waiting to ride ponys.

Jackson had so much fun too!

Ben riding the pony.

Cooper riding.

Eliz riding the pony.

Me with the kids. We were about to watch the live nativity.

One of the favorite activities of the night was this baseball game. Cooper had a SERIOUS game face on. :)

Second Thanksgiving

For our "second" Thanksgiving Ryan's parents and brother came down over Thanksgiving. We had such a great time with them here. Here are a few photos from their trip.

Gma S brought the boys these aprons. So cute!
My poser!

This is just too cute!

Gpa reading to the boys.

Uncle Chris and Cooper.

We went to ICE with them and Cooper once again loved it. Here are ALL of my boys. :)

The guys posing.

I once again tried to get a picture of the boys.

Posing with Gma and Gpa in front of a REAL gingerbread house.

The boys with Uncle Chris.

While Chris, Katie, Cooper and Ryan went to ICE, me, Roger, and Jackson walked around the hotel more.

Jackson and me in front of a beautiful tree!

Gpa and Jackson.

A family photo.

ICE

Well, I am finally going to start blogging again. I am WAY behind so I hope to catch up soon and start fresh!

A few weeks ago we went to see ICE with my sister, the kids, and my mom. (I realized I downloaded these backwards but oh well!) ICE is a really interesting exhibit made entirely of ice. Very fun. It's in a beautiful hotel that is decorated with all kinds of fun things for Christmas, so we enjoyed looking around at everything as well.

Here are the kids enjoying the trains.
The kids inside the snoopy house at ice. The house is made entirely of ice!

Cooper going down the ice slide.

The kids all bundled up. It was FREEZING inside the exhibit. Jackson didn't quite know what to do all bundled up and couldn't really walk. They wouldn't let us bring the stroller inside so we all took turns carrying the very heavy boy!

Our group inside the exhibit. (everything behind us is made of ice!)

Getting ready to go inside ice.

Cooper was enthralled by the trains.

Love this pic of Jackson!

Tried to get a pic of the boys in the sleigh...didn't exactly work out.