Christmas Eve

Don’t they all look cute in their new jammies? As always, we read the Nativity story in the Bible followed by “The Night Before Christmas”. All the while keeping a close eye on Santa’s progress on the NATO Tracks Santa site. The kids hurried off to bed as soon as Santa made it to North America.

Making Christmas Ornaments

We had our annual Christmas ornaments making day today. I love to see the kids incorporate their favorite things into the ornaments they make. This year they made some Harry Potter and Doctor Who ornaments. My favorite is the cute little Dalek the girls made out of clay for me. It is so adorable that I put it on my desk. I don’t think I’ll be packing that one away with the Christmas ornaments come January.











Making Gingerbread Houses

After ice skating, we made gingerbread houses. This year I bought two kits, so the boys could do one and the girls could do the other. Talia and Kayli convinced Falyn to do all the gingerbread people, leaving the girl house to the two of them to decorate. Everyone did a great job and had fun with only a bit of the candy ending up in mouths and not on the houses.









Girl Scout Ice Skating Event

Falyn was so excited to finally be a Girl Scout and get to go to the annual Girl Scout Ice Skating Event. Since it was held during a free skate session, Dan had the twins’ Cub Scout den have a Ice Skating outing at the same time. Everyone had a great time.





Christmas Card Photo Shoot

We went to Heritage Park this afternoon to take our Christmas Card photos. It is a lovely park with lots of scenic areas to take photos. We got a lot of great shots. It will be hard to pick out which ones to use for our Christmas Cards. Here’s some of my favorites.








Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a lovely Thanksgiving over at Dan’s parents house. Dan’s sister and her family were also there.


Jared and Riley wearing the turkey aprons they made at school yesterday

Dan and Aidan playing a game on my Kindle Touch

Grandpa Ron, Jared, Riley and Talia

Grandma Nancy and Falyn

The food

Dinner time

Falyn with Mr. Thankful Turkey

Falyn and Lawrence

Halloween Night

The kids had a great time trick-or-treating and as usual, ended up with way to much candy. Jared, Riley and Falyn were all Mario Brother’s characters, with Falyn being Princess Peach, Riley being Luigi and Jared being Mario. Aidan was a ninja. Talia and Kayli opted for Harry Potter themed costumes, with Kayli being a Gryffindor Hogwarts student and Talia being a Ravenclaw student.

The scarecrow Riley won.

Got to love those mustaches!

Ready for Hogwarts.

The neighborhood kids.

Kayli with her friends.

Our pumpkins

Falyn with her candy

Aidan with his candy