Christmas Greed

Well it has begun. The spirit of Christmas greed amongst the children. They are so happy with what they got, until it comes to the time of actually getting them out and playing with the toys. Then there is always the disputes of how they want to play with the other child's toy and of course the other child sees no reason for them to share. After all these are their new toys. It is nice to know that this is a cycle that seems to be unbroken. The kids had a great Christmas. They each enjoy it in their own way.

Ender had a blast trying to sneak the paper. Either from his own gifts or from others. The challenge was to see how much he could get in his mouth before someone else got it away from him. He succeeded rather well.

Raiden had a great time opening things. They get to the point that they keep asking "Where is more for me? Don't I have any more to open?" At least he was cute enough at the end to say that he loved Santa cause he brought him exactly what he asked for.

Judge is another store in himself. You have to let him savor the moment. Each presents gets its own chance of time in the spotlight. Some do get more time then others, but they are savored just the same. You try to rush him at all and world war III occurs.But in the end they all start out happy and ready to eat.

Ender has finally gone down for a nap (so has Mari for that fact) and now the playing with the toys can start full swing.

So Merry Christmas to all, and we hope to see if not talk to you over the Holidays!

Moo ya!

Welcome to the herd Kurt. Have you checked your profile? It has you listed as living in Cedar City, Afghanistan...I had to laugh.

Growing Up

Well aren't we getting mighty big?! That is what the Pediatrician said to Ender today at his check-up. It is amazing how fast they grow. He started out at 10lbs 5 oz and is a proud 20lbs today. Even more stunning is that he is 29 inches tall. Our other boys were always tall for their age, but at the rate he is growing he will be the only one year old that I have met who is three feet tall.

Meeting Santa

Tonight AJ & Aaron got to meet Santa for the first time. They loved it! Misty's Dad is one of Santa's Helpers, so he came up to get pictures with the boys and their cousin Holly. Although the boys didn't really get it, they had fun and loved sitting on Santa's lap...and testing his beard to see if it was real. No worries, AJ and Aaron are both on the Nice List. Their Dad, however, has a little bit of work to do! With Christmas only 8 days away, he'd better take some lessons from the twins--and fast!

To see a few more pictures, check out our blog.
"Christmas is the only time of year when we let a fat man break into our house and eat all of our cookies."

Welcome, and Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to welcome Quincy and any other new members to the family page. Hope all is going well. We are thinking of you and Jamie with the impending arrival of your sweet little baby. Have a Merry Christmas, and we can't wait to meet your baby!

Well you made it!

Happy Birthday to Loni! Well you did make it. You now are a legall adult in all ways. So good luck and keep your nose clean.

(Just thought we would tack on this picture of what she looked like almost six years ago!)

Happy 1st Bday!

Mckell, we hope you had a great 1st birthday.

Wish we could have been there!!!

Baby Kiss

Ender has a few funny habits. One of them really makes me laugh. He gets to sticking his tongue out like he is licking an ice cream cone or something. So we took a photo and turned him into...Baby KISS.

Bigger picture

This is a little bit bigger picture of the spotlight people this month. I couldn't get it to enlarge properly down below...