Friday, December 25, 2015

Christmas 2015

Christmas 2015 was a very fun Christmas for us - because of....you guessed it - Jacob!  He was soooo excited (due to his siblings excitement of course).  We had a small stomach bug running through so we stayed home for Christmas Eve service and watched a service from Tenth Presbyterian Church live streamed. It was nice and relaxing.  And to think a few weeks prior I was so upset that "our" church wasn't having a service - well we wouldn't have gone anyway!  God always has a plan.  Christmas morning was fun and pretty quiet.  Each of our kids got two presents plus a few small items in their stockings.  We all had a very special time together - most important was family.


Milk and cookies left for Santa on Christmas Eve.


Olivia 2015


Zachary 2015


Christmas Morning - mom gets a picture then you open your gifts:)


Jake with his second mommy!



Jacob blew us away with his expressions and joy over THIS gift.  
The complete love and excitement was so fun to watch.



After this big smile - the very next day he was telling us to "put him back in the box" and "don't want him".  Nice - you are 2 aren't you!


Ella got her first electronic device - a Kindle - she was so happy!




Olivia made me fingerless gloves!!!!  Wow! This girl:) 



My mom found this cute idea so we decided to try it this year - had to have snow some how.  This was the warmest Christmas ever - around 70 on Christmas Day.  We wore shorts.



Friday, December 4, 2015

I never want to forget...

How he plays with toy food.  He is so precise and neat - don't you dare try to mess up his "order".



Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Ella turns 8

Ella's b-day is always tricky - right after Thanksgiving.  This year we did an old fashion candy scavenger hunt (Zach's baby) and invited 6 friends over.  They painted, giggled, played games and of course ate!  It was fun!

Ella's favorite gift by far was...well you'll see.





 Leave it to biggest brother to make a card with a pig's butt on the front - she laughed very hard:)


 Little brother thought it was his birthday and had to open almost all Ella's gifts...she is sweet to him!

 Bashful the pig now has a forever home with Ella!