Christmas Program

You might want to scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the stop or pause on the music so you can hear them singing.







Colton had a Christmas program at school, they were snowman! As you can see from the video he got scared when Santa came. It was a surprise for the kids.

Baking Cookies for Santa

Christmas

I hope everyone had a great Christmas, we sure did! The kids loved every minute of it, and so did we! This year we did not do as much as we usually do and it was nice. We spent Christmas Eve with my family like we always do and then we came home and decorated cookies and our stockings for Santa. Chads dad came over and helped out, he also stayed to help us get everything ready for Christmas day and then he went home; he came back early the next morning. Wyatt as usual was the first awake and he woke up the rest of us. Actually it was nice because we opened gifts with Wyatt and Jaxon and then Colton and Grayson woke up and then Payton so we were really able to see what their reactions were to each gift instead of trying to watch all of them at the same time. We let them play for awhile and then fed them and got them dressed and outside for the "big" gift.

We bought 3 quads for the older boys, it has been fun to see them. Wyatt is very cautious an seems to be thinking about every move. Jaxon on the other hand is just going and not caring what will happen, he has figured out how to whip it around and get it going from side to side on 3 wheels. Chad was amazed with that. Wild boy Colton was the first to roll one, once he got up and decided he wasn't hurt just scared he asked me if I saw everything spinning and I tried to explain to him the he was spinning. He is not too sure about it now, he loves me to drive him around but doesn't like doing it himself. He has got the craziest personality but he is actually very scared of stuff like that. We noticed when we took him to Disneyland that he doesn't like to be in a situation that he can not control 100%. Once he really learns he could be scary but now he will only go very slow so he is the safest at this point! Grayson got a tiny quad from Santa and he looks like a giant on it, he kept saying wait for me guys, he will be the one to worry about!

Payton did really well, she loved opening the gifts and carefully tore each piece and handed it to Papa saying "here" every time she gave him another piece. Chad was really excited with his gift too, I bought him season tickets for the Seahawks next year, actually I bought one and my sister bought another for her husband. Chad was a little concerned when he saw there was one he thought that I was trying to ship him off, once I told him Arric was going too he was really excited!

I have more pictures to post later.

My girl can Dance!

I know this is dark but if you can see it try. It's a little long but watch her final move! Apparently youtube is down right now, I will post the video later.

Christmas Time Again

Wyatt's turn to do the Angel
















Colton's Branch!













Our Gingerbread house!


Well it's that time of year again, busy busy busy... Some many things to do. I have been working on getting stuff ready for our annual Christmas party as well as sending gifts to friends and family that aren't here for Christmas (ahem!). I am also preparing another package to send to Payton's foster family in Guatemala. It seems like I can never get exactly the right thing for them. How do you thank someone for taking care of your child for the first 6 months of her life? Not only did she take care of her she loved her very much. Pictures and crystal just don't seem like enough but that's what I can do for now.

That said I can't wait for Christmas, I am so excited to give the boys their Christmas gifts. No I won't be telling you what it is but pictures will be posted soon after for your viewing enjoyment!

How did I miss an entire month of posting without someone saying something? Well it will take me a little while to post new pictures but lets start with these!
Maybe you can't see it in the picture but Colton put 5 ornaments on the same branch!