Baking days

My favorite kitchen helper! Isn't she just adorable in her apron?

Cute picture

My three little superheros...they keep my on my toes!

Christmas Day Evening at Grandma and Papa's

Later in the day we headed over to Grandma & Papa's to celebrate with more Aunts, Uncles & Cousins...

Caleb has been fascinated with the dancing Santa & Mrs. Claus everytime we visit Grandma & Papa's, he has discovered how to push the button to make them dance and he happily dances along!

Ryan scored lots of cool gifts, one of them being Electronic Battleship...

Abby loved all of the "girly" gifts she got, especially the baby doll outfits and the jewelry!

Caleb wasn't quite sure what to make of all the gift unwrapping...but he did enjoy the gifts once the paper came off...

Christmas Morning at Home

We like to stay home on Christmas Morning...the kids woke up early (of course), we opened presents, had breakfast, and played...

Caleb loved his new cardboard blocks...

And so did big brother Ryan!

Abby got some more babies to love, and an apron and baking set so she can help Mom in the kitchen!

Ryan got some cool comics, and a crossbow (with rubber darts!)

Christmas Eve at Grandma & Grandpa's House

We celebrated with one set of Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles & cousins on Christmas Eve...

We were planning on going to our chuch's Candlelight Service...but Grandpa had a "homemade" Candlelight service that we really enjoyed - complete with kid-friendly candles, Christmas carols and a reading of the Christmas story!

Christmas Eve at Boyd's Bear

For the past few years we've been visiting a nearby Boyd's Bear store on Christmas Eve, we let each child choose a new ornament (oftentimes they're on sale this close to Christmas :)) and we also TRY to take advantage of their beautiful Christmas decorations and get some cool Christmas pics of the kids. I say "try" because the kids do not always want to cooperate! Here are some pics that we were able to take...

Me and the kids in front of the fireplace.

Here's one of Caleb checking out the humongous Christmas tree. I think he likes it!

Ryan and the construction bear

Abby found a friend too!

First Snow

We got our first snow of the season on Wednesday...I was actually unaware that snow was in the forecast. Our electricity was out on Tuesday, so we spent most of the day at my mom's house...thankfully we were able to go back home Tuesday night. When we woke up on Wednesday, the kids were excited to see a thin layer snow on the ground. It continued to snow all day, amounting to about 3-4 inches. I do not have any pics of us outside 'cause I couldn't figure out a safe way to carry both Caleb and our camera and take pics, but I did catch a quick shot of the kids all bundled up and ready to go...