Christmas!

We are having a wonderful and relaxing Christmas break and hope you all are, too!
Some things we've been doing....

Visiting with friends...

Elaina, Ian and the rest of the kids in our church sang a couple Sundays ago. It was so much fun to watch them! :)

Ian and Seth doing some necessary trimming.... :)

Of course we have been playing in the snow, too!!!! YAY!!!

We've also been baking, spending time with family, playing games....
Elaina, Ian and Seth have been spending a lot of time playing with Playmobiles!!! Fun! :)

I hope everyone had a wonderful CHRISTmas!
~M~

Memorial Day

I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day. We went to our grandparents house to spend time with family.
Andrea and my cousin Lydia played soccer against 4 other people and..... it was pretty bad for the team of 4. ☺ They got beat by a lot....

Ian and Seth fell asleep in the van on the way there. ☺

Decorating Easter Eggs

We had fun decorating eggs this year! :D It's a fun tradition to have but we have to make sure that it doesn't distract from the real meaning of Easter. Tonight we are going to see a passion play (the Easter story) at our neighbors church (they are in it). I think a ton of people really don't celebrate the true meaning of Easter, it's too centered around Easter baskets, candy, and a big fluffy bunny.... what's with the bunny anyway? haha Anyway, happy Easter everyone! And make sure to celebrate the true meaning of Easter which is Jesus Christ.

New Year's Eve and Dad's Birthday

Ian and Talitha

Ian made this "bunk bed" on the couch and got lots of entertainment out of it!

Ian and Seth

Andi, Danielle and me

Sara and Talitha

Seth!!! He loved the jumbo olives. :D haha

Dad opening Ian's present.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!!!

Christmas Eve

Ummmm... I think this pretty much explains itself....
Andi and Ian think this is much more fun than taking a regular picture. ☺

Ian is very excited for Christmas!

Mom and Elaina

Well, it is Christmas eve... we are all excited for Christmas! And very glad to be on break! This evening we will go to the Christmas eve service at church, then come home for dinner, and then the kids give each other gifts. So we are really excited for everything that's going on tonight.

Have a great Christmas, everyone!!!

Gingerbread Houses

Andrea's gingerbread house was, of course, amazing. :D

We had fun making these!

Concentrating....

Decorating the Tree

Putting decorations up

Hanging lights... sorry the pictures are out of order! :)

The boys had a lot of fun!

Cutting Down the Christmas Tree

We cut down the Christmas tree today!

Andrea

Sethie hiding from the wind... he got really cold!

Dad and Andi

Weird faces...