Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

2013 is coming to an end, and I am so excited for the new year to begin. I can't wait to watch Emma grow, and to continue to enjoy Katie's life. Next year will be even more fun than this one and I'm so anxious for it. Katie will be turning 7, will be big enough for the slides at Drytown, and will be going to 2nd grade! Emma will turn 1, start saying words, and learn to walk! David will start his new job at the Sheriff's Station. Happy New Year Everyone!

Snow At Kidspace

We took the girls to Kidspace museum to play in the snow area they have there right now. It was really fun, Katie had a blast. Emma enjoyed being outside.

Cool science experiments.

Decorated a cookie with edible markers and paper :p

My Mom found snowball makers in the gift store. Sooo fun.

Super cool day there with the snow, glad they thought of this! The snow area wasn't as large as I imagined, but still awesome for the kids to play in. Katie thought it was hilarious to throw snow at my Mom and me, and Emma had so much excitement that she fell asleep on me :p

Wonser Christmas

Lynn was nice enough to host Christmas this year =)

Emma was a handful! It was loud so she couldn't sleep, so she was crankyyy. I held her all night long. It was so hot from the cooking, she ended up in her onesie by the end of the night.

The grandkids, minus cranky.

Every year the Wonsers ask you to send out a list, so they know what to buy the kids. They hardly ever follow it though, which cracks me up. People just get what they think the kids will like, which is perfectly fine with me. Anyway, of all the things on Katie's list, she got 2. Both movies she asked for. And she was soooo excited to get it, she started saying "This was on my list! This was on my list!" hahaha. I love her.

The girls were trying to cheer Travis up, because he didn't get anything from his list. He asked for Legos. In my defense, no one sent me the list for Travis and Karli. David ended up going to his house the next day and taking him some Legos.

I just love this girl so much. She's hilarious.

Michael's girlfriend Kelly is very creative, and made this lamp for Lynn with Karli. So neat!

Zoey was given some puzzles, and she loved them!

Fun night except for Emma's whiny butt, lol.

Christmas Morning 2013

Katie and Emma woke us up bright and early to open their presents. Or, around 7:30 :p

 Katie is the Queen of Knock Knocks.

 The present Katie made us at school.

 The wonderful, great, loved, Talking Angela! Santa really brought her!!!

 David's lower receiver.

 Emma's Seahorse.

 After we spent the morning at home opening presents, the girls and I headed over to Gee Gee's to visit and then over to my Mom's to open the presents she bought Katie. David decided to come too.

 My Mom bought Katie (and Emma) this swing. She sure loves it! It's really cool!

 Took a break for breakfast at iHop.

 Then we headed back over to my Mom's to play and kill time until we had to go to the Wonser's.

Christmas Eve 2013

Christmas Eve was celebrated at my Grandma's this year. A lot of my family showed up! =) When we first got there we all just hung out and ate dinner :p

 Getting to know John a little better since he lives far away =(

 We pitched in and bought my Grandma the iPad Air. Becky hid it in a Tweety Bird to trick her :p

 Santa came for a visit too! The kids were so excited! Each kid got a present to open from Santa.

 My Grandma gave Katie, Hannah, and Madison an American Girl doll. They were soo excited!

 Emma was so cranky at my Grandma's, since she was tired and it was too loud to sleep. Of course when we get home she is all smiles! What a stinker! I put her in her Santa pj's and Katie dressed in her Christmas Reindeer pj's, so they would be ready for Christmas morning!

 Katie and I also made cookies and poured a cup of milk for Santa!

Katie is really hoping for a Talking Angela Doll this year. She asked Santa for it at the mall. We're hoping he brings it for her. She has been asking David and I to buy it for months!

Candy Cane Lane 2013

This year we took Sam with us to Candy Cane Lane since he was in town =) We borrowed the wagon from Gee Gee's house so the kids wouldn't get tired.

 The Grinch's dog.

 I had to carry Emma the whole time. She's one spoiled baby!

We were supposed to meet up with Lauryn and her family, but they got there so much later than us and the kids were getting so fussy waiting around for them, we just couldn't do it. We just went our own way and enjoyed the night getting lots of snacks. Sam kept turning down the snacks, saying he wasn't allowed to have hot chocolate and stuff, crazy boy. Desiree must tell him that a lot lol. He's so cute. It was a crowded night, jam packed, but the kids still liked looking around. I won't even mention the bummer Candy Cane Tour my Mom tried to take us on before the lights =/