Wednesday, May 28, 2014

December

Still trying to get the blog completely updated so even though these are from last year I didn't want to just leave them out.  
December was an amazing and busy month for us.  

This little beauty arrived on December 2nd.  She is such a blessing in our lives.  

Our great neighbors (and Claire's best bud) from when we were living with my mom and Ron gave the kids some gingerbread houses to decorate.  Here is Claire with hers.  Crue's never got this far.  He just didn't have the vision of what it could be....all he saw was a bag of candy, a bag of frosting, and a couple cookies and he just ate it right up.  And then when Claire wasn't looking he started eating hers too.

We all spent lots of time cuddling with this little beauty.

We all got together at my moms to decorate more gingerbread houses.  

My mom and Ron trying their best to save their gingerbread house.  In the end it couldn't be done and it collapsed. It sure was entertaining though.


It snowed and snowed and snowed.  Here the kids are outside playing when we lived at the cook house.  

Crue fell in love with this dog while we were living at the cook house.  Even now he will ask to go back and visit the dog.  And yes, the poor boy is wearing a pink snowsuit.  That's what happens when the builder doesn't have our house done on time so all our snow stuff is still boxed up somewhere.  Crue didn't mind though.  He actually loved it and several times I would go check on the kids during the night only to find that he had changed out of his pajamas and into the snowsuit.  

We really got lots of cuddle time in.  Little Anna decided she needed to be held at ALL times...day and night.  

Another family party at my Dad and Holly's.  Gotta love the life size cutout of Sam.  He is currently serving in Oklahoma.

The grandkids.

Crue, Ashlyn, and Caitlyn

Holly did her annual Christmas Craft Day with the grandkids.  This year they made these cute snowman wind chimes.  Here Alexa is finishing up one of them.  

Ri and Claire with their wind chimes.

Grandpa and Anna

 The week before Christmas we were finally given the keys to our house.  We were so excited to finally get moved once and for all and then what happens...it snows and snows and snows some more.  We already had about six inches on snow on the ground  and then it snowed another 15 inches on the day that we were going to move.   It was such a bummer to have to put moving off for a few more days.  All our stuff was being stored in a shed behind my Aunt's house and the snow made it pretty much impossible to get it all for a few days.  We finally moved into our new home three days before Christmas.

 Christmas Eve with me and my girls.  


Our three amazing children in their Crhistmas pajamas.

Crue got this great train set for Christmas and he played with it nonstop for days.  



When the kids grandma asked what Claire wanted for Christmas, Claire really wasn't sure but finally mentioned that she wanted some wind-up chattering teeth.  Luke and I were laughing so hard when Claire opened up a gift and inside were her chattering teeth.   


The kids also got some snow paint which they totally loved.  



We went ice-skating with the family.  

My mom, Crue and Luke. 


Claire was really getting the hang of it this year and by the time we left she was skating by herself.

Crue didn't do too bad either and ever since we went he happens to mention ice-skating in every prayer he says.  In fact every time he blesses the food the prayer is entirely about going ice skating again.  

Our sweet Anna all ready for church in her new Christmas dress


Our favorite person came to visit us.  We sure love Abbey.

New Years Eve was pretty quiet around our place.  We bought a pizza, a bunch of treats, and just stayed home watching movies.  After the crazy year we had, it was nice just to be all together at home.  It was perfect.  


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