christmas 2010

Picture overload:

On Christmas Eve we went to Old Town to check out the luminaries.  They were lining all the sidewalks and streets and some roofs, it really was cool.

 In front of the church at Old Town they had a stable set up with animals, we were surprised at how eager Andrew was to get up on the donkey, after he refused to ride horses at the pumpkin patch.

 My parents and little sister Allie came and stayed a week with us, it was so fun to have them here!  

 Christmas morning and new P.J.'s...yes, Andrew's pajamas are not the cutest, but they are Buzz Lightyear, how could I not buy them for the kid?  Mabel is also wearing Minnie Mouse slippers that she got and LOVES.

 Andrew got everything Toy Story for Christmas.

 Mabel had a very girl Christmas, Disney princess shoes and dress up clothes, purses and jewelry.  It is so cute to see her dressing up.

 Spencer doubted some of my present choices for the kids, like the bean bag.  But he loves it, it has even been a point of contention between the kids.  

 Ryan got his "wish" that he "ordered" from Santa.  A dinosaur with a trigger that makes noise.

Little Lucy missed all of Christmas morning, but we did show her the beautiful quilt she got from her Grammy and didn't she look cute in her Christmas reindeer jammies?

Merry Christmas everyone!  It was a great Christmas for our family...is anyone feeling the post Christmas let down though?  You plan and get ready for Christmas for months and then it's over!  I'm keeping my tree up for a couple more days :)

dad's are more fun

when Dad is home he helps us build the biggest snowman the neighborhood has ever seen (and possibly hurt his back shoving those big balls up)

all mom wants to do is make us dress up in clothes we don't like and take pictures.

seriously, why does Mabel look so old in pictures recently???  The girl looks way older than 22 months.

1st snow!

Believe it or not, New Mexico does get snow :)  We got about 5 inches at our house and even got a school delay.  The kids have loved playing in the snow, the boys lasted for over an hour each day...Mabel, not so much.  But she did look cute in all her warm padding!

family pictures 2011

My friend Sharleen (who moved to Albuquerque not long after us..and just happened to be my V.T. companion at BYU, small world) took these pictures of our family at Old Town and I think they turned out great!  Our kids were so good, it's always stressful going into photo sessions with little kids, but it was a success!

We checked out the Christmas Corral this year with our cute little friend Jocelyn.  The kids had a blast and probably would have stayed there longer then the hour we were there, but I was cold :)

"A Merry Castle Christmas"

Andrew's Preschool has been studying castle life this quarter and ended up the year with their cute Christmas play.  Andrew said the final line of the play..."and they were happy when they lived in the castle".  

I have no idea what any other kid even said, in fact, I wouldn't have understood Andrew either if I hadn't known what he was going to say.  3 year olds talking into microphones is really funny.

After the short play, they sang and danced.  Andrew had his big Andrew smile on the whole time.

Our little knight after his preschool program.

Thanksgiving and Blessings

The baby girl cousins, just missing Ellie!  The baby girls were all born within 5 months of each other this year.

The rowdy kids table, notice drinks had already been spilled.

Talent Show-Mabel loves the stage.

The tired Dad's after a morning of shopping for the ladies.

Lucy is wearing my blessing dress...so if you were thinking it looks a little out of style, it is :)  But it was very sweet on her.

Lucy was blessed on the Sunday after Thanksgiving and we loved having family here to join us.

Thank you for coming Grange's!  We'll try to produce non-windy and less freezing weather next time :)