Christmas Eve

Kaden & Tanner showing off their new Christmas jammies

We spent Christmas Eve and Universal Orlando. We had a great time riding the rides and watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It was such a fun show and the boys loved it.

Kaden and Cari with a Who...they are kinda freaky looking!
Aaron and Cari
Tanner having fun with the confetti left from the parade

She's Back

My Cousin Cari is back from Colorado to spend the Holidays with us. As you can see my boys love her and missed her so much!

TERRIFIC KID

Kaden was chosen to be the Terrific Kid for December. He was so excited to get an award and especially excited for the BIG cookie he got!

Here is what his teacher said about him..
"Kaden is a very kind and thoughtful young man! I am very proud of him and how well he does academically and socially. Good Job!"

Great job little man..we are so proud of you!

Our Family Christmas Card -- 2008

Ft. Lauderdale

Last Friday we drove down to Ft. Lauderdale with Deryl, Kate and the kids to meet up with Steph & Bryan. They were spending the day there after returning from a cruise to the Bahamas. It was fun to see them and get to hang out with them for the day. We love and miss you guys and hope to see you again soon!

The Girls..Me, Kate, Steph & Elise

Kaden with his Aunt Stephie

Jason, Bryan & Aaron

Playing at the Beach

(a little chilly for the adults to play in the water, but the kids didn't mind)

Kaden, Bracken & Tanner

Too Early?

I know it's pretty early, but we already put up our Christmas tree. We bought a whole bunch of stuff last year after Christmas, so I was so excited to get it all out. I love having the house decorated for the Holidays, but the clutter feeling is already getting to me. I hope I can stand to have it all up for another 31 days!

I did it ..again!

I always say I am growing it out, but I was sick of it..ready for a change. I cut it all off..again! Surprising...I know! I guess this means I actually have to do my hair, no more putting it up everyday!

Seaworld

Face Painting

He won't wear a Halloween costume, but he will allow a stranger to paint his face........What?

He is definitely a 2 year old!

We took the boys to a Fall Festival last night with lots of fun bounce houses, slides, a rock wall, snow cones and cotton candy! I didn't have my camera, but here are the pictures I took of their faces when we got home. Tanner's Tiger face and Kaden's Spidey face.

Just Cause It's Funny

Kaden trying to hold Tanner's head up to look at the camera...this picture cracks me up! I bet you can just imagine the scream that came out!

And then it turned into this.....

Happy Halloween

Cute boys in their Halloween shirts

Tanner and Bella dog in her Tinker Belle costume


Spidey Kaden and Tinker Bella



Kaden wanted his face painted so he didn't have to wear his mask trick or treating..so here is my best attempt at a Spidey face.

Ready to carve their pumpkin

We waited for Aaron to get home to carve our pumpkin
(he had been gone all week on a business trip)

Kaden pulling out the pumpkin guts...of course Tanner wanted nothing to do with it..he hates to be messy!

Mommy and Tanner hanging out watching the boys carve the pumpkin.

Tanner and our finished pumpkin.

We went back to our old neighborhood to hang out with our friends Jeff and Judi and let the kids trick or treat with some of their friends.

Ms. Judi and Tan Tan

Trick or Treating