Saturday, December 26, 2009

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! Having kids makes it just that much funner to do everything, they definetely help Kyle and I get in the spirit! Every age with Grace has been so much fun, and this was Kohen's 1st Christmas!! I love my kids so much, and I have enjoyed this Holiday with my family more than ever!


Chloe and her rope .... Santa was even good to the doggies! Ropes from the dollar store!


Hatchet and Rocky ... who's tougher ??


Babies 1st Christmas !!! Buggie got a snuggie!!


Grace's new princess castle!! She has been loving to play with this ... now where to keep it!?! hmmmm
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Ko-bug and his new toy that sings and makes a lot of noise!


Grace and her 7 new barbie princesses!!! Lets see there is Jazmine, Belle, Sleeping Beauty, Tiana, Cinderalla, Snow White & Little Mermaid! Grace and I went to see Princess and the Frog a few weeks ago. I can't say it was my favorite disney movie, but it was cute.


Santa Claus ... ho ho ho
Grace made some reindeer food at Jackies (sitter) to put outside in the snow so that Santa and his reindeer could find us easy!! Do you love how Grace dresses herself?? I do :)


Brother & Sister ... Merry Christmas!!!!


Do you love Kyle's hair? Even better, do you love the fact he is holding Chloe in his lap?? The dog he swears he doesn't like ... and now I finally have proof that he does!! I have been trying to tell everbody for months that he really does love her, even though he talks trash =)


Kohen in his Christmas jammies! Too cute! He needed jammies so bad, he is growing so fast! The last few days he has been getting up on his knees a little and dragging himself across the room. He will be up and crawling any day! He has sure learned how to get around! He also cut 2 teeth on the bottom this last week. We love him so much, he is such a joy to our family!


Grace in her new jammies, princess style of course!! My pictures uploaded backwards, can ya tell? I was too lazy to move them around =)


Kohen LOVES the tree! I let him sit and mess with it for awhile ... what the heck, Grace already re-arranged it 50 times! We used to have a really big green tree that took like 6 days to put together (ha ha) ... so the last few years I have been loving our pre-lit tree that comes in only 3 peices and takes 10 minutes to fluff! Our theme is mostly snowmen with a few other things too!


Kohen loves to eat the wrapping paper .. yumm!! This is Christmas Eve, the kids get to open jammies and a movie. We got "Up" this year and it was actually pretty darn cute!


We had Kyle's little family over for a yummy ham and funeral potato dinner ... and of course presents! Grandma spoiled all the kids with a DS!! We just found out that Sherrie (Kyle's Mom) and Dennis (her boyfriend) have decided to finally get married in Florida this January!


Grace has been loving puzzles and games, we have been having a lot of fun with them lately!


My family Christmas party was held at my pad this year. We had breakfast and exchanged presents. We draw names every year and it's always fun! This is the beautiful xmas sweater that Erik got me (ha ha ... it's so ugly!!!). Val gave it to him last year, it was hilarious ... now what to do with it next year .. hmmmmm watch out ya'll !!


Heee heee ... this is Addi's reaction to seeing Breanne open her Jacob poster, I missed Grace's reaction due to the fact my camera takes too long!! Kyle and I want a NICE one so bad ... one day =)


Jax, Tatum, Breanne & Addi .... look how big the kids are getting!!!


Grandma, Grandpa, Kohen & Kyle watching the kiddies open gifts. The family party was a success, we had a great time! I didn't get very many good pictures, and not even of everbody .. next time!


A friend at work had extra spots on a reserved bus out at Thanksgiving Point to see the lights! Kohen and Grace loved it, it was a nice night out! They had reindeer that we got to check out too, but no Santa!! We actually never made it to see Santa this year (oh well)!


Grace had a pre-school x-mas program where they sang lot's of Christmas songs and played instruments. I loved every minute, it was so cute! I couldn't believe how many songs they all knew!! This is the cute dress that Grandma Casper bought for Gracie to wear during the Holidays! Thanks Grandma =)

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Gingerbread Cookies

One of my very favorite family traditions is to make gingerbread cookies with my family!! It's a lot of work, and an all day thing, but well worth it!! We decorate, cook & frost tons of them. Mmmmm they are so good!!! I think we made 75+ plates this year!!!

Kayla & Violet

Teyah, Grandma & Tatum

Addi & Hope

Jax & Tatum (congrats to Jax who was just baptised yesterday!)

Ann & Erik

Valerie rolling out the dough

Meredith & Kyle

Grace and Kyle

Grandma & Grandpa Casper

The oldest of the cousins, Breanne

Friday, December 4, 2009