The BIG Hill

We only have a few more days home with the kids before school starts back up and we decided to try out the HUGE hill by our house. The kids were so excited because they remembered how big it was since it is right next to the pool.

We got there and the kids were gone in a flash. Brian kept telling them not to go to the very top because they would get going to fast.

Luke and Brian stuck to a little hill

Here is how most of the rides down the hill ended

Then Brian finally got a hold of one of the kids' sleds, walked all the way to the top of the hill where he forbid the children to go, and went FLYING down the hill. I thought he was going to break a something. He was going so fast and crashed so hard. He determined that he was right, the children should not go that high!

We all had a great time and ended this awesome day with dinner at Lone Star with friends.

Christmas - Part 3

After tons of playing, naps, and dinner we finished up the presents.

Brian got Ollie this bath set, it was perfect and she loved it!

Nerf Guns for the boys and a pink scooter for the girls

All the kids slept wonderfully on their pillow pets!

It was the greatest Christmas ever. I loved taking it slow and spending time with the kids one on one playing all their new special stuff! I can't wait for next year!

Christmas - Part 2

After we finished breakfast and played for a while with all the new stuff we headed back into the Living Room to start opening the rest of the gifts. This went on for hours and we finally opened the last gifts around 6pm. We played as we went and it was so perfect. It might have been my favorite Christmas to date.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Kai's construction set

Olivia's PINK baseball bat

Olivia got me this picture of her and I from her school. I LOVED it!

Ethan's much wanted Magic Kit

Luke's Train table, trains and tracks

New bedspread

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Christmas - Part 1

This year Brian and I decided to do Christmas a little different then we had in the past. When the children woke up they would open stockings and play with their gifts from Santa, while we got breakfast ready and ate together.

This year Santa left Olivia an iPod Shuffle, and she can't be found without those ear buds in. She didn't ask Santa for an iPod, she asked for "a bunch of girls to keep Ethan and Kai out of her room," but she decided that this was even better then what she asked for.

Ethan got Legos

Kai got roller blades. He wanted Ice Skates but we think Santa knew that he would only get to use them a few times a year, but the roller blades he can use everyday.

Luke got Shoots and Ladders, but all he wanted was candy.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve started with the opening of the Christmas jammies, we checked Santa's location one last time on norad, put out cookies for Santa and the reindeer food, the we all headed back into the Living room to read from Luke 2 about the Birth of the Savior. It was a perfect night!

Kai was of course doing the robot in his robot PJ's, and Olivia joined in on the fun!

Luke got knocked down in the mist of all the kids doing the robot, but Olivia snuggled him up and he was magically all better!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Duncan at it Again

This morning we woke up to this surprise left by Duncan.

Kai came up to our room, where Brian and I were still sleeping, to announce that Duncan had written his name in "Purr Vanilla." We hurried downstairs to see the damage and quickly realized that it wasn't Pure Vanilla but Chocolate Syrup.

Next, we need to figure out where Duncan would be watching us from today.

They found him right away!

Of course they asked to lick up the chocolate, and of course I said yes. Olivia wanted no part of that and just kept saying "Yuck, Yuck, Yuck!"

Lukie wanted in on the action. He didn't like it though, one lick was enough for him!

Tonight Duncan will go back to the North Pole with Santa. See you next year Duncan!