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Monday, December 21, 2009

Christmas in Westphalia

Our trip to Papa Roy & Grandma Janet's house landed on a beautiful day! We had lots of fun visiting & playing with family that we don't get to see very often. We also had another entertaining gift exchange where we all ended up getting really neat gifts! It's our lucky year!! After lunch & gifts the kids were able to go outside to burn off some energy. This also assisted in the planned nap time for the car ride home! It was another wonderful day with family!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Our visit to Santa....

We had to make a trip into Olathe so we decided we might as well try and see Santa too. Not only did we barely make it in line before his dinner break (we were the last to see him), we got extra lucky and the mall had an amazing train display up. The kids did great with Santa. Jaedin was just excited to tell him what she wanted, Talin couldn't believe he was seeing him in real life, and we're still not sure if Remingtin would have sat on his lap if her brother & sister weren't there. She just kept rubbing his beard and glove. We got lots of great pictures with Santa and everyone even got a sucker for the road! After we left Santa, we spent some time watching the huge train track. The kids were in awe ~ what fun memories!

First glimpse of Santa - he's here for real?!?!

Waiting in line with dad

Remingtin & Jaedin with Santa

Talin with Santa

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Christmas in Louisburg

We had a wonderful time at Great Grandpa & Grandma's house in Louisburg. The kids got way too spoiled and the adults had a lot of fun at our traditional gift exchange. Eric & I scored especially well this year with an awesome electric wine bottle opener, new wine glasses, and a glass pitcher. Hmmm...see a connection? We had a wonderful day with family!

{Trying to get a pic of all the cousins}

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Jaedin's Winter Music Program

We had another "first"...Jaedin's 1st Winter Music Program. What a show it was! We had to take a CD to her music teacher weeks ago (according to Jaedin) and have her copy the songs for us to have at home so Jaedin could practice! Jaedin even taught her brother & sister all the words & actions. It was a packed house the night of the program but all the kids did a wonderful job. It did bring a tear to my eye to see our little girl looking so grown up singing & dancing away. We are proud of you, Jaedin!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Franny the Frog

Each weekend a student in Jaedin's kindergarten class gets to take Franny the Frog home. We had lots of fun with our green visitor, documenting all our adventures. Franny even got to help us make our holiday sugar cookies, travel to Paxico, and go to Jaedin's basketball practice. I'm sure Franny was as tired as we were when the visit was over!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Snow Days = Fun Days

Snow Day #1

Talin loves "stay home days"

Art time

Barbies!!!

All bundled up and ready to play!

Snow Angels!

Talin & his snowfriend

How many kids will this sled hold?

One of the perks of being an educator is that beloved 5:45am phone call that says there is NO SCHOOL for the day because of snow & winter conditions. Lucky for us, it happened two days in a row! We have had a lot of fun hanging out at home, playing in the snow and and just being silly. We were also lucky to have cousin Paige join us. Here's just some of our fun...