Christmas

This is the first time we have been home for Christmas in many years.  The kids enjoyed going to our home church and then having Grandma and Grandpa at our house to celebrate.

 We attended the Christmas Eve Candlelight service.

 Christmas morning was stockings and Jesus Birthday cake before church.

 Presents came after church.  Daddy got a late Birthday present...

 L models her new dress.

 D was so surprised to get Ninjago

 E loved opening her presents.

 L finally received the dolphin pillow pet she has wanted for months and months!

Cousin Christmas

The kids look forward to "cousin Christmas" and count down the days until we can all be together.

 We always get our "cousin picture"

 We try to do some type of craft.

 These are the super cute ornaments we made this year.

 The cousins do a gift exchange, each cousin giving one other cousin a gift.

 Grandma and Grandpa usually bless us with a gift as well...this year it was a wii and we have had a blast playing together as a family!

P celebrates another birthday

 Thanks to my sister's help in taking care of the kiddos, I was able to surprise P with a birthday over night to a Ranch, bed and breakfast style.

 The kids decided they wanted to make homemade gifts for their daddy.

They each presented their gifts and were so excited and proud of them.

E gets ready for soccer

E has been begging us to be on a "real soccer team."  So, we told her we would sign her up for spring soccer, which starts the end of Feb.  She has been outside practicing ever since we told her.  She is so ready!

 Her big brother has become her "coach", patiently working with her.

E celebrates her 5th b'day

 This is a "normal" pose for her...no prompting needed.

 Gifts and cinnamon rolls

 L is super excited to give E the gift she picked out for her

 Super cute froggy socks

 E is now into Barbies

 D also has a gift for E

 E has been asking for a scooter and was the only kiddo in the house not to have a two wheeled scooter...now she's all set!

 To celebrate we took one of E's friends (and her family) to Pump it up!

Happy Birthday my Five Year Old!!!