Christmas Eve

We had a great Christmas! We stayed home this year and just had Christmas with our little family. We have started some of our own traditions and love making these fun memories. Christmas Eve we made little pizzas for dinner and then made our cookies for Santa. This year we decided to just use sprinkles on the cookies instead of frosting them. After all the frosting Santa got last year on his cookies from Jaygen, he was probably glad! :) Todd read the Christmas story while the boys acted it out with their nativity. They had lots of fun with that.







Then the boys opened their Christmas Eve present. This year instead of pj's or slippers they got capes. They loved them and spent the rest of the night running around the house "killing the bad guys"! There went the Christmas spirit! :)

When we finally got the boys in bed, Pace wouldn't stop crying because he didn't want Santa to come to our house. (Do you remember the picture of Pace sitting on Santa's lap?!) The poor little boy is scared to death of Santa.

Jaygen's Big Performance!

Jaygen had his preschool Christmas program a couple nights ago and oh my heck, he was so excited. He has been practicing his songs for us for weeks, including in the post office as loud as he could. Well, the big night finally came and he was practicing his songs in the truck driving to the program and when he finished singing, he cleared his throat and said "My voice is warmed up now." Todd and I laughed so hard at him. Well, we get to the performance and Jaygen only sang a couple of the songs. When we got home I asked him why he didn't sing like he had been practicing and he said "Because the other kids were singing so loud you wouldn't be able to hear me." We recorded the program and came home and watched it and that made it all better. Jaygen wanted to watch it over and over again. I think he liked watching himself on TV!

The Duck Hunt

Todd has been dying to go duck hunting and finally got a chance to. Between all the guys that went, they shot 15. Todd only hit two but the guys were nice enough to send three home with him. Jaygen and Pace waited all day to see the ducks when dad got home. They think their dad is SO cool (he is!) and can't wait until they get to go with him. Poor little Briggs doesn't know what is ahead of him! :)

Here Comes Santa Claus!

Every year it seems that Thanksgiving comes and goes faster and before we know it Christmas is here. This year it especially did for me with having a new baby. We decided to stay home this year for Thanksgiving and my mom and dad and my sister and her family came to our house. We had a good time and my mom cooked a yummy Thanksgiving dinner. I don't know what I would do without my mom. She has been the biggest help for me with just having a baby. I appreciate so much her coming and taking care of Jaygen and Pace while I was in the hospital. I even came home to a spotless house! Then she came back during her Thanksgiving break and cooked us all a great Thanksgiving dinner. Thanks mom - you are the best!!

To end our Thanksgiving weekend we went to the light parade and to see Santa Claus. You could tell Jaygen was a little nervous to sit on his lap, but excited at the same time. Pace on the other hand was scared to death. He cried harder than he does when we take him to nursery, which I didn't think was possible! :) Needless to say, Todd ended up in the picture with Santa. He was thrilled!! Jaygen asked Santa for a train table and lots of trains. Pace didn't have a chance to put his order in since he was buisy crying, although, he did give Santa a quick high five. Pace is still telling us "No ho ho"! Little Briggs managed to sleep through it all just as peaceful as could be!