Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas with both of our families. It started with Christmas Eve at my parents house, with Liz, Jesse, Natalie, Addison, Kristen, Andy and my parents. Santa even came to my parents house and brought each of the kids a present! All 3 of our kids actually gave Santa a hug (which is a surprise, considering the last time they saw Santa - see my earlier post). And of course, before Santa left, Jayden, Natalie, and Papa had to do ring-around-the-rosie with Santa (which is a tradition Jayden started when she was 2 years old!)

Then on Christmas Day, we had all of Corey's family over to our house - Luke, Jared, Shawn, Lori, Ashlyn, Derek, Brandon, Shawn Jr., Grandma Riedel, Scott and Lorraine. We had the heat on in our garage, so the kids (and Jared, Luke, Corey) could play Playstation games and Singstar (a singing competition). It was nice, because then the rest of us could watch movies or play with the little kids and didn't have to hear the horrible singing going on outside (haha!) :)

The night ended with Uncle Luke and Uncle Jared spending the night, since Luke was only in town for a few days before flying back home to Virginia. But at about 9:00pm, Jayden woke up puking!! :( Her stomach just couldn't handle all the sweets, etc. from the holiday. Poor girl! This has happened a few times before, so we are now aware that she has a sensitive stomach to junk food.

Here are some pictures from Christmas - Enjoy!!

Pictures with Santa

Well, last week we decided to take the kids after work one night to get pictures with Santa at the mall. Last year, it went very well and we got a nice picture. THIS year, on the other hand, was not so good. Landon started crying so hard when he got close to Santa and then Peyton decided he didn't want to sit on Santa's lap either. We tried even having Corey and I in the picture too, so the boys could sit on our laps instead, but the boys wouldn't let it happen. So, we got a nice picture of Jayden and Santa together. She told Santa what she wanted for Christmas, which was a Barbie house and Barbie car. At the end, Peyton ended up giving Santa a high-five and hugging him - which we quickly snapped a picture of! :) Hopefully, next year goes a little better.

On another note - the boys' ear surgery went very well and they are recovering great! Hopefully, this means less doctor visits and antibiotics this winter!! :)

November - gone already?

I know it's been a long time since I have posted any pictures, but I feel like November went by SO fast - I can't believe it's only 21 days until Christmas! Anyhow, I thought I would post some pictures from throughout the month of November - starting with a picture of me and the kids on my 29th birthday (with a BEAUTIFUL cake made by Jayden and Daddy), pictures from Natalie's 1st sleepover at our house, Thanksgiving, Jayden's Christmas program at school and baking cookies with the girls. It was a busy month and December is going to be even busier! The boys have been sick with ear infections, sinus infections, etc. for most of the last month, so one BIG event happening in December (next week) is they are both getting tubes put into their ears (for the 2nd time) and their adenoids taken out. Our niece, Natalie, also had this done when she was younger and she did really well, so we are praying that the boys' surgeries go smoothly too! Well, enjoy all the pictures! :)

Halloween 2010

We had a very busy weekend celebrating Halloween. It started on Friday afternoon when we took the kids downtown Chippewa Falls trick-or-treating. Then we went to visit Grandpa Scott and Grandma LoLo to show them the kids costumes. Lastly, we went to visit Grandma Karen (Papa was hunting at the cabin). Then on Saturday, we went over to Liz and Jesse's house for a Halloween party (kids too!) On Sunday, we headed to Urgent Care in the afternoon, because the boys' ear infections were not getting better (we had a ROUGH night on Saturday) and got on different antibiotics. Finally, Dad took Jayden out trick-or-treating around our neighborhood and she only lasted about 30-40 minutes, before she said "I have enough candy, I want to go home and see Mommy." :)

Grandpa Scott's Farm

Last weekend we brought the kids out to Grandpa's farm. He has cows, chickens, rabbits, and kitties. The kids LOVED it! They loved chasing the kitties around and feeding the chickens. They had so much fun - they didn't want to leave! If it wasn't for the rainy weather, we could have stayed there for hours. Here are some pictures of the kids with the animals. Notice the one of the baby chick inside Landon's hood. :)

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch last weekend with my family and the kids loved it! It was pretty cold out (only 47 degrees!), but that didn't bother them at all. They loved playing in the bounce house and climbing up the haystacks and sliding down the slides. They also had a petting zoo there, with goats, llamas, puppies, kittens and ponies. The kids had so much fun feeding the animals and also holding the puppies. I fell in love with a little "puggle" (mix between a pug and beagle) - but that will have to wait a few years - our house is already a zoo!! :) Here are some pictures from the pumpkin patch.