xmas eve

We were at home on xmas eve and opened up our gifts from each other. Max really enjoyed his new things (even the girls liked his toys)! Macy loved her new angel wings, slippers, wand, and tiara from Madison, and Maddie loved her Bitty Baby's new ballerina outfit from Max (Macy's got a swimsuit outfit).

Friends

We went to the Wilderness a couple of Fridays ago to visit Jesse's best friend from High School, Barry, and his wife and son, Jaz and Wyatt. Here the kids are watching a movie and eating popcorn in Wyatt's room. We were able to see them Christmas day as well. The kids really enjoy playing together, and we look forward to seeing them again soon!

Xmas at the School's

We started celebrating xmas last weekend at Grandpa School's house in Kaukana. We stayed overnight at Aunt Alice's house Sat. night. We were able to visit my friend Christine and her family - Sullivan is 3 days younger than Max. Sunday we went to Aunt Barb's house for xmas with my Dad's family. Busy weekend, but we love to see our family and friends!

Madison's Christmas Program

Madison had her first xmas program for preschool last Friday. Jesse and I were able to leave work for the hour and meet up with Robin and the kids to watch. She looked so sweet and was super excited. She loved her wings that they made and was happy to know she got to keep them forever! Max kept moving when I was taking the pictures so they turned out a little blurry. Luckily we have the whole thing on tape, and we were able to share it with relatives last weekend at our family xmas celebration. I took a few short videos from the camera to post on here, so it will give a little glimpse of the program. Enjoy!

New window seats

Last year, we had someone custom make window toy boxes for our dormers upstairs. Our friend, Kristi (on her maternity leave), made cushions for them so the girls could read in there. They were very excited, and we know that this will be a favorite place to read in the future.

More parties!

We had our annual party at our friends house, the Krieski's. Santa paid a visit and brought puzzles for everyone! Macy loved her Brown Bear puzzle, and asked for it right away the next morning. Santa talked about hearing how the girls were doing from our elf, MoJo, and that Madison would soon earn her Ariel doll! The little guy, Tyler, was born in Oct. Another great friend for Max! We are truly blessed with so many great friends!

Play Date

We had some friends over last Monday and the snacks were a big hit! Poor Maya couldn't

eat all of the choices we had, but Keely was prepared with puffs!