Happy Love Day!

Wishing you and your family nothing but L.O.V.E  this Valentine's Day. 

 These three are the L.O.V.E.S of my life! Dan is taking us to lunch this afternoon and I am cooking a special "candle light" dinner for Dan and the kids. 

One of Those Days...

Wordless Wednesday!

My little Momma Hen to the Rescue.

Our Week in Big Bear

The week before Christmas we got to spend a week with some of my In-laws in Big Bear. It was right after all that snow they got, so it was perfect for the kids to go sledding and boarding.

Jackson got to snowboard for the first time, which Dan and I have been really nervous excited to do. He did awesome! His very first try he went down the hill all by himself!!! It was terrifying for me. I kept telling him wait for me and Daddy and he kept saying I can do this! I can do this! I was like no! While Dan and I were putting our bindings on he got up and went down like a champ! He didn't know how to stop and he was going so fast, but he made it all the way down to the bottom where he eat it, and busted his lip. It didn't even phase him. He got right back up and started again. Dan and I got to go down with him a couple of times and then his 4 hour class started. They pretty much worked on getting them to fall right and how to stop. It was freezing and icy and by the end of the day Jackson was exhausted.

The place where we stayed was perfect. Right out side the back door was a huge hill for sledding and the adults kids took full advantage of it. 

 

It was my Mom's birthday on the 21st of Dec so she came up and spent the day with us. The kids had a blast sledding with her. She is a big kid herself. Happy Birthday Mom!

While we were up there we decorated ginger bread houses. Boys vs. Girls. Of course the girls one!

Thank you Mike and Andrea! We all had a blast especially the kids! :)

Christmas 2011

This Christmas was really special because it was the first year that both Jack and Elle really understood the meaning of Christmas. The were able to genuinely get excited at the thought of Santa leaving presents under the tree for them and so it was exciting for Dan and I to see that. After all isn't it the best part of Christmas to see your kids faces light up on Christmas morning?!

Elle was a excited about Santa, but a little apprehensive about him being in the house while she slept. Haha! One time when she was asking about Santa, I told her, " Santa can't come until you go to sleep then he will come! " She replied with, " He isn't coming in my room!? right?" haha!

All Jackson wanted was Nerfguns! It was all he talked about!! Next year I am going to have to step up my hiding skills. Jackson found a couple nerf guns in our closet ( he had to be snooping, they were covered with a blanket) and asked me about them. I told him that those were for Andy and the look on his face was pure disappointment. Pure disappointment then turned to anger. He could not understan how he could ask Santa for Nerfguns then I would by them for some one else. I felt horrible! I thought for sure he was traumatized. Now he tells me that he can't trust me! O'great my 4 year can't trust me!

This was my favorite Christmas morning picture. It was Elle opening her gift that Jackson picked out for her at his Christmas boutique...It was the Cutest book! Thank Goodness for Little Girls was the name of it. He was beyond excited for her to open it and you could how much it meant to him that she liked it. :)

Both of our Moms spent the night and got to spend Christmas morning with us, we love having them over and being a apart of those memories. They both have not missed a morning with us since Jackson first Christmas!

Jackson's favorite gift was this bug habitat, but not for real bugs they are these weird electronic bugs that move like 100 miles an hour. So much for the Nerf guns! haha! He loves the Nerf guns too though we have family nerf gun wars weekly! And can I say, " I am so over finding bullets, everywear!" I even found one in the fridge the other day and my undies draw! These kids!

Baby's favorite gift was her new very own princess bike and her princess umbrella. She has wanted an umbrella for quite some time now and she finally got it! 

The last picture is of my hubby and Bailey. Bailey is going to be 9 years old this year!!

Christmas night we had both sides of our family over for a prime rib dinner, that came out amazing! Wish I had more pictures of Christmas night, but I just didn't have time.


We hope you had an amazing Christmas this year! Merry Christmas!

Happy New Year!

celebrating New Years eve at our house for the kids. Instead of counting down to midnight we counted down to noon. Much better!