Christmas Day

My brothers on Christmas Eve... ha ha you are going to wake up early too because of my kids!

On Christmas, Ian grabs his stocking and dumps it all on the floor so he can see what he got much faster.

He is very excited about the finger skateboard ramp Santa left him.

Guess he needs to brush his teeth better.

We got the boys used bikes for Christmas. We got awesome deals on them. One was free and just given to us and the other we got for $20 and it needed a new inner tube that cost us $11. So for both bikes in really good condition, we spent a total of $31. Awesome!

They both thought that this was the best present. The rode it the next day to the park and back and loved every minute of it. It was fun to take the entire family on a bike ride all together for the first time.

My little snow princess. Her vovo got that for her. Too cute.

Jack Skelington came to pass out the presents on Christmas morning at the grandparents house!

Baby's first barbie. She went straight for combing her hair and taking off the Barbie's clothes.

They got me a laptop! My computer has been on the fritz and I think will be crashing soon. So this is such good news to me! Let me say that they can find deals! Let's just say that Matthew's school is selling their outdated notebook computers that are refurbished for more money than this new, better notebook was bought for! Holy sale price batman!

Toy Story Wii game. 3D and Awesome. Look how involved they are.

Eric was given Beatles Rock Band. He was playing when the baby crawled in his lap while he was playing in the middle of a song and instantly fell asleep. Too funny.

Fabulous and soooooo yummy Christmas dinner. Doesn't it look beautiful?!

Wow. It was really good. I ate so much I just about popped!

Christmas Eve

Yeah! Christmas Eve at Knott's Berry Farm with the family. Loads of fun and no lines for most rides. It really was a wonderful day!

Breakfast at Knott's with the family. Yum yum, but too much food!

I was cold in the frosty morning and had forgotten to bring my jacket. So since Matthew had two and wasn't using one, I used his. If the sleeves were a little longer, I don't think it would have looked bad at all. I wore it the whole morning and in the evening. I think it will become a new fashion trend.

Grandma and Ian getting ready to soar in the hot air balloon!

Don't know. Eric must have put him up to this.

Matthew got to go on a couple of the rides by himself now that he is tall enough. He was soooooo excited and kept telling everyone that he is a party of one since he is tall now.

She wasn't sure about what to do on this at first. But once she got the hang of it she was running across the jumper and chasing Ian. She would even eat it big time and just laugh instead of cry. She is one fearless tough cookie!

These are the stunt show men. They were awesome and the boys loved it. And yes, one of them is wearing a hello kitty shirt. Part of the show, but I think he kind of likes it!

Hee hee.

How cute!

We were all getting on the mining ride but Eric had to stay behind with our sleeping baby. If you look at his face he is sticking out his tongue!

We lost the baby on the way down the bobsled run. Oh well, she was the weakest link I guess if she can't hold her own!

I know it was a bad picture but I cannot control the sun at the time of day we finally got on the stagecoach. I have never been on a real stagecoach before and it was really eye opening and tons of fun!

Yee-haw. We gonna wrassle us up some dinner folks!

Love Ian's Popeye look

Bright eyed

A Game of Chase

She loves her brothers and loves to play with them. Here she is chasing Ian all over the house and when she catches him she hugs him. Too cute!

Happy 4th Birthday!

I know there are a lot of pictures but i actually narrowed it down to a very choice few. Ian had his first birthday party ever! We decided to have it at MyGym since it was something special to him (he had a few months of classes there during the summer). It was amazing. The kids all had so much fun. I had so much fun. They really centered it around making Ian feel special and all the games involved Ian and his birthday. And best of all, I didn't have to set up, clean up, or even serve. They did it all for me and even packed the gifts up for us. It was heaven for everyone there!

My beautiful niece with my baby girl!

Brothers!

Monkey baby. She did this on her own. She was in heaven climbing on things and hanging. She also loved the spinning as shown in the video below. She is a little daredevil!

He loves to spin in this wheel.

This is called Space Flight. All the kids were able to ride on it. Ian went twice since it was his birthday.

Matthew's turn.

When her tongue is out, it means she is the happiest. She went on it and then tried to get back on each time they switched riders. It was funny.

Here the baby is hanging from the rings. She loved it and would not let go. We had to pry her fingers from it when it was time to take them down.

They really did a good job making Ian feel so special. Every game was Ian centered. Here he was the only one called to the center of the parachute while everyone fluffed it around him!

At the end, they brought a sled out and had all the kids sit in a circle. They dragged Ian around the circle many times at different speeds and as he passes the kids in the circle they give him a high five. So fun!

The buds! Ian has a mouth full of cupcake!

Ian wanted to have cupcakes instead of one cake. I asked if he wanted it in a design and showed him some possible designs at the store. He came up with a design all by himself. He wanted a Christmas tree. So I made one. And I think it actually came out really good!

I had extra cupcakes so I made it into a number 4. He wanted purple sprinkles on it and then at the last minute he said it needed skittles in the middle of each cupcake. So I did it and it made all the difference!