Ho, ho, ho.....and stuff!

So...I am a horrible blogger. We have been having so much fun, and I haven't taken the time for blogging and so when I DO decide to sit down and do a post...I have so many pictures that it turns into CRAZY LONG POST!!! So...bear with me, this is one of those CRAZY LONG POSTS! :) I was very nervous about putting Christmas up with an almost one-year old and it getting totally destroyed...BUT, to my surprise, we made it through the holiday season with no decoration fatalities. :) WHOO-HOO!! We have the Little People Nativity set, and set that up within reach of Kaden, and it kept him totally occupied and away from my other decorations.

He loved going right over to the sofa table, literally crawling right on top and bulldozing the nativity set. It was pretty funny.
Kaden, of course, thought he was HILARIOUS!

We had our ward Christmas party...the girls were super excited to wear their new party outfits, and of course, go up and sing some carols.

And Kaden was very excited to eat....rolls, rolls and more rolls!

Staring contest with dad....I think Kaden won. :)

Christmas eve consisted of yummy food, Wii Disney Karaoke, and of course, setting out cookies and a letter for Santa.

Christmas morning....PLEASE can we come down now?!?!

HE CAME!!!

The girls and their new Barbie scooters from Santa.

Opening their stockings....lots of glitter lotion, lip gloss, stickers, necklaces, rings....a girls' dream come true!

Kaden was NOT so sure of what was going on...and didn't really like being woken up so early!

Brooklyn was a master present opener....she was SO fast and had them open within seconds.

She was SO excited to see that Santa had brought her and Kylee guitars!

After getting used to all the craziness, Kaden was SO funny, he loved all his toys. Especially the Toy Story ride on toy! He loves Buzz!

Dad was just excited that out of all the toys, he only had to put together the Barbie scooters...he HATES putting toys together! :) Well, the Sunday before Christmas, we were all sick. Boo. So we took some Christmas Sunday pictures the Sunday AFTER Christmas.

Grandma and Brooklyn...we were so excited to have Grandma and Grandpa here with us for Christmas...even if it was only for a couple days, we love having them here!

Grandpa and Kaden....who was NOT having anything to do with pictures. FUN. :)

See what I mean?!! We tried so hard to get one of all 3 of them...but, with an 11-month old, this is what you get!

Kudos for anyone still reading this! :) Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!! We sure did!

We've been BuSy!!

So, I haven't been much for blogging lately....we have been so busy! :) Kylee has been doing basketball since the middle of October with games every Saturday morning and practice every Tuesday night. She LOVED it!!! She was the ONLY girl on the team, and most times the only girl on BOTH teams, but she has had so much fun playing and really made a huge improvement from the beginning of the season. Drew and I were able to coach the team, which was kinda crazy, but super fun!

10 five & six year olds....can you say a little NUTS?!

Our cute basketball girl!

Kylee and COACH!

Her dad even went out and bought her some "real" basketball shorts...apparently the cute black and pink ones I had for her were not "ballin' shorts." Whatever. :)

Yes, it was as crazy as it looks!

I love this picture...Drew did such a good job with the kids. He really helped alot of them, and the difference in the kids from the first game to last was incredible! They loved playing together as a team and were actually pretty good!

Now this little girl cracks me up on a daily basis. She is so funny lately. She is growing up and I don't know if I can handle it!! Ever since we took her first day of school pictures, whenever she has preschool, she makes me take her picture, in the same spot and the same poses. Doesn't she look so grown-up?!?

Such a little poser with her hand on her hip. Love the attitude...well, sometimes. :)

And then there is this little guy. Oh man is he fun. Absolutely crazy, but definitely fun! This was on the car ride home from Thanksgiving in IF. He HATES his car seat. HATES. IT. BAD. There is screaming and throwing things and crying and kicking. And it is a 5 hour drive. Fantastic.

This football helped. For 5 minutes. Maybe 6. Notice his big bruise on his forehead? Yeah...I have a feeling we have MANY more of these to come.

I don't know why I am so horrible at taking pictures. We were in IF with my fam for Thanksgiving, we had the craft fair, stayed at a hotel for a few days, stayed up at my aunt's cabin, and as you can see, not one picture. I am so mad at myself. But...it was EXTREMELY fun, playing and seeing everybody. And the blizzards were pretty fun too. From the inside looking out. :)

When we got home from IF, me and Christie (my cute sis-in-law) hit up Target for some AWESOME black friday shopping, at 2:45 in the morning. PHEW! That's early! But it was fun! Then the weekend consisted of crazy kids!! Kylee and Brooklyn thought it would be fun to sit in Kaden's high chair. And then I put the tray on and they couldn't get out...then I thought it was pretty funny.
Kaden's official say CHEESE smile!

My kiddos have got a pretty amazing aunt! Whenever she is here with us, they always have so much fun and she is a HUGE help to me!!! The Sunday before she left they put together a gingerbread house!It turned out super cute and they had a blast doing it...and a definite sugar rush too!

We also put up our Christmas decorations...Christie and Drew putting up the tree, and the girls a posin' away!

Totally took the picture looking into the windows, but here is Christie and Drew "fluffing" out the tree!

Every year Drew has been able to hold both the girls and let them put the star on together....well, this year was a little harder!

So we enlisted some help from Uncle Kyle and made it work!!

When Drew and Kyle were up on the roof putting the lights up, and Christie and I were cleaning up, the girls enjoyed some quiet time by the tree, reading some of our Christmas stories. LOVE this picture!

I am so thankful for this time of year, I LOVE the holidays!! Hope everyone is doing great and having a perfectly wonderful Christmas Season!!!