Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas! Can you believe that Oggie and I woke up before the kids at 9:00?!?! We were tired! Of course, Santa and his two elves worked until 2:00 in the morning building two workbenches and one kitchen. Santa's youngest 13 year old elf was happy to help, and was excited to use his new tools from Christmas Eve. I can't believe I didn't get any pictures from mom and dad's house. We went there for Christmas dinner, and it was soooo yummy! Then that evening we went back out to Weisenhorn's for leftovers that were also soooo yummy! It was a really good day! We hope you all had as wonderful a day as we had! Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Christmas Eve 2010

Christmas Eve was bitter sweet this year. Normally I would go in and see grandpa and grandma to give them their gifts. Then I would head back home to do Christmas Eve with the Weisenhorn family. Well, I did the same but how different it was without grandma. I can't imagine what grandpa is going through; my heart breaks for him. Of course I feel so sorry for dad also. It was a nice Christmas, yet so sad at the same time. Looking back at pictures of last Christmas Eve, oh how clueless we were as to what 2010 would bring to our family. But, it's important to remember that there are blessings with trials. Anyway, we did have a good time and here are some of those pictures.

Oggie and I snapped a good picture, and then I realized that some sticky fingers from gingerbread house construction had touched my lens--hmmmm. . . Caylee :o). So, then when I snapped another picture, Oggie had to be a goof and stick an olive to his front teeth. Of course I told him that it was going on the blog!

Caylee got this really cool ladybug tent. The kids had so much fun playing with it when we got home. You should have seen her when we got it set up. She was jumping up and down and laughing and squealing and clapping her hands. All of the kids loved it, and if you look hard enough in one of the pictures, you will see a rather hairy adult leg. :o)

Connor and Cade got these really cool VReaders and they absolutely love them!! Connor calls it his IPod Touch. :o)

Then it was time to throw out some reindeer food that Connor made at school. Christopher wanted to go hunting for some reindeer food for himself. :o)

Parade of Lights

A few weeks ago, we went to the Parade of Lights in Lamar. We had never been to it before, but it was a lot of fun. It really wasn't very cold, which helped. We got Happy Meals and spread a blanket down on some grass in front of one of the banks. The kids looked so cute, and they loved the lights. Of course, Santa wrapped it all up on the last float. It was a lot of fun! Here are a few pictures--Christopher and Oggie didn't want to be in the pictures, of course. :o)

Gingerbread House Fun

In the past, we have always had Matthew over to make gingerbread houses. This year, however, Christopher felt too old to do such a childish thing, and schedules didn't match up. So, Kandace's kids and our three younger ones had a fun time building these sticky monstrosities instead. It was a lot of fun! We had lots of yummy food to eat beforehand. I made Oreo balls, chicken butts, deviled eggs, frozen strawberry punch, little smokey pigs in a blanket with homemade bread, rocky road, and cheese ball spread. I told Kandace not to bring anything, but she insisted on making tortilla wraps, which were delicious! We had grandpa out, and papa and nanny made it out later. It was a pretty fun night!