Merry Christmas 2008!!!

Well, I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas and are looking forward to the new year. Our families Christmas was mostly good! We didn't really have a lot going on so we were able to take our time and just chill out at home. Christmas morning the kids slept in until after 9, which was kind of nice. Brooklyn had been throwing up the morning before, so she needed rest. They both woke up in good spirits and were very happy to see that Santa had brought what they wanted plus some. Brooklyn got a My 1st Dollhouse with all the accessories. Silas got a Batcave with some accessories, a big styrofoam plane and a bb gun. They both also got a big kitchen set. They were just so excited that we had to remind them that we had stockings and presents to open.
After we got everything unwrapped and a huge mess throughout the house, we went over to Grandma Lisa's for some breakfast pizza and more gifts. We stayed over there for most of the morning and then came back home to enjoy all our new toys. I cooked a Christmas ham with all the other good stuff and Sam's brothers and friend Dalton came over to share it with us.
After dinner, our Christmas took a little turn- Brookie started to not feel good again. She just wanted to drink water but as soon as she would drink it she would either throw it up or it would end up in her diaper and all over. That lasted for a couple hours. She finally got to sleep with something in her belly. After awhile Sam and I started to both not feel well. I went to bed and he followed soon after. About a half hour later- both of us at the same time were in the bathroom throwing up. It was not cool at all. It is kind of funny looking back at it now! Sam was up most the night- but I just had to throw up once and I felt much better. Yesterday we were able to chill out at home again. The kids were enjoying their new toys and having fun! Brooklyn was feeling better. Sam had a bad headache most the day. It was really nice just being able to be home with just us! We truly hope that you all had a Merry Christmas! Thanks to all who sent us Christmas wishes! We really love knowing that people think of us this time of year! We wish you all the greatest and happiest New Year!

December 08 Highlights

Well, I hope everyone had a great Christmas!!!!! Before I share the photos and highlights of our Christmas, I wanted to share these highlights from this past month. The kids got to make their 2nd annual Gingerbread house. We met up at the church one afternoon with a bunch of friends and put together our houses. The kids enjoyed hearing 'Miss Heather' tell the story of Christmas with fun toys! The kids really enjoyed putting the candy on the house as well as eating it!
The kids and I also made some sugar cookies and decorated them at home. It was a fun, messy activity that they had so much fun doing. The kids enjoyed the frosting more than the cookies.
We also got some early Christmas gifts from my side of the family. The family party was in AZ on the 13th, we got the gifts on the 11th and couldn't wait to open them. They were so excited to open something. Silas got a really cool Batman wings and mask set! Brookie got a color set and a baby doll. Sam got Carhart stuff and I got a new Crockpot and mixer!!! Just what we all wanted.
Last but not least, Silas was able to be in our churches children's Christmas musical this year. He was part of the manger scene. He was a dog. I'm pretty sure there were dogs there. He looked so cute in his little costume. They didn't really have to do anything but stand there and he did a pretty good job!
Well those were the highlights that I hadn't posted but wanted to. I am putting together our Christmas slideshow so I will post that soon. I hope you all are looking forward to the start of 2009! We hope you will visit again soon!

Dear Santa,

Well, the Saturday after Thanksgiving I helped the kids write their letters to Santa! This is something that I grew up doing and I loved the whole excitement of Santa Claus. It's something that we never questioned doing with our kids. The kids had looked at the Fisher-Price catalog and both found something that they wanted for Christmas. I kind of convinced them to ask Santa for it.
So we started our activity by cutting out what they wanted from the magazine. Brooklyn wants a Dollhouse like her friend Sydney with all the people and furniture. I wrote Brookie's letter and she helped me write her name. She got to glue the pictures to the back of her page. Then she wanted to color on hers. Silas wants a Batcave with the Batmobile and the Joker. He needed help with his letter but definately not his name. He also glued but didn't color. Then we folded them up, put them in an envelope and sent it on its way to the North Pole. They really enjoyed this and I know will look forward to it each year!

O Christmas Tree

Well, it is that time of year again! Can you believe it? Last Sunday we put up our Christmas tree and the kids got to decorate it pretty much by themselves. They really liked seeing all the ornaments and finding out where each one came from. The kids finally got to open the ornaments that they chose for this year. Silas chose Diego on a snowboard and Brookie chose Strawberry Shortcake also on a snowboard. Daddy jumped in and helped put the star on just like last year. We thought we would have issues with the tree being undecorated and redecorated over and over, but after the first day Brooke now knows that it looks prettier with the ornaments on the tree. We finally put lights up in our house yesterday, so I am getting into the Christmas spirit! The kids seem excited, but "it's just takin so long" as Silas says. I am looking forward to sending out our Christmas cards this next week. I hope that you all are preparing for Christmas and are enjoying it!!