Choo Choo!

Christmas Trains! We've done this activity a few times over the last few years! It's great to have holiday traditions.

Oh Christmas Tree!

Every Christmas, we take pictures in front of the Christmas Tree! With out fail, every year, at least 1 of my kids does not want to do this....

But we prevailed. This Christmas we did it "Dave Ramsey" style...nobody got anything new...

Kerra wore her dress from last year, Alena managed to get some cute hand-me over clothes from a friend, and they both wore hair bows from last year. Marc and David just wore dress shirts they already had....but it worked!

We made it through a 2nd Christmas on CASH!!!

The Girls!

The Boys!

Snow at Last!!!

After moving from Arizona, the kids were excited to play outside in the snow & build their first snowman this winter season! They then begged for snowsuits & snow boots to play outside in the snow at school & at home....Thankfully, a friend brought some to us!!!

Now, however, since it is February, & it has snowed A LOT, the kids are saying, "not again" as it snows...& they wish they could go back to Arizona.

The fun in the snow was short lived--only the first 2-3 snows they enjoyed...but since it took about a month to melt, they quickly grew tired.

More Halloween Fun!

Every year for the past few years, we always eat "Monster Brains" for Halloween! They are so delicious.

Pumpkin Carving

Every Fall, we carve pumpkins! The kids absolutely love Halloween & fall!


David had a blast with his Monster Pumpkin.



Whoahh!!! Marc has a huge pumkin!




Alena's pumpkin was too big to hold for her picture!