Christmas Time

We were truly blessed with another wonderful Christmas. The King neices and nephews came over and we made cookies for Santa (this was so much fun)! We visited Chris' MaMa who is in the nursing home. We ate lots of food and we opened even more gifts. The kids had a ball and the adults did, too. The most popular gift at our house this year is the Wii. It is so cute watching Owen (who is 3) play "boxy-bowling". When his gets a spare or strike, he says "Yes! I got a spare!" But when he doesn't, look out. He typically responds, "Dang it, I wanted a spare!" Yes, I know how that looks on me, but it could be worse. My vice word is usually, "Ah, crap!" Ben is a natural, of course. He and Chris LOVE guitar hero. Matt loves the Ben 10 and Star Wars games, go figure. But he does have a mean bowl! His form is very unconventional, but it works for him!! My favorite gifts were a Blackberry (from Chris), a new camera and 1000 thread count sheets from Mom and Dad, and a hard floor cleaning system from Butch and Beckie! Enjoy the pics.

Snow Day

December 16 and 17 we were dismissed from school because of ice. The boys love to play outside in the snow, but it was a bit more challenging since it was actually ice! The snow angels didn't really turn out! I thought the pics were cute, though. As you can tell, Ben and Owen had a ball outside. Matt, however, chose to spend his day a little differently. Not a completely bad idea!

Here are a couple pics from our Halloween and Thanksgiving celebrations. The boys are so cute in their costumes (Matt and Ben wanted to be scary). Matt said that he wanted to be the grim reaper and I told him that sounded a little morbid. He replied, "Mom, what's the point of Halloween if you can't wear a scary costume!" I couldn't really argue with that so I gave in. When visiting an older couple in town, they invited us onto their porch for receiving treats. When Matt walked in, the older gentleman shook his cane at Matt and said "Get out of here, Reaper!" Matt, in his extremely dry voice said, "Geez, I'm just a kid in a costume!" CLASSIC! The other two little guys (Batman and Robin) are Will and Andrew (Brian's boys). The girls arrived a bit later and my camera batteries went dead-typical.