Christmas Morning

Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday Jesus and Happy Birthday Dad!

These first few photos were taken on Christmas Eve. Dad is the hardest person to shop for and the hardest person to surprise.

We had to hide one of his presents ...

Dad seriously needed a new broom. He also got an ipad but we didn't capture the photos.

Santa came and he wrapped our gifts this year!

It was all about Bionicles this year for Adam.

Legos and more Legos for Patrick.

This is Gresch...Adam has been waiting so patiently for him!

It was also a Christmas for little Lego People.

Tennis balls and lots of goodies for mom.

Adam has also been waiting for Buzz Lightyear.

This was a huge surprise for Patrick--Palpatine's Shuttle!

What's in your stocking? More Star Wars!

And our own bottle of coke!

The coke was the first thing Adam wanted opened.

Christmas Eve

I know it's March and I'm just getting around to Christmas. I have a lot of catching up to do-- a lot!

Here are some pics from Christmas Eve. After church and eating dinner with Aunt Allison, Uncle Matt, Katie, and Matthew. We came home to a family tradition and opening a few gifts.







Each year, the boys unwrap a baby Jesus to place in the empty mangers.





The "fancy" manger scene is their favorite, so in their opinion Adam was the winner this year.

Personally, I prefer this scene. Our mangers stay empty until Christmas Eve.

The boys have also been asking for Bibles.

Each year, our church has a Christmas store for the kids to come and buy handmade gifts for their families. The gifts are very inexpensive and the store wraps them up. You send you child to church with a few dollars and they come back with gifts for everyone! Our boys love it. All proceeds go to our sister church in Haiti. Adam had picked out this blinged out box for Grammy. The store had two, so we surprised him with his own. Adam is our collector and loves putting things in containers. He was so excited to have his own blinged out box!

This was probably the sweetest moment of our entire Christmas. Patrick decided to make a Lego kit for dad. It was a kit for Anakin's Starfighter. Patrick assembled the kit but included directions on how to reassemble if the ship broke. He was very insistant that dad read the instructions.

Class Christmas Parties

December, the time for class parites! Here is Adam after his Christmas Concert. He was so excited to see his dad in the crowd.


Back in the classroom we celebrated preschool style--juiceboxes and cookies.



Adam is our collector. And he was most excited about collecting the shiny confetti on the tables.
This is Grant, his friend that also loves Bionocles.




He is really beginning to love to color.

Adam and his friend Ben exchanging books.

Adam with his gingerbread man. He made his with a frown because he said that his man knows he is about to get eaten.

Patrick with his kindergaten class at Wellington. Here is Patrick and his buddies: Grant, Jonathon, and Brenden.

Patrick loves sitting next to Grant. Everyday we hear all about Grant.

Mom and Mrs. Holly are the room moms. Our party was snow theme, so here is Patrick having a snowball relay against Peyton.

Patrick giving Mrs. Galloway her Christmas gift. He is really loving kindergarten and Mrs. Galloway!

The Crib

While Mom was in New York with Grammy and Aunt Allison, the boys brought the crib out of storage and assembled it. Patrick has his class mascot, "Wiley the Wildcat" for the weekend. His assignment was to bring Wiley along and journal about their adventures together.

The Wolves

The Wolves returned for their 3rd season. Patrick has become interested in playing defense. He's best at protecting the goal. Maybe he'll be a future goalie?

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! This year we gave thanks in Sulphur with Grammy and Pop Pop!

Happy Birthday Grammy!

Grammy turned 60 this year, so Aunt Allison and I took her to New York. Here we are enjoying a carriage ride through Central Park. Our favorite was the food tour through Greenwich Village.