Decembry Christmas Birthdays

Christmas Eve is a double celebration in the Christian family :)

And since my dad doesn't like to mix his birthday celebrations with Christmas we do a breakfast feast! Crepes, scrambled eggs, specialty breads, egg nog, OJ, and Stuffed Apple Caramel Fresh Toast! Oh this was so yummy and thank you Lisa for sharing the recipe with me!

I love my dad... let me rephrase that, WE love our dad and grandpa! His loving nature is felt by many and I'm so grateful for him.  Happy 61 Dad!

I've seen cousins that are share a special kinship before and it's precious.  But I haven't seen one so young, and I adore these two's relationship.  At 18 months they are each other's shadow.  They make each other laugh, share food, rarely fight(which very well could change as they get older), follow each other around and instigate mischief all over the house... and it's obvious they love each other.  Crystal and I have yet to get one of their cute moments on video and curse ourselves when we aren't prepared and miss one.  One of these days we will! 

Christmas morning is always exciting.  Kids up before the sun even comes out... pestering us to get out of bed ;).  I don't have any unwrapping of the presents pictures except these because it took up most of our Christmas morning.  Putting together our new trampoline :).  These were one of those times when working together was fun.  Thank you to everyone who made our Christmas so special.

HULK-Thor.... love it Carson ;)  This little dog, Tia, is my brother's and we were babysitting her while they were away at a cabin as a family.

And off we go!!  I forewarned the kids about injuries... it's not if, but when.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Three days later Cami turned 10.  Yes, 10! I still have a hard time realizing how big she's getting so fast.  You have to know one thing... all December, Cami checked the weather EVERY day to see if it was going to snow.  It didn't get here by Christmas, but a little bit of heavenly snow came on her birthday. :) She had fun playing in it with her friends, like Lindsey :). 

Happy Birthday Cami Lamb! You are beautiful

Here is the wall at the end of December... the kids worked hard and did good! Don't think I'm going to take them down until Spring :)

Now, I have to explain this picture a bit... it's Craig.  Need I say more? I probably shouldn't but I will.  He has a fetish with the toilets.  UGH!!!  Putting toilet paper in, taking it out when it's all soggy and piling it up on the bathroom mat.  Dipping toothbrushes in the water and yes.... sucking on it afterwards. SO Gross!!  I've thrown away so many toothbrushes recently.  I have seen people with toilet locks, and now I think I'm going to have to invest in one.  What a stinker Craig can be sometimes! I seriously, can't keep up with him.

It's funny though how life has it's roller coasters.  One minute I'm pulling my hair out trying to keep Craig from the toilet, and then the next thing I see is this out my window..... and I had to take a picture.

My heart melts and I can't help but think of God and his tender mercies in our lives.  Majestic scenes are healing to the soul and I loved this one.  I look at it over and over again, and it takes me back to what really matters. I thank God for his beautiful creations, especially my children.  Pure and innocent. White is Beautiful.

Waiting for snow

Some people dread it, some people love it, some people are indifferent.  But.. my kids are looking for snow every morning! Cami will even check the weather on the internet EVERY day to see if there will be a forecast of snow.  Haha.  So we decided to make our own this year... with paper any way.  The kids love doing it, even Carson.  So we started a snowflake wall in our kitchen.  The plan is to cover the whole kitchen by Christmas :)

The freezing cold has kept us inside more, so the kids have become quite creative.  Craig loves to stack things.  And destroy things... but we won't get into that.  But I love this picture.  He was in his bedroom for a good half hour lining up all these cars... so cute :)  This is what I call a TRAFFIC JAM.

Christmas Time!

This time of year is so fun :) The kids keep saying... "It's the best time of the year, hands down!"

There is so much that goes into this holiday and I hope to make the best of it.  Christmas music and movies, decorations galore, goodies to give, time to share, and snow to HOPEFULLY fall (my kids keep looking out the window every day... highly disappointed in only seeing frost ;).  Fa la la... Christmas is simply Merry :)

This last Tuesday we decorated Gingerbread houses for Activity Days.  I spent a whole day baking.. mmmmmm, man did the house smell ever so good!  I love being Cami's activity day leader :)

Sophie, Jenna, Kimmy, Cami, Kali, and Emily (friend).. they did great!

I made extra for the boys to do.

Craig is loving the excitement of Christmas too... although, I CAN NOT keep this kid away form the ornaments!  Haha... just an 18 month old thing ;)