Christmas Time

We had a great Christmas this year. My parent's house was full on kids. There were all 7 grand kids there. Ethan was the oldest and only boy. Then there are all girls 3 of them are 2, well Teagan turned 3 on Christmas Eve. But it was a lot of fun. Here are some random pictures of the festivities.

This first on is a picture of Ethan He got a Storm Trooper Helmet and blaster from his Grandma. He loved it he played rescue princess Lea (who was played by his cousin Kaylee) for hours. Nathan and I think he kinds looks like a Storm Trooper bobble head. Here is a picture of Nathan and Amie playing the Wii. They men in the family were getting pretty competitive playing it. Amie thought she should be able to join in the fun. I thought it was pretty darn cute.

Here is a picture of Ethan and his cousin Kaylee, They are putting together the Gingerbread house. Ethan loves when he gets to play with Kaylee. They are so cute together. And of course Uncle Ty Ty is there to help. All the kids just adore him, he is so good to play with them.
Here is a picture of all the Grandkids in there brand new Jammies from Grandma. I was sad when I got home and realized all the pictures of them were out of focus. Oh, well this is the best one I had. From left to right there is Teagan, then Ethan who is holding Paige, Kaylee is holding Brookley, then Ashely and Amie.
Here is a picture of my LARGE belly, and of course you have to catch the prego when she is eating. So what do you think? Will I make it another week? I will keep you all posted.
Here is Ethan and Amie makeing cupcakes. For Teagan's brithday we had a cupcake party and the kids got to make and decorate cupcakes. It was really cute and the girls didn't make too bad of a mess. They had so much fun.
Sorry the pictures were so random. But it was a busy week and looking back it was a complete whirlwind. Hope everyone had a great Christmas also and Have a great New Year!

Military Holiday Party

So we had our unit's holiday party yesterday and I think it went pretty well. We had a great turn out and there were about 15 kids there. So much more than last year I think we only had about 4. The Coleman's came and did a great job as Santa and Mrs. Clause. The kids loved it, and they also loved the toys they got that were donated. It was amazing how much was donated for this event.

Amie and Ethan had a blast. Amie of coarse found lots of friends. She insisted on holding this little boy's hand and led him all around the Armory. It was actually really cute.Here we are with Santa. Nathan wanted to take a picture of me and the baby with Santa. I am so grateful that they Coleman's donate thier time every year to play Santa for the kids. They do an awesome job!

I was so impressed that Ethan actually sat on Santa's lap. He even asked for something. Of, coarse it was a Star Wars thing. Amie freaked out as soon as Santa entered the room. She wanted to go home. And went and hid in one of the classrooms. She wouldn't come out into the drill hall till Santa was gone. That kinda shocked me.

Putting up the Christmas Tree

We got the tree put up tonight and the kids had a blast decorating it. After we got all the ornaments on the tree Amie asked if we could take them off and do it again. She sure had fun. Ethan of coarse was the director and was right there to tell Amie where to put each ornament.