Christmas Cookies 12.15.09

For Logan's first Christmas Program for school, the parents were all asked to bake some Christmas Cookies. Logan and I decided to make chocolate chip cookies using red and green m&m's. They turned out delicious, in fact, they almost didn't make it to the program. :-) Life is good.

Christmas Extravaganza 12.14.09

Such hams.
Brett is ready to PARTY!!!

Logan's awesome new suitcase!

Brett's new outfit from us.

Craig's new car!

It was time for our anual Christmas Extravaganza with our dear friends, Karen and Craig. This year we added a new member...dear, dear baby Brett! As always, Karen and I tried to come up with some sort of theme or idea or something when it comes to the gift giving. I have to say, I failed miserably...my theme this year was that I had no theme. Grrrrr...Karen, on the other hand, did a whole "Polar Express" trainride extravaganza! It was inspired! We had a fabulous time with our dear friends and look forward to many more years of this tradition....regardless of theme! :-) Life is good.

First (Only) Snow 12.14.09

Yea! The first snow of the season! It's not very much, but we were still excited to stomp around in it for a few minutes before we headed to work and school. Little did we know, that was to be the only snow of the year. What a contrast from last year when it came down in buckets. I sure wouldn't mind a nice, happy medium. :-) Life is good.

Gingerbread House 12.10.09

Let the games begin!
No, no, honey...

"Hey Mama, how 'bout I just eat all the icing?"

What a pro.

Ta-da!!!

Well, it was time for our annual build a house out of gingerbread extravaganza! I have to say, I love this tradition, but man, I really need to figure something else out with the icing. It is so dang goopey and sticky and messy (and frankly, not all that delicious). One of these days, I'm gonna get one of those fancy piping bags so my little lines can be just as skinny and exact as they always show it on the box. Oh to be fancy! :-) Regardless, Logan and I had tons of fun, although I'm surprised there was any icing left at the rate that Logan as attempting to consume it! Life is good.

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Decorating 12.6.09

Logan's best impersonation of a tree!
Man, my boys really do put up a lot from me. :-)

Lights on, decorations to come soon.

Logan really got into decorating the tree this year. He was all about the star on top, the lights, and hanging the ornaments. In fact, it's a good thing that our tree had so many strong low branches, as that's where most of our decorations ended up. So fun!!! Life is good.

Christmas Tree 12.6.09

Our tree!!!

Logan checking on Papa's progress.

Ah, one of my other favorite Christmas traditions...the trek with the whole family to get our tree. I'm sure some day I will cave and get a fake tree, they really do make sense in a lot of ways, but at this point in my life I couldn't imagine not taking Logan and Norman to the tree farm and finding that perfect tree to bring home. We had a cold but beautiful day for our tree hunt and found what we thought would be the perfect tree for us. Needless to say, we ended up having a Clark Griswald moment when we cut the binding off. I do think it is the biggest tree that our little hosue has ever held. I LOVED it!!!! Life is good.