Holiday Hoopla

this year CF had a fun activity called holiday hoopla. they decorated main street in town and had the roads blocked off. it was so much fun. all of the shops had cute window decorations that were very festive. this one was my favorite.they also had cute characters there that the kids got to meet.. this one was garran's favorite.of course we had to stop at santa's workshop. it was PACKED!the live music was so much fun. they sang carols and my kids loved it.they were so festive. here are my boys..dance..dance..dancing the night away!
kaels was so excited about santa coming...
however once the noise started...he was a little unsure.Santa made his big entrance...from the sky!the kids thought this was pretty cool.santa gave us a little scare. luckily he got a good grip. we were thankful!!briea just hung out. she is such a good baby. she just sat in the stroller. i was so happy she was content to just look at the lights and people passing by.after santa arrived, they had a parade down main street to light all the trees along the way. these cute little drummer boys lead the way down main street.we tried to keep up with santa during the parade. poor kael had to run to keep up with us. the crowd was brutal.then on to the big moment.. Santa lit the tree. It was very cute. Then there were fireworks. This made the kids day. They were dancing around to music while the fireworks were going off.
it was a fun evening that we got to spend together. i love this time of year. it is my favorite.

tradition.

each year at thanksgiving we try and get a shot that might work for our Christmas cards that we send out. this year was no different. they only thing that was different was that we had an extra cutie in the shot. i started with trying to get some of just the kids...

hold on to your seats...here we go.take one.
things rarely go smoothly when you photograph little ones. they just love to wiggle.
take two. we are getting there. at least everyone is sitting right!?!take three. even closer. now just to get kael's hand away from his mouth. (is that not the cutest smile on B's face)these two were the best i thought. it does not really bother me that they are not perfectly posed. i figure this is who they are right now. in a few years, they can sit properly and maybe even pose a little. these pictures makes me smile. so I am happy with the effort!
then i tried individuals.
first briea.i liked both of these. i will have to do some deciding later.
next the boys. they were not as cooperative. they were tired by this point and not really wanting to sit till for mom.my big boy cullan!kael is always my ham!
cute enough i think. guess you will have to wait and see which ones make the cut for the Christmas card!!!
i am sure you are all on the edge of your seats!! :0)

happy thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

here is the group we spent thanksgiving with!we got to spend time with people we love....and eat some delicious food!
hope everyone had a great thanksgiving!
thanks mom and george for letting us come spend time with you!

cuteness on thanksgiving.

do you ever just have outfits you love on your babies? this is how i feel about this little outfit. the skirt looks like a tutu due to some scrumptious chunky thighs. still i love her in it.doesn't she look so big here?

almost eight months.. i can not believe it. i just love her. she is the sweetest! i have to admit, she was one of the things i was thankful for this thanksgiving...was there really any doubt she would be though.

thanksgiving blogaplooza.

prepare yourself for a lot of thanksgiving day posts.

we were busy....
on thanksgiving we were at my mom & step dad's this year. on thanksgiving day, the boys all went here. (i asked garran to take our little point and shoot and get some pictures!)basically a little boys wonderland..well and maybe a big boys wonderland too.garran said that the boys had a blast. i guess there were all kinds of things for them to do. it was not very busy since it was thanksgiving day, so they basically had the place to themselves.
there was an awesome race car track. the boys could race cars. i am sure this was a hit. heck, i would have had fun doing this!!the store had a craft and game table for the kids to enjoy.of course the boys had to try out all the fun things in the store, as well as dream of days when they are bigger.you could also feed the fish,or you could just hang around and watch them swim by.the wild life was in full effect. looks like you had to be pretty careful....or just hold very very still.then on to these pop gun things. i am not a big fan of the boys having guns, even play ones, but i heard through the grape vine that they loved these. they look pretty harmless and the boys talked about them for a while when they got home. i think this might have been the boys trying to convince grandpa and daddy to let them drive home. ;0)thanks grandpa george for showing the boys this super fun place..we will have to go back again soon. (ps. this picture of gpa george was taken by cullan. not to bad huh?)

yes master.

sometimes kids say the funniest things. the other day i had the kids and we were at target. i was checking out and as we leave i have the boys each grab one side of the cart and ride while we push through the parking lot. anyways, i was putting my wallet back in my purse and i said ok guys hop on. cullan looks up at me and says "yes master!". i looked at him like WHAT?? the cashier then looked at me like "WHAT??" yeah i was a little embarrassed.

feeling crafty.

the other day i was at hobby lobby and saw the cutest little thing for Christmas. it was a nativity finger puppet set for kids to play with. the pieces came pre-cut and then i sewed them together. i think they turned out pretty cute. here are the three wise men.baby Jesus..sorry he is a little blurry.a sheep and an angel.
i still have to do marry and joesph, but the kids already love them. they keep asking if we can play with them now. i let them try some on so that i could model them for pictures.
see. aren't kaels fingers festive.ok so these are garrans hands. they don't really fit him all that well. we could just squeeze them on the top.i think they have turned out pretty good so far. i am excited to use them when we read Luke 2 with the kids around Christmas.

B.

i just love her!
that's it.