Gingerbread Houses

We are finding fun things to do over Christmas break...like build 3 cute little gingerbread houses.

 Very intently working on detail. 

 So cute and delicious looking!

 These two...full of frosting and sprinkles!

Now off to do some new year celebrating!

Christmas Day Part 2

 We enjoyed Christmas Day evening at Grandpa Saathoff's.

He grilled up his delicious cheese burgers!

 

 After supper Reilly, Gideon and Lemuel lead the Christmas singing with the piano. 

 

 What a clan of Great Grand Kids!

 Our two cheeses by Grandpa's fire place. 

 For the past few years the Great Grand kids have brought a stocking stuffer to give!  They have so much fun seeing what they get from their cousins. 

 This is the scowl I got when trying to photograph my handsome brother.  Had to document his snazzy style! Lydia is munching on her waffle cone...also made by Grandpa Saathoff.

 

It was great to be together again!

A great ending to a great day!

Christmas Day Part 1

Christmas Morning with these two Loves!

 Stockings quick before we are off to church!

 Sarina is now convinced Santa is real! Her stocking was filled with JUST what she wanted!

 Reilly knows that Mom stuffs his stocking.

 Daddy grilled some yummy meat and we had our own "fancy" Christmas lunch!

 The thrill of opening presents! A new purse and a stepping stone craft kit.

  

 A baseball bat and his own binoculars. 

 

 Reilly was thrilled to have a new coloring book and Sarina was elated to have the movie FROZEN!

 

 All giggles and tucked into her mermaid tail blanket.

 Reilly give this special picture to Kent and I.  I love his artwork! 

Merry Christmas to my little family!

Great Wolf Lodge

Lots of random pictures here...Sarina blends right into Uncle Andrew's green chair!

 Popping in the gum for a bubble blowing contest!

 Seriously concentrating on making that bubble.

 Reilly is trying to get our attention because he got his first bubble!

 Here comes Santa! All ready to go to the lobby for story time!

  What a cute group of kids...and a raccoon. 

 Here they are again in front of a REAL gingerbread house!

 Trying so hard not to touch...or nibble!

 Papa opening his presents!

 

 I found these cute books and couldn't wait to give them to Mom and Dad!

 Reading to the girls!

I have no pictures of the kids in the water! Seems I don't do too great taking my camera in there.  

They had a blast on all the slides though...and slept like bears every night!

Thankful we were all healthy and had wonderful family time together!

Merry Christmas!

More Christmas Cheer

We had just enough frosting and cookies left over for the kids to decorate! 

They were more excited about the sprinkles than the frosting!

 A Christmas Surprise

December 21st Papa and Grandma Sweetie-Pie called a cookies and hot chocolate meeting at their house! We all came in our jammies and enjoyed a bedtime snack before we opened our stockings.

 

 Poor Gideon was getting over a cold so he stayed home with Benjamin and Timothy.

We were able Skype them so they could join in the fun.  Apparently the kids thought something was funny on the other end!

 Time to open!

 Reilly was the first to open his special envelope! His note read...

Merry Christmas with a trip to Great Wolf Lodge...we leave Wednesday.  THIS WEEK!!!

 

 His face when we told him we leave in one day!!!

 Saying their goodbyes to the three Wyss's!

And now we are off to start packing!!!