Christmas 2014

The week of Christmas is so magical:

It starts off with Christmas Sunday

 

Then skating on Christmas Eve...which wasn't so magical this year due to skates that didn't fit!

 

  New jammies brought by the elves on Christmas Eve

 And nothing can really compare to the magic that is Christmas MORNING!!  

Look at that expression on Tyson's face--priceless!

Oh, and we can't forget the turkey dinner:)  

See Summer in the back with her apple slices--poor girl--no turkey this year!

Nutcracker 2014

We had a great Nutcracker weekend!!  Jordan danced beautifully and we hope she does it again next year:)  She was in three dances; Snow, Arabian and Flowers.

 Snow Costume:

 Arabian Costume:

Somehow we have no pictures of Jordan in her Flowers costume!

 Sheri and Brooke came to watch the Saturday show:

Ginny, Vienna and Max came to the Sunday show:

O Tannenbaum

We just had to get a real tree despite what happened last year!  

 

Home Depot was out of 7-8 foot Noble Firs, so they said they would give us the 8-9 foot tree for the same price...they ended up giving us a $90 tree for $30!!  It is the perfect tree!!!

The kids always do a fantastic job decorating (Tyson always without a shirt!!).

I searched everywhere for the perfect "first Christmas" ornament for Summer.  Didn't find exactly what I wanted, but this was was close.

Now this is my favorite room in the house!!!

And look at this gem I took this morning....

I love Christmas!!

Santa Baby

Since this is Summer's first Christmas, I am trying not to forget to do every single tradition.  When I started talking about going to see Santa, I realized we don't have any of the other kids' pictures with Santa on their very first Christmas.

Jordan was already scared of Santa when Christmas time came around (she was almost 11 months)

I think Jordan was still scared of Santa on Kya's first Christmas, so we still didn't go.

Tyson was too new on his first Christmas...and let's face it, I did not have it together enough to get a picture with all those three little ones!

Tyson's second Christmas was where it began...and as you can see, he didn't much like it!

The next year everyone looked pretty happy...except Santa.

 

And the next one was pretty cute...

 

And even the next one...

 

Then there were a couple years where nobody wanted to sit on Santa's lap.

 

This year I thought I'd get all the kids dressed up nice and do it right.  Summer has never cried when a stranger has held her, and all the other kids are old enough to cooperate right?

Wrong.

This is what happened when I handed Summer to Santa:

  

Then Tyson was the only one who wanted to join in...

 

And Santa didn't even ask anyone what they wanted for Christmas or even hand out candy canes!!!  LAME!!

Oh well, at least we made some memories...and got a pretty cute picture of the two little ones...for only $29.99:)

Half of a Year

Summer is officially half a year old!!  SIX whole months!!  I can't believe it!

She sits up in her bath now:

 She rides in the shopping cart:

 She doesn't really need her bumbo anymore:

 She looks so sophisticated at church:

 She has witnessed the first signs of winter:

 And just a couple days ago...she started eating REAL food--if you can call rice cereal real food:)

Can't wait to see what the next six months bring!!