Tis the Season

We survived Christmas and have had a busy couple of days! Christmas Eve started off well until it was almost time to go to church and Blake practically knocked out his front tooth after falling into our coffee table. A call to the dentist confirmed there was nothing he could do at the moment, so off to church we went. Afterward we hosted our first Christmas Eve with Steve's side of the family. It was a lot of fun and we had some yummy food and lots of good laughs.

Christmas morning we spent at home and the kids were excited to see what the big man left them. They had fun opening their presents and it was great to see them get so excited over their toys. The definitely understood what was going on this year! The rest of the day was spent at my moms and then we headed to my grandma's for dinner. Good times!

On the 26th we celebrated Christmas with my dad and that side of the family and I can officially report that Scott beat Steve and Kelly at Scrabble-- a new era has dawned people!! :) It was also fun to see my dad's face when he opened a rather large box, that had an envelope in it with a Rose Bowl ticket inside!

I am exhausted and ready to enjoy my week off of work! Life is good and I hope you had a very Merry Christmas and enjoyed time with your families.

Here are some pictures from our Christmas celebrations.

Katelyn, Cousin Tyler and Blake

Baby Madilyn's 1st ChristmasKatelyn and Tyler

Blake and his new race track!G'ma Great getting some help from the great grand kids with her Christmas present.

Tis the Season Part 2

Just after Santa left.Katelyn in her new Cinderella dress. (Gotta love the "poses"!)

Blake and his new Lego truck.

Two happy kids!!

December 25, 2008

Cookies, cookies and more cookies!

Today we baked cookies with "friend Tyler" and his new baby sister, Lynda Jade. The helped cut out the shapes and frost and decorate the sugar cookies. They all had an absolute blast together! I love the holidays and seeing all the excitement on the kids faces. Thanks for coming over Danyel! It was so much fun to hang out and make cookies with our kids.

Katelyn and Lynda Jade

Katelyn, Tyler and Blake

Decorating the cookies.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday to you~

Happy Birthday to you~
Happy Birthday dear Daddy/Steve~
Happy Birthday TO YOU!

Have a great birthday!!

We love you lots!! xoxo, Nicole, Katelyn & Blake

Baby Madilyn

We finally got to meet our new cousin Madilyn. Isn't she so sweet?! Katelyn was really into holding her... and exclaiming she can do it, "by myself daddy!" Ugh, we are in trouble with her!

Madilyn Marie - 1 month old.

Katelyn holding Madilyn Blake wanted to nothing to do with her and kept telling me to "put her down mommy!" :) Hmm... guess he isn't to fond of adding a brother or sister to our family!

Snow in the OC!

There were sightings of snow in Yorba Linda, Calif. this past Sunday. Okay, not really... but church brought in snow for the kids annual Snow Day. It was fun and the kids had a blast sledding in 79 degree weather. A mountains trip is definitely in order for this winter! :)