Christmas Fun 2014

We had a really great holiday season. We stayed busy with Christmas crafts, driving around to look at lights, drinking hot chocolate and making (gluten free!) treats. Here we are making Christmas trees out of sugar cones. 

As always, we bought the kids new Christmas digs and forced them to pose for a photo or twenty. Here is the best I managed to get. Three kids is definitely harder to coordinate than three!

Getting our Christmas crafting on!

Christmas eve we always open one gift. Usually, we get jammies. This year we got slippers! The girls loved theirs:

 And Titan absolutely hated his! He kept saying, "No, thank you!!". This is the first, and only time he has worn his slippers.

Christmas morning was so much fun this year! The kids all loved tearing into presents, which were plentiful thanks to awesome family members.

 Capri completely ignored the bed for her doll, Samantha. She was super excited by the horse for her though! 

Titan is completely obsessed with Spider man right now, so he loved this man doll! 

Camri scored some awesome American Girl Doll accessories!

A couple of days before Christmas (and after I'd finished Christmas shopping) we went to a friends house. Her little girl had this Sofia the First Amulet and Capri loved it. She played with it the entire time we were there, and kept telling us how much she missed it after we left. Needless to say I got right online and payed extra shipping to get this one here on Christmas Eve. It has been such a hit! She loves it and has played with it all day, every day, and sleeping with it at night.

We hope everyone had as wonderful a Christmas as we did! We just can't believe another year has come and gone! Wow!

Thanksgiving Fun!

This year was a special year, in deed. Our G.G. came out for a visit!! We were all so excited that we would get to spend some time with our favorite old lady.

Now, I'm not going to say G.G. has a "favorite"... I'll let these pictures speak for themselves. ;) Titan was a G.G.'s boy, for sure!!

Capri enjoying some hot chocolate:

I was sure glad to have my grandma around this year for Thanksgiving. You see, it's our first "gluten free" Thanksgiving. That makes things a little trickier... So, she helped me fix the turkey, Jello with apple, GF rolls, stuffing, and even a GF apple pie. The pie was a bit of a disaster, but we proudly ate it! Here it is- the ugliest apple pie in creation

Capri being silly, as usual:

G.G. and her girl:

The bird was every bit as delicious as it looks:

Camri's favorite is the turkey leg:

Uncle Scotty came to visit at Thanksgiving too. He had so much fun playing with the kids and hanging out with Steve. We all love uncle scotty!

Camri's Birthday

This year we decided to have a family party. Grandma Carolyn and Aunt Ang came out for a special birthday visit. We had so much fun buying all the blueberries at Costco, shopping at the American Girl Store, and ending with a delicious dinner at P.F. Changs. Afterward, we came home and had an amazing Zelda Cake and ice cream. Here is the photographic evidence:

Titan loved hanging out with "Jang" on the couch, eating blueberries. 

Camri will always be a "grandma's girl"

The super awesome Zelda cake that Daddy made, with the help of Mommy.

It was a surprise, and she loved it!!

Playing the Ocarina that daddy bought for her birthday.

New soccer shin guard/socks

Getting some help blowing out her candle

Camri Turns Seven!

My little Camri doll turned seven this year. She grows in beauty and sassiness every day. How we love her!

Camri's favorites this year are:

Food: chicken enchilada soup
Movie: Frozen
Activity: Play Soccer
Subject in school: Reading
Toy: American Girl Doll and horses
Best friend: Avery Vogel, and Kendyl

Camri loves to play Zelda with her daddy, and can't wait for the next game to come out! She likes to  play dress up with her sister, and soccer with her brother. She loves to work out with her Mama, and has become Mom's favorite running partner. She is in Mrs. Sangster's first grade class, and loves all the friends she has there. Mrs. Sangster nicknamed her, Sweetness, because she says Camri is so sweet. Camri loves to read, and is at an end of 2nd grade reading level. She is so smart and wonderful! She loves to shop at the American Girl Store, especially when Grandma Carolyn comes for a visit. She still likes to dance ballet, but has been kicking butt in soccer this year. She played fall and winter soccer and is super excited for spring soccer to start.