Birthday, Visitors and Pre-Christmas Week

Winner winner, chicken dinner!

Liam shot hoops for hours. It was hilareous to watch.

Bentleyville-We stood in line to see Santa for all of 10 minutes before the kids said they wanted to skip it and see the lights instead-WooWhoo!! Fine by us :)

Mrs. Claus had NO line and gave away candy canes....all they really wanted!

Connor and Lilly

Happy New Year!!! Didn't think our lives could get much busier but the past two weeks took us by storm :)

Dan and I both had the chance to help out in Connor's class, Monday before Xmas, during his holiday party. We made cookies, xmas cards, reindeer necklaces and Santa ornaments. It was so fun to see him in his classroom setting.

Dan was off the past 2 weeks!, and took the chance twice to model clothes in a local clothing store's window during the lunch hour. There was even an article in the paper-he now thinks we should move to NY to advance his career-HA!

Tuesday our dear friends from Tulsa-the Wings- came to stay with us for a few days. The boys adore their girls and loved the opportunity to play "girle" things like dress up...but we did manage to skate outside too. It was three busy, loud, fun filled days and we cherish the time with them.
Thursday after Connor's last day of school we headed to the Edge Waterpark to celebrate Liam's birthday. We asked the Mays to join us, becuase this prego lady can't go down any slides!!, and all involved had a BLAST! Over 2 hours of splashing, dunking, sliding, shooting hoops, climbing and laughing....it was awesome! Friday morning Jim and Kathy came to help out and it was fantastic again :)

We camew home Friday at noon and got ready for his party Friday night at the Heritage Ice Rink with friends and family. Open skate was great then we had cake and presents after to end the evening.

Saturday we spent the day cleaning, reading books and skating out back before heading to Jim and Kathy's for supper and desserts by the fire. We were home and tucked in bed early in anticipation of Santa's arrival :)

Christmas morning we opened gifts with the Mays here. They wanted to see what all the paper tearing, kid screaming, box throwing excitment was all about....and I think they got their wish! The boys loved sharing in it all with them. I think we'll have to make that a tradition!

This past week we spent every second together-skating at the rink or out back, playing with new toys, going to the aquarium, visiting friends, getting ready for Juna and hanging out at home. It's been fabulous having Dan home to help clean, cook, hang out and organize before the babe arrives. Wish that could be permanent ;)

We brought in the New Year low-key style. Stayed in out jammies all day, spent the night in the basement by the warm fire, skating out back, hot tubbin' and in bed early. Perfect!!

Have a Happy and Blessed New Year!!