Declan's New Room Decorations

Declan has always been jealous of Lochlan's stars on his ceiling so for Christmas we got him stars, planets and Jedi with glow in the dark light sabers. This was his reaction...

Some fun with camera shutter speed :)...

Lake Walk

Declan had an extended day at school so we decided to take a spur of the moment nature walk with Lochlan and picked up a few more on the way:) Yeah I live here...

We had a lot of fun although Lochlan was tired by the end...

Graham Cracker Houses

Kels took the initiative to try and organize us all into doing Christmas events throughout the month of December and we hosted the Graham cracker houses. Since it was the first year we all kind of winged it but next year it will be a true competition. This house belongs to Dan and Sara I love their tree...

This fort style is complete with pretzel and candy cane weapons and was done by J and Aiden...

Rachel and Michael joined us and it was so fun having them. Hopefully they will brave the chaos again next year.
There was so much going on I had to get two shots. I love their dogs in the backyard and candy cane sled.

Ben and Amanda did a moat around their house...

This is my Mom and Dad's pink masterpiece...

Finally we have our Star Wars themed Graham Cracker house complete with Chewbacca hiding behind the tree, Darth Vader head on the fire and all the gingerbread marshmallow men have red light sabers. The title on the back says Sith Seasons Greetings.

Thank you to the family and friends that joined us and we look forward to next year :).

Nutcracker

Miss Audrey was one of the children in the nutcracker this year and she was beyond adorable. Kels, Ben, and I took our older kids to one of her performances and they did great! Miss Audrey was amazing we are so proud of her...

The boys with their flowers for Audrey...

Ben and his princess...

The little ones congratulating Audrey after her performance...

Adalae gave Audrey a Nutcracker ornament for the tree what a great memory...

Ladies night: Partying Until the Breaking Dawn

In celebration of the newest Twilight movie and as part of our last Ladies Night until after the holidays we got together and went to the midnight showing of Breaking Dawn. Thank you to all the ladies who braved the cold and craziness, making this a super fun girls night out.

My front entry had a white runner and everyone got to take a wedding photo with Edward...

Bloody Brownies...

We had dinner out before we went and waited in line...

Thank you to all the spouses for letting us ladies have an extended :) girls night.