Christmas 2012 (part 1)



 

 A couple weeks before Christmas we spent the weekend at Bop & Nannie's

Ben decided he wanted to help Nannie mix up the pancakes

 Boys snuggling with Bop before bedtime

 Luke & Nannie making his hand print ornament for 2012

 We took the boys down to Lansing for the Christmas Train display. It was a beautiful sight, an entire train decked out with Christmas lights, Santa even showed up!

 The boys helping daddy make up a batch of homemade egg nog

 Twas the night before Christmas

 Luke couldn't believe he got a "hawkeye bike"

 The boys playing with their new train table from Santa on Christmas Eve morning

 Daddy helping them build the city

 opening gifts

 Ben enjoying his 2nd Christmas

 Sean showing off his new GPS Garmin watch from Santa!

 Mommy got a new laptop

Christmas Eve 2012

Birthdays (catch up)

We celebrated some very special birthdays, Nannie & Bop's! My mom celebrated her birthday the weekend of Thanksgiving, and my dad celebrated his birthday the weekend before Christmas. We feel so blessed to have shared their very special days with them. For mom's birthday we celebrated at Cedar Ridge Winery for an afternoon of pizza and wine. We celebrated Dad's birthday, going out to eat at Texas Roadhouse, and we all enjoyed an Iowa basketball game together the next day! Wishing them both a year filled with peace, comfort, and good health. 

 The boys helping Nannie open her gifts

 singing "happy birthday"

 Ben wanted a turn blowing out candles too

 Kolbi and Ben

 Bop & Nannie with the boys

 Mom, Kate, and Kolbi playing a mad game of Chutes & Ladders

 Celebrating Dad's birthday! Luke helping him open his card from us. This upcoming Thursday Dad & Sean will enjoy a "behind the scenes VIP" basketball game! We bought this in honor Mitch at a benefit that was held this Fall.

 Loving hugs for Bop on his birthday

 ...and from Ben

 We also had a little Christmas celebration with Kolbi...

Kolbi (aka Tobi) with Luke & Ben

 Uncle Nate is in the house!

Nate and Debbie arrived that afternoon so we were excited to spend a couple of extra days with them, thanks for visiting!

Helping Bop blow out his candles...I mistakenly played a joke on him and bought trick candles...joke was on me too, I had no idea!