Sunday, December 30, 2007

Santa Came!







we had a wonderful christmas this year! It was Jaron's first year to really understand who santa is and what he does. he had a whole list of toys he wanted (including one PINK robot) well he did get most of his toys on his list except for the pink robot ( it wasn't pink). one of his favorite toys was his dancing spiderman ( he is big into super heros these days and runs around the house showing us his super powers) Santa thought he was a pretty good boy this year and left him his own digital camera with the capacity to do his own photo shop, video recording and play video games. mom and dad had to buy some rechargeable batteries since the camera is going non-stop! Brinley had fun mostly eating the candy she got in her stocking but she too was good this year and santa brought her lots of things to put her baby dolls in ( highchair, play pen, bed) plus lots of little pots and pans just her size to play with so she doesn't need to use mommy's! Now jace kind of got the raw end of the deal this year because mom thought he should get clothes this year since he is really not that old enough to play with toys (but mom at least had fun shopping for him) though he did get some rattles and grandma gave him a big stuffed dog. Santa really thought that dad and mom were good this year and dad recieved an xbox 360 and a new gun and mom recieved a nikon D40x digital camera with 2 lenses! thank you santa! We stayed home this year which was nice, we enjoyed watching our children get excited and opening gifts then had a delicious hot breakfast. later we went to grandma and grandpa's house and joined all the cousins for dinner and more gifts. It snowed all day on christmas this year which was so beautiful and it really brought that christmas feel.




Friday, December 21, 2007

Gingerbread Houses

it started with a night of friends and some crazy imaginations! it was fun seeing who had the best gingerbread house out of all of us- it was a contest - but mark and i did not win, though we had some technical difficulty with our "love shack" the roof kept collapsing! however it was no comparsion to our friends " white trash trailer home"- they definately took the prize. ( which was a night of blockbuster movies and a carton of ice cream filled hershy kisses). from there i needed to continue with the spirit of the gingerbread house making. Jaron, Brinley and I loved mostly eating the frosting but eventually made one spectacular gingerbread house!


gienger's "hotel"

Dalton's "catholic church"

blandfords "white trash trailer"

Graves " out house"

our "love shack" sorry no pictures of me at this time

what a group of houses! just lovely

making our first layer



reading christmas books while we wait for frosting to freeze

adding decorations

we love our gingerbread house!