My little superhero

I'm so lucky that while Chris is at work and the the older 2 boys are away at school all day, I have such a strong and mighty superhero to protect me!

Dressing up and dressing down

Dressing up.....

or down......

Dominoes and hot cocoa

These are the times that make it easy to love being a mom.  The times I really love having the two older boys home from school.  The times when I think I could have 4 more kids!!  Just kidding on that last one......

Playing a game nicely, sharing without fighting, being patient with Ashten who wants to play with ALL the extra dominoes, drinking hot cocoa after helping me clean up the Christmas stuff.....I love times like these!

Enjoying their gifts

Logan made a stone from a kit he got from Christmas

Ashten loves her new kitchen!

The other two, Brayden and Preston, are loving their new presents as well, I just haven't gotten a picutre of them as they usually don't sit still long enough.

Big helpers with the big snow

The week before Christmas, we got a huge snowstorm.  10+ inches.  It was great because 1) the kids were already out of school so I didn't have to drive in it to take them to school, 2) Chris got a day at home instead of having to go to basketball practice and 3) the boys went outside for 2 hours and shoveled our driveway and the neighbor lady's, thus burning off all some of their energy!!

 

Ashten spent maybe 5 minutes outside, but then got cold and came in.  But she wanted to keep her snow gear on, silly girl!

3 Christmases

After an (unintentional) blogging break, I'm ready to get back to it.  It was nice to just spend some time together as a family and not worry about documenting it.  But, if you know me very well, you know that not keeping up with my blog is driving me nuts, so pardon me while I "catch up" with the posts.

We had a 3-day, Christmas celebrating extravaganza!  It was a lot of fun, but exhausting.  Christmas Eve we spent together at home as a family.  It was relaxing and just what we needed - some down time as a family!

 

On Christmas morning we took some pictures of the kids in their church clothes by the tree.  We were going to put the boys in their suits and Ashten in her Christmas dress, but someone (not naming names!) refused to wear her Christmas dress, she wanted the pink one.  Oh well, I just decided to let it slide, we've gotta pick our battles with that one!



Not sure what's so funny in this one, but it's cute!

 

AFter the picture-taking fun, we went to church and then headed to my parent's house for some lunch and opening presents fun. The day after Christmas, we spent the day with Chris' family, getting pictures taken, going to lunch, opening presents and eating dinner. Phew! 

It was a really great Christmas (x3) and we are very blessed to be able to spend time with both of our families around the holidays, but it definitely makes for some tiring days.  We spent the next few days just chillin' at home and resting after all our celebrating.