Christmas Programs

Mason was in a Christmas program at the church my sister attends. He was a Shepard and had a good time. No speaking parts so wasn't too hard to prepare for :) He did however say a verse 'John 3:16' and did great!! And sang some songs!!


Mason's PreK class had a Christmas program too.. He had a great time singing. Every photo I took of him, he's got his mouth open.. not sure what that means :)

Can you find him below?????

Not sure what I was thinking putting him in GREEN!! He sure did stand out, and of course he was one of the loudest too, so he stuck out in more than one way :)




The middle of December we got together with our Nikkel cousin's at Tony's brothers house. The kids are all fairly close in age, so they always have a great time together. The first photo is them sitting on a snow bank having their picture taken (I took the photos thru the picture window in the house.. I thought it was a good time for the guys to have some bonding time with the kids )



AND this is me taking a photo of who was taking a photo of them!! Can you find Corey? Not sure what i find more funny.. the outfit? The pretty pink camera? or the way he was sitting to get the 'right' photo? Gotta love him!!!


Our house isn't that large, so getting a Christmas tree that fits in our house has been a chore. So last year I went and bought a fake tree. I love real Christmas trees and really wish I could have had one, but there is just no place to put a tree,without giving up our whole livingroom! The next house will have a place for a beautiful REAL tree!!!!

Snowstorm Dec 2009

Tony left for Chicago for meetings on Monday Dec 7th, to try and beat the storm.. he made it part way there Monday night and then the rest of the way Tuesday. Good thing he left when he did, as this is what it looked like outside on Wed after having snowed all day on Tuesday!!!!

Back door

sidewalk, or lack there of

the end of the driveway looking back at the garage

SO when its snowy and cold outside and you can't go anywhere, what should you do with two little kiddos inside?


I think she had more fun eating the candy than putting it on her house!!!
I don't think he ate one single piece of candy.. I have NO IDEA whose child he is!! I think I ate his share and mine




Back the beginning of December, my mom and sister get together to bake our Christmas goodies that we give away or eat or take to work or eat. Just posting these pictures makes me want to make them all again!!

Mason helping with the Caramels

Mallory birthday invite

So I tend to be a procrastinator when it comes to planning the kids birthday parties. With Mason's falling right after the 4th of July and Mallory's falling right before Thanksgiving, I always seem to have other things on my mind. This year was no different. So I decided to try something different and send out an email invite. Everyone has email except my grandpa, so it worked out just fine. I thought it turned out pretty cute.. now I've just got to figure out how to print it out the easiest way!!! I'll get pics uploaded of her actual party later

Make a Smilebox invite