Christmas and Post...

 Christmas Eve, we had a wonderful get together at Dan and Sheri's house.  They had everyone choose a part for the Nativity Story and hosted a fun dinner.  Here are a few of the shots...

 Brett was a shepherd...

 The kids all dressed up...

 Our family...(Minus Colton - he was at Dave's party)

 Merry Christmas Morning!  Brett and I were the first ones up and we had to wait for the kids to wake!

 We got a wonderful Christmas Eve snowstorm.  While we shoveled the driveway, the boys built a snowfort.

  Both boys are in there!

 Christmas Day, The croppers hosted a family get together and dinner. Lily was so excited to have everyone play Pie Face!

 I received a special surprise from Brett... My Unicorn picture framed!

 A few days after Christmas Grandma Cindy and Grandpa hosted everyone up in Soldier Hollow for tubing.  It was a BEAUTIFUL day and the kids had a blast!

 We had a few more wonderful days left of the break - it's gone by so quickly but I am grateful for the memories that have been made!

Recent Stuff - Pre Christmas

Here are some memories from before Christmas...Life got busy and the camera was left behind on many excursions.  Here's what we were able to capture!

 Alex was a bobble head ninja for Halloween - He wasn't allowed to wear his HUGE mask to school, so he opted to go with the ninja headband.  Here is The Crew he hangs out with.

 We managed to carve pumpkins - as usual dad is the carver/gut puller and mom takes the pictures.  The boys researched what they wanted to carve and got to work.

 We ended up with a googly eyed pumpkin and a spidey one

 This year we held a service project for Samaritan's Purse Christmas box with the Myers side of the family.  Everyone did their own family shopping for the shoe boxes and then brought their stuff up to our house.  We packed all of the boxes and had hot chocolate and cinnamon rolls. It was a great project and motivated the kids to give instead of get.

 We've hardly had any snow this winter - i'd say almost none!  But we got quite a storm on Christmas Eve - Enough for the kids to head out and get some sledding in.

 And, Thanks to Grandma Deb - we had Gingerbread houses to put together.  Here are the kids getting ready and brainstorming their creations...and the finished products.

 Gosh, when you don't stay on top of it, life speeds ahead!  I know we had so many activities going on and were going in many different directions, but i'm glad that we had a few special moments with pictures to document!