Sunday, January 23, 2011

Shogun!





After spending two days at home for snow days, Jim and I headed out with the boys for lunch on Saturday. We thought an "action" packed lunch like Shoguns might be fun!

Christian liked the umbrella in his lemonade!

Let the grill show begin!

The boys were in awe of the cook and his many tricks!

Andrew thought it was so funny! They even made the onion volcano make choo choo noises for him! So cute! Now if I could only cook that way at home??? Maybe not a good idea...;)

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Snow day!


We got our first "big" snow of the year today! We probably got 4 inches and it was great snow for sledding! We had a lazy morning in our jammies and had cinammon rolls for breakfast. The boys loved sitting by the window and watching the snow fall.


Jim worked from home downstairs while the boys and I played upstairs.
Here is Andrew's idea of entertainment on a snow day...

He was pretty proud of his toliet paper tower. ;)

He shortly realized it was taller than he was. HA!

Anyway, after Andrew laid down for his nap, Christian and I decided to head across the street to the golf course and go sledding!

We had so much fun! Jim took Christian last year while I stayed with Andrew. I was so glad it was my turn, haha! We went down the hill several times, including one "wipeout" where we both ended up with snow covered faces. Great memories!

We headed back to the house and baked brownies and made hot chocolate. Nothing is better than hot brownies and hot cocoa on a snow day!


Andrew enjoyed his ricecake. Don't worry, I did let him have a little bite of brownie too!
But he actually handed part of the brownie back to me and went back to munching on his ricecake. Seriously??!!! My child??!! :)

Our yummy brownies! They may not be "Nancy brownies" (aka the BEST brownies in the world! Nancy works at ARVEST with me), but they were good!

After Jim was done with work, he did come upstairs and have some playtime with Andrew!

Andrew is a complete daddy's boy. He goes and stands by the door in the garage right around the time Jim gets home from work and says, "I want dad" over and over. Pretty darn cute.

Hope everyone stayed warm and safe during your snow day! Looks like we have another one tomorrow! I think we may have to get out the Wii!

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Joni's Baby Shower!


Today I headed to Van Buren for a baby shower hosted by my sister in law Kimberly and Andrea Mabrey. It was good to see Joni looking so fabulous and happy pregnant! Joni is having a little boy and I am so happy for her! Can't wait to meet him!

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

10th NYE Bash! Ring in 2011!

Friday night, Jim and I hosted our 10th Annual NYE Bash! We have really loved hosting our NYE party every year! But this year, we decided we wanted to do something different. So we decided this would be our last party and we may do weekend trips with friends over NYE starting next year. ;) Jim and Brandon also had a jam session this year....Jim played his drums and Brandon played his guitar and sang. They were awesome!












Jim on the drums!

Brandon on guitar!
(and yes, that's a bra on his mic stand. We thought a little "decor" might make him feel like a rockstar. haha!)


The girls!

The guys! (yes, I made them pose for this one!)

Thanks to all our NYE party guests (past and present) for making our parties so much fun!
Now to a new decade of tradition!
Happy New Year!!!

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Christmas 2010


We had a wonderful and very blessed Christmas this year!

Pops carving the turkey! Christian loved watching!

and eating!!!

Pops and Christian making a wish on the wishbone!

GoGo's beautiful tree!

I love this picture of Christian by all the presents!

On Christmas Eve, we go to see my cousins Tammy and Joe and their boys Brad and Michael.

Christian and Joe


Wrenn and Robert

Time to open presents!

One of my favorite gifts was a bowl Christian made and painted at school and an ornament he made with his picture. He even wrapped it himself. ;)

Christian got Jim an Empire Strikes Back t-shirt! :)



The gifts Santa left for the boys!

They loved them!



Christian even got to babysit Robert! He read Robert books. He loves his little nephew!
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!