We had a great Christmas with Brandon's family this year. Everyone seemed happy with what Santa brought them. Thank goodness my kids are still young and easy to please with cheap toys! Brandon's favorite gift was finding out that we're going to have a baby BOY in May! I had someone at work look at my baby on the u/s machine, but told them I didn't want to know yet. So they wrote the sex down on a piece of paper and sealed it in an envelope for us to both open on Christmas morning. It was a fun surprise!

"Elfing" on Christmas Eve

Here's our cute little elves getting ready to spread cheer! We went to an Assisted Living facility and sang carols and handed out stockings filled with goodies to all the residents. You should have seen their faces light up when they saw our big crew! I'm pretty sure our elves were successful at brightening up their Christmas!

Merry Christmas to me a little early!

Ever since the day we moved into this house, 5 years ago, I've been begging to rip out the nasty, stained, embarresing carpet in our dining area and replace it with wood floors. My husband finally caved and gave me an early Christmas this year! He and his dad did a beautiful job! I absolutely love it!

Random kid pictures that make me smile

Reason #101 why living out in the country would be a dream!

This is definately by far the boy's favorite past time! They are constantly asking Dad to take them up to the mountains so they can go RIDING! Since that's not always possible, Brandon has turned our yard into a motorcross track. Here they are racing with their cousin Nate. (Kevin came in 1st place of course!) ;) This is Kyle's 1st year riding without training wheels, and he has done awesome! No broken bones yet. It's Kevin's first year riding alone with training wheels. I'm just crossing my fingers they won't get too extreme too quickly!

The boys learned to water ski this year!

I'm not sure if you can call it water skiing or just getting drug behind the boat while holding on for dear life, but both Kyle and Kevin attempted it this year! They are so brave and willing to try anything! (With a little coaxing and bribing from their parents!)

Kyle's 1st season of soccer

This was Kyle's first time playing soccer on a team. He absolutely loved it! I think more than anything he loved the audience he got everytime he played!