Santa came.
Waiting to see what Santa brought... Lucky Luke... Santa brought him some deodorant! (Or is that, lucky us??? - We haven't had any probl...
Christmas Eve at our house.
Haley and Santa Lily Reed Macy Aaron Ava Brendan Jordan Luke Chad, trying to put all his weight on Santa Kinley Christian Me and Sant...
Sugar Cookies.
A tradition in my family growing up (and another way to entertain the kids) is to make sugar cookies and then let the kids decorate them. Wh...
And the entertaining of the children begins.
I try to find some sort of activity for the kids to do while they are on break. The first one we did, besides baking all the goodies for the...
A caroling we will go!
Notice that all the treats are hiding in the over. This is because in the last week, Cooper has eaten half a box of Golden Grahams, some c...
Waiting for the Sunningdale Santa!
Every year, right before Christmas, Santa comes to visit one of the neighborhoods in our area. All of the children wait on the street and Sa...
Happy Christmakkuh everyone!
So, one of the traditions that we've made up (okay, it's mostly that I've made up), is the celebration of Christmakkuh. It tends...
Reindeer Reed
Reed's last day of preschool before Winter Break, found him learning how to be a reindeer. He got to wear reindeer antlers, eat like a r...
Jingle all the way...
Luke's 6th grade choir did a Christmas performance with the 7th/8th grade choir, and it was really nice. They sang some Christmas classi...
Counting the pearly whites!
Reed went for his first dentist appointment. He was pretty good about it, as long as he didn't have to sit in the big chair. So, they ha...
Getting ready...
One of the things that I do every year, which is totally for me (really, it is! I never scrapbook for myself, so this is all for me, even t...
(Getting to December now) The annual making of Candy Calendars
One of the traditions that Derrick grew up with was, making candy calendars. It's kind of like an advent calendar. You use leftover Hall...