Christmas At Ours!

This was our first year at our home for Christmas. We had so much fun being able to get things ready for the kids for Christmas and see how excited they were. We usually have been flying and haven't been able to bring gifts, so this was a lot different and fun to experience. We missed our family, but enjoyed spending our own Christmas together as us and so did the kids. We avoided opening gifts in the morning and so we would make it to church on time. We knew if we started opening presents they wouldn't want to stop. So, we waited till we got home from church and went at it.

Our three cute kids on Christmas day.

Jackson loved this dinosaur that he got that is enormous compared to the other one we got him last Christmas. He absolutely loved it!

It was a lot of fun getting matching pajamas for the girls. Megan also loves dressing like Whitney.

On Christmas Eve we made stockings for all of us. This was our first year at our own house for Christmas and so we haven't made stockings for each of us yet. It was a lot of fun putting them together. Hopefully they'll last quite a few years.

This was Christmas Eve after Santa had already came. We thought we'd try to hide some of the big gifts. See if you can find the basketball hoop or girls playhouse. I thought we did pretty good trying to hide them.

Jackson loved putting together this Cars 2 Mac and Lightning McQueen set he got from Grandma and Grandpa Shelley. I was amazed that he was able to put it together all by himself with only a little help.

Jackson and Megan were so excited for the beta fish we got Megan for Christmas. They were way into its every move. We named it Bob after Jacksons first beta fish he had when he was little. We named it that after Jacksons first word, "Bob, bob, bob...."

The day after Christmas we went to an Indianapolis Pacers game. It was their first game after the closeout.

For New Years we went out to Alabama to see Daves sister. We had a lot of fun hanging out. The boys always have fun going out and playing football together. It was great having warmer weather than we have out here in Indiana.

Fun before Christmas

These are a late, but here are some pictures of when we went up to Indianapolis at the beginning of December to Indianapolis downtown and our Childrens Museum which has been a lot of fun to have a membership this past year. They had a fun Christmas area that the kids loved seeing Santa. Guess I won't say they all loved it, Megan was scared of Santa. As you can see in the pictures, she tried to get away from him everytime we got to see him.







At the Indianapolis Childrens Museum at Christmas time.

This was such a fun slide they had in place of the stairs that are usually there. I took Megan, Whitney and Jackson down along with me. Megan got a little scared.

As you can see, Megan is crying. Jackson loved seeing Santa this year. Whitney probably didn't know what was going on. However, I totally remember little Jackson so scared of Santa a couple years ago.

We went to a parade they had in our town. Jackson and Megan have hot chocolate smeared all over their lips as you can see. It was so cold, we had to get some. It gets so cold here, colder than Utah.

My little Santa and reindeer all ready for Christmas. Two cute girls playing together.

Jackson and Megan were so excited when it snowed for the first time that they just had to go outside to play in it. I never realized how much work it takes to get kids all dressed to go out in the snow to stay warm, till now. It was great for them to get out though since it had been so cold and we hadn't been able to go outside for a while. They were dying to get out and I believe at the time I was excited for them to get out too.

We built a mini snowman with the little snow that fell. It didn't last long, but it was great fun while it lasted.

We had a Ward Christmas party and of course we had a special visitor. I think our Santa is a pretty good one that does it every year. He pulls it off pretty good with his white beard and all. He even brings along Mrs. Claus.

Dad had to get Megan to come this close to Santa this time. Maybe next year she won't be so scared.

Megans 3rd Birthday!

It was so much fun throwing Megan her first birthday party. As you can tell a princess birthday party, I know a very common thing to do. But, I did as requested. I had fun planning it and making her cake and all. The only bad thing is having her birthday right next to Christmas making it very inconvenient for all her friends to come. We had some girls come, but not as near as many as I invited, we'll have to figure something else out for the future. We had so much fun though playing many games, making wands, eating cake and ice cream, and opening presents. All the girls just loved dressing up in their princess dresses as well. Megan loves pink and everything was pink, pink, pink. She always says, "Mmmm.....I love pink!," and holds a pink thing up to her face. Such a girl! We love our sweet princess Megan! Happy 3rd Birthday Megan!

As you can tell, Jackson didn't want to be dressed up like any of the girls even though he got invited to a princess party for Megan. So, he decided to dress up, but as Spiderman. He also had to have a cars cup and plate instead of a princess cup and plate. I didn't mind! Rather have that than the other way around. He's so funny sometimes.

So, this was early morning on Megans Birthday. We had Megans birthday party a few days before her actual birthday. Dave gets a kick out of putting a blanket covering the kids door and sliding balloons in between the door and the blanket, so that when they open the door all the balloons come falling into them. We did it for Jacksons last birthday too. Megan didn't think it was as funny as Jackson did. She can be pretty aunry in the morning if not enough sleep, which happened. Whitney woke up crying and I couldn't go in without it falling, and so Megan woke up to her crying and wasn't too happy. Anyway, she had a fun filled day doing all the things she wanted like Chuck E Cheese and going out to eat at her favorite places.

Three cute kids. We love you Megan! Happy 3rd Birthday!