Pre Christmas fun!!

W love the holiday season and are grateful that we were able to spend a decent amount of time with those we love, and we missed the rest of our family that we were unable to see and visit with.

here are some of our pre Christmas day holiday photos and events:

making candy trains, although this year a mishap in communication with D led to a candy "plane" (our substitute for gingerbread houses):

the candy...

sorting it out

Mike to the rescue...he made an awesome candy PLANE!

and D LOVED it!!

S's lovely candy train...

A's candy train...

J's train with lots of canons and...

rotator guns (whatever those are)... this is a shot of them...

and the one big casualty--Mike totally glue gun burned his hand. OUCH!!

getting the tree:

it was raining most of the time we were there, but it stopped briefly, so I grabbed my camera and got this shot. These three kiddos standing by the tree, then what to my wondering eyes should appear...the forth one, running away from his Dad (in the background) as they were "hunting" one another in the Christmas tree farm... the NERDS!

Making sugar cookies:

This is one of Mike's family traditions that we have a love/hate relationship with. He loves it and I hate it. hahaaaa! (alright, hate is a really strong word) but I dislike the mess, confusion, and chaos, that comes when trying to make, decorate, and eat sugar cookies with four kids. But once we decided to join our forces with one of our favorite families here, every year it is a success and we LOVE it! Yes, even me.

a few cute pictures of the kiddos:

our little nativity play:

some of our holiday decor: photo overload. :)

Love you all,
and more Christmas pictures to follow.