Fun in January

At Grandpa's Pond








At the pool



Dax likes the water, he only cried a little when he got splashed in the face



This kid gets smothered in kisses by his mom every day


This morning before school









Happy Birthday Mom! We love you :)

Christmas time

One of my favorite memories from this last Christmas was the night that we drank some hot cocoa, and opened up our elf on a shelf. (Thanks again to Aunt Di for sending him). Elf on a shelf comes with a story, then he sits up high somewhere in the house and watches the kids to make sure they have good behavior at Christmas time. Each night he goes and reports to Santa then comes back during the night and finds a new spot to sit and watch. Loads of entertainment for the kids. They woke up every morning so excited to find his new spot. Anyways, after opening up our elf whom the kids named Twelf, we went driving around to look at the Christmas lights. We found a whole street that was seriously decked out and then found a house that had the lights coordinating with the music. We didn't think the kids would be that into it but they ended up car dancing and not wanting to leave.

We also had lots of talks with the kids about the true meaning of Christmas and I did lots of thinking about how we can make our celebrations be more centered on Christ.


Jonas got an amazing star wars transformer toy for Christmas from his Aunt Mo which I don't have a picture of. He took it to school for show and tell. He has a little friend at school who is very similar to Jonas who saw the toy and said "oh yeah baby, now your talkin!" It made me laugh because I can imagine Jonas saying the same thing.

I also loved hangin with family of course.