Santa Comes in a F-16



Look there is a plane coming!



I see Santa!

Ho Ho Ho!

Waiting for our turn.

I'm waiting for my turn too!

Oh, the anticipation!

Thank you Santa!

Who is this guy?

I want my Daddy!

I have seen Santa in many different venues, but I have to say this was a first...Santa coming in on a F-16!  Kurt's unit at Hill had a in with Santa and invited him to the base.  We brought the kids out and enjoyed the festivities.  AJ ran up to Santa and said, "Santa, Santa I want Roary!"  He then gave him a big hug and ran back towards Daddy.  Griff wasn't in a real festive mood, he would rather be with Mom and Dad then sit on Santa's lap. Both boys received a play-doh set and they have used them over and over again!  Great family time!  Thanks Kurt for making it possible!

How do you Retell the Christmas Story?

This is one of the ways we did it in our house!

Ready for Thanksgivng!

 

I had two of my nieces come over and help me get ready for Thanksgiving.  Grace helped watch my boys while I finished all of the little things I needed to get done before I could actually start preparing for Thanksgiving...such as writing a paper for the Families Alive Conference.  She was a GREAT help!

Maggs came over to actually help me make some things for Thanksgiving, we made little chocolate turkey favors to sit by each place setting and we also made drum sticks for all of the "kids" in high school and under.  Maggie thought the drumsticks were the best.  She was a WONDERFUL helper!

The night before Thanksgiving Kim and her family came over to help me decorate the tables, they looked FABULOUS!  I was excited for everyone to come the next day.  Wakely and Drew helped set the table, they decided it would be best if the cups were in a pattern one up, one down, one up... :)

Thanksgiving morning I went outside to retrieve the pumpkin pie I had purchased at Costco and left on top of the BBQ grill to stay chilled.  I was in for a bit of a surprise!  A raccoon had got into the pie!  We could see little paw prints.  I thought is was funny, Kurt wasn't that amused; pumpkin pie is his favorite and now we had no pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.  (I bought him another one a few days later and this time we put it in the fridge. :))

Thanksgiving was a great success!  I loved having everyone over to our home.  Hopefully it is an occasion that we will be repeated!

My Tech Boys

AJ and Griffin love playing on my !pod touch.  For a few days we had a friend's phone that had several games on it too so both boys could play.  They thought they were in heaven!  They will both know more than I do in a few years---they're not afraid to just push and see what happens. :)

****Update My Mom got an !pad for Christmas and it is a FAVORITE!!!  Both boys love to play with it.  My Mom is the one who has introduced characters such as Angry Birds to our sons. :)

A Rock in the Watercloset

AJ had a friend over to play and he used the facilities.  A few minutes later I heard them yelling for me.  I went in to find the toilet overflowing the sides. I told them to stop flushing it first of all and then we went to work cleaning up the mess.  Both AJ and his friend told me AJ had put a rock in the toilet.  I tried the plunger, but to no avail.  So I waited until Kurt came home.  He could not get the rock out either.  He ended up having to take the toilet outside and used the hose to backwash it.  It was NOT a rock, but a ROCKET!  (No wonder we couldn't get it out! :)

Artwork anyone?

Griffin has discovered crayons...now if we can just get him to discover paper! :)

Hang'n with Hank

AJ absolutely loves Henry!  He constantly asks if Hank can come down and play or if he thinks Aunt Kim and Hank are home so he can go up to their house and play.  They play pretty darn good with each other.  As all kids do they have their moments, but it is fun to watch the cousins at play! (Griff is right in the mix whenever he can be, he loves to hang with Hank too!)