Christmas 2012

Christmas this year was fabulous.  We were all healthy (unlike last year when Randy and I had the worst sinus infections ever!) and happy (except for Zach who was cutting teeth...ugh).  

The fam Christmas morning.

 Zach opening a gift.

 Josh loved the bows.

 Josh's turn to open a gift.

 Will got shot!

 Handsome dude.

 Pure excitement over getting legos!

 This little guy is so cute.  He LOVES wearing the Madagascar 3 wig and coloring in this chair.

 The boys with the elf.

 These Thor hammers were a BIG hit in our house.  Luckily they are made out of nerf material so they can't be too destructive with them. :)

Silver Dollar City

We went up to Silver Dollar City one Friday to check out all the holiday stuff they had going on.  The lights were amazing, the boys had fun talking to Santa and it was fun to go on a few rides.  

The tea cups are always a must for the boys to go on when we visit.

 Trying to get a picture of the boys.

 The cute gingerbread men.

 Zach was not a fan of Santa, but the two oldest loved telling Santa what they were hoping to get.

 Strolling down the lane.

 What visit wouldn't be complete without hot chocolate being spilt ALL OVER Randy.

 These pictures don't do the lights justice.  They were amazing!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

We've been getting into the Christmas spirit around here!  We've been gingerbread making....

 Sleeping under the Christmas tree....

 Going on walks in way too warm of weather for December...

 Baking a lot...these were delicious!

 Scooter riding....

 Craft making....

 Been sick with the flu...everyone got it except Will.

 We were quite pathetic around here then...

 One day when Josh was sick, he fell asleep on the couch at noon and I moved him to his bed.  I woke him up at 3:30 so that he'd be able to sleep at night...and then he asked to go to bed at 6:50.  He woke up the next morning at 6:00 and watch a show...went back to bed in our bed at 6:30 and didn't wake up till 10:15.  Poor little dude.  It was not a good time to be at our house.

 Candy cane eating....

 Trying to take our clothes off ourselves....

 Drawing....

 Playing with chalk...

 And reading....

Bring on the holidays!

Family Pictures 2012

We got our pictures taken this year and there were a lot of great ones, but these were some of my favorites!  Enjoy!

Thanksgiving 2012

For Thanksgiving, Mary and Jenny drove down and it was so fun!  We ate lots of great food and did some crazy shopping!  I'm glad I had them around when we went to Walmart and Target Thanksgiving night...it was a zoo but we got some amazing door buster sales!

The Turkey.  I have to admit...it was one of the best turkeys I've had!

The group.

Zach had fun with his aunts.

The fam minus Zach who slept through the meal.

We also went to the Gentry Zoo which is always an adventure.  These camels smelled so bad, especially when they stuck their faces into the car!

This monkey would not leave us alone.  Lets just say don't mess with a hormonal mommy monkey.

Buddies during the car ride.

They also had lion cubs that you could pet.