American Girl Dolls

Christy, Cambree, and Calee love American Girl Dolls. I'm not crazy about how expensive they are, but I have to admit that they do make really cute dolls. Cambree and Calee have both played with their American Girl Doll "bitty babies" so much that they are starting to show some wear. They keep telling me there is actually an American Girl doll hospital that we can send them to and they come back good as new and even wearing a hospital gown. Cambree was lucky enough to get Lanie and Kit for christmas. Here are a few pictures of Cambree and her dolls:

Sherpa Hats

We bought our kids these cool Sherpa hats for them to wear this winter. They love wearing them and they keep their ears and heads nice and warm. They look so cute when all three of them are wearing them. I made them put them on the other night so I could take some pictures of them. Calee is still so tiny, so hers looks really big on her.

New Year's Eve

This year we had a fun party at our house for New Year's Eve. The top picture is just a sampling of the junk food everyone brought to eat. We also had pizzeria pizza. (I'm pretty sure I gained at least 5 pounds).  It was a fun night full of Dance Central on the xbox kinect and playing rockband on the wii. Christy kicked my butt on dance central, (of course).  Our kids had a blast playing games and being with their friends. One of their favorite parts of New Year's Eve is drinking sparkling cider. Our friend, Jen even brought party poppers for all the kids to shoot off confetti at midnight. It was a fun night and a good way to bring in the new year.

Legos, Legos, and more Legos!

We love Legos at our house and Santa brought a lot this year. We have been busy the last couple of days building Cambree's Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle, and Carter's Halo Pelican drop ship. We completed them today and the kids are so excited. I can't believe how cool Legos are these days. The detail on the Hogwarts castle is amazing. I just hope they will keep them this way for at least a few weeks before they start breaking all the pieces off and losing them. We'll see........

The Gingerbread House is on fire!

Our kids were excited to go up to Grandma's house and build a gingerbread house with her and Shandi last week. Everything started out normal. They tried to make a door and windows on the front with red icing, but it ended up running all over the place. My kids decided it was a Gingerbread house that had caught on fire. From then on, their imaginations started runnig wild, from fire to bloody snowmen and a bloody gumdrop man lying on the ground outside the gingerbread house. I would worry about them, except they come from a family full of firefighters, so this is pretty normal for our family. I am just glad they had so much fun building this one.

Christmas Morning

This year our kids decided they wanted to all sleep together in Cambree's room. They were all so hyper and excited for Santa to come and it took them awhile to go to sleep. Christmas morning was fun this year. It was especially fun to watch Calee. She wanted to open each present right after she unwrapped it. This year was all about Star Wars, Legos, and Halo for Carter. For our girls, it was all about "American Girl Doll" dolls, legos, and arts and crafts type stuff. It was a fun morning. Here are a few pictures:

Playing in the snow!

Saturday was a fun day. I headed out to snowblow the driveway, and the girls headed right out play in the snow. By the time I was done with the driveway, they had already built what looked like the start to a really good snowman. I asked them what they were building, and they told me that they were playing "Cake Boss" and that they were building a princess castle cake. (Silly girls!) Later, I talked them into making a sledding ramp and helped them take turns sledding down it.  The girls also had fun buzzing up and down the street on Cooper's little 4-wheeler. Carter and Josh wanted to have a snowball fight, so I helped them build walls to duck behind and we had a good time throwing snowballs at each other.

Family Pictures!

On a whim, we decided to get some family pictures done right before Christmas. Saturday was a nice day, so we called up our cousin Carlie and she met us downtown to take our pictures. She did an awesome job and we are really grateful for her. It is always fun to get new family pictures.