Christmas 2012

We had Christmas in Huntington with Mason’s family this year.  It was so nice to not have to get on a plane and pack for 2 weeks.  We are so happy to be home!

We had a grand total of 26 people  for Christmas.  It was pretty crazy!

I had to take advantage of having all 14 grandkids in the same place…I tried to take some pictures.  See for yourself how well they turned out!

 

It snowed a lot while we were in Huntington.  The kids had a blast getting pulled in the canoe!

 

Tara and I made all of the pajama pants for Christmas…that’s 26 pairs.  We were so relieved to see that they all fit who they were made for!

Traditional Christmas Eve picture…

That night they also performed a nativity.  Audrey  got to be Mary and had a blast.

Who can spot cinderella next to baby Jesus?

 

Christmas morning pics to come.

Audrey’s Birthday and others

Audrey has been looking forward to her birthday for pretty much a whole year now.  She was so excited when she woke up in the morning to ding Papa Elf with blue balloons for her birthday! 

Audrey surprised us the week before her birthday with requests for Lala Loopsy dolls.  She had never said anything about them before so I had to make a last minute trip to Toy’s r us in the snow to make her birthday wishes come true.

Audrey wanted to wear her birthday crown all day and loved the sleeping beauty dress up that “Hudson” got her.

Her birthday loot.  That’s a lot of Lala Loopsy’s!

Audrey requested blue cupcakes with princeses.  She was happy to supply the princesses herself!

 

 

I have also recently discovered instagram. Here are a few of my faves.

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Hudsie loves Yo Gabba Gabba.

The kids love facetime!!

The kids loved the Christmas tree!

Huddie loves his Simon doll.

Huddie and Ean…best buds.

Dress Rehearsal.

December 2012 Part 1

December was a crazy busy month!

The fist thing of the month was Audrey’s dance recital.  Audrey was so excited to get up on the big stage and dance.  She was not nervous at all and had a blast!  Her dance was “You Spin Me” by Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Audrey’s cousin Megan was so sweet to come to the recital.  Audrey was so excited to see her there.  They are such good buds.

 

 

December was so much colder than we were used to, coming from Memphis.  The kids have had to be creative with coming up with things to do inside. 

One day I walked downstairs and found Audrey and Leif in these getups.  They said they were playing mommies and daddies and that they were taking their babies to the doctor.  I’m so glad that these two are getting along so well.

 

Hudson did not have a good December.  He was constantly sick with something.   I took this picture of Huds on Audrey’s birthday.  This was as happy as he could get.  Turns out he had pneumonia.  The poor thing was so miserable!

You can tell that he’s trying to say “cheese”.

Poor thing.