A December To Remember!

Oh my hell!!!! I should be beat!! I can't believe that I let myself get this far behind on my blog!!!  Never again!!  So I'm making up for lost time!!  Seriously!!! 

Christmas was great!!! How can Christmas not be great with kids!! It is magic, I love it!!  I love how you can almost see the vision they have of Christmas and Santa through their eyes! The excitement, the anticipation!!! There really isn't many things better!!! Joe came to our house again this year, he is one of the coolest traditions started in our family!! He creeps Tate out bad....... but he loves him still!  He is always a little relieved when he heads back to the North Pole!! He feels like he doesn't have to watch over his shoulder when he walks down the hall!!!  Now that it is February, i hope everyone else had a Merry Christmas too......oh....and Happy Valentines!!??!!! LOL!

 



Starting the month off with the tree!!  And since we are out of the baby stage we were able to set up Granny's train!! It was cool and bittersweet!!! It was also really loud... I'm sure that she was giggling in heaven, when Taylor and I were ready to crawl out of our skin!!





 

We made Candy!!!

 

 

We wrote important letters!!

 

 

We finally made it to Zoo Lights after 3 years of wanting to!!

WORTH IT!!!!

 

 

GG and Grandpa took us to Breakfast with Santa!! Fun!!! Food, crafts, cookies, and face painting....of course Whit had the whole place rolling with his pick of face paint!!!! Taylor said he looked just like Cody Demoss!!!

 

Christmas Eve with the cousins.....I am so happy that this happens...It means the world to my kids, and I love it too!!

 

 

We visited Grandpa Hopes!  Man I miss him!

 

 

And then it was here!! The chaos started!! 

 

 

 

Santa delivered!! The kids were all smiles!!  One of the best times of the year....hands down!! 

 

 

THE END!!

 

 

Party Hardy!!

We did A LOT of decorating this year!!! Trains.... Trees.... Sleighs, you name it we frosted it!! It was fun!! I would love to have a small stock in Christmas candy!  We bought enough for an army just to decorate with...but worth every penny!! 

The Larsen's came over for a little pizza and decorating too!!  Jaysten won the prize for most creative, his Santa was diving off a diving board!!! Geniuses!!!

 

If you want to be entertained you should show up at the Hopes Family Christmas Party!!  There is always some serious fun!!  I love seeing the little cousins play! It takes me back to being a kid, and going to my grandparents on Christmas Eve!! Eating shrimp, and sorting presents!!  You can see where we all get our sense of adventure....Hopes never disappoints on the fun factor!! She is always up for anything!! She was our snowman.....we won!!

 

 

Heaven help me!!! My kids LOVE Toni!!!! WTH!!!  No just kidding...with good reason, what is not to love, she's the best!! She's a spoiler, and kid herself.  My kids think she rocks!!! But I'd be lying if I said this picture didn't worry me just a little!!!!;) LOL!!

 

Garwee & Pee Pa's

Christmas wouldn't be the same now if we didn't have a party at Garwee's and Pee Paw Scott's!!!  The kids get to tell Santa what is on their list, and share presents with eachother!!  It was extra good this year, we had Lucy to celebrate with!! We ate, we decorated Christmas trees!! Good times!!  Thanks Scott and Robyn!!! We love you guys!!!