Such a fun Christmas!

This Christmas was so fun! Last year we couldn't do Christmas with the cousins since Laney couldn't be around other kids. This year we had no restrictions!!! It was great!

Grandma and Grandpa with all 3 grandkids! Little Hunter's 1st Christmas!

There's just no way to get everyone looking!

Christmas Eve after church...
Jace & Laney...such sweet cousins hugging!

Aunt Renee with Jace!

Thanks to Granddad coming out in the ice we have pictures from Christmas morning! So nice of him! Here's the new kitchen!

Laney washing her hands in the sink...

Grandmom with the kids!

And Granddad too!

The best one of the 4 cousins we could get!

Cousin Cade sitting so nicely...

Not so lucky with the other boys!

This is my favorite one though!

Laney's Walking!

We're so excited that Laney started walking today!!!! For the past few days she'd been walking holding just one of our hands. This morning she figured out that she could stand up from sitting by herself and stay up for about 15-20 seconds. Then tonight right before bed she got brave and took 4 steps without us prompting her. We convinced her to do it about 5 more times! I think we have another walker... :) Watch out!

Happy 3rd Birthday Ava!

My friend Shaina's little girl Ava turned 3 last week! She's the one in the back in the red long sleeve shirt...so cute! Her party was at Pump It Up and Bryce & Laney loved it. Here's the group picture that Bryce was too busy for. :)This picture is so funny to me! Bryce was having a blast and smiling bigger than I've seen him before!

Laney also loved to bounce!

Thanks for a great party Ava!!!! Happy Birthday!

LifeGroup Christmas Party!

We had another fun party this year! Thanks Toby & Melanie for planning and hosting!

We love the xylophone!

This is my first attempt at posting a video! Bryce and Laney both love playing the xylophone!

Merry Christmas to you!

Our good friend Steve braved another photo shoot with us a few weeks ago. He did such a great job...thanks Steve! It's not easy to convince Bryce and Laney to stay still for long these days. We were grateful for help from Grandmom too! Here's the link for Steve...he's such a good photographer and reasonable too: http://www.stevenhodgsonphotography.com. I also added it to the sidebar for future reference. We hope that everyone has a great Christmas!

Bracelets!

Aren't these meant to be bracelets?

The Allen Playhouses

This was a few weeks ago but after Kevin's birthday lunch we took Bryce and Laney to the Allen playhouses! They're perfect for the stage that they're at. Here they are in the bank!

They also have a maze...Bryce had a blast pushing Laney through it in the stroller! He's so helpful...

Our first Thanksgiving with Hunter!

We had a great first Thanksgiving with Hunter! He looked adorable and was so good the whole time. Even with 3 kids under 2 years old we all managed to sit down and eat together! Hunter took a little nap and Bryce & Laney ate with us this year. They loved Thanksgiving food!!!

Laney waving bye to Hunter!

Playgroup at our house!

We hosted our first playgroup recently and it went great! Sadly I didn't get any pictures with Laney but she was there and had fun!

The little table in the kitchen was perfect for eating lunch. Shane and Cambry hanging out while the older kids were eating!Carson and Bryce playing with blocks and puzzles.Bryce watching his friends leaving! He stands in the window every time someone leaves until they drive away. It's so cute!

A Year Ago...

I have a really pretty engraved frame that Kevin gave me for my first Mother's Day. For the past year it's had Bryce and Laney's Halloween picture in it. Today I replaced it with this year's. Of course that made me think about all of the events since last Halloween. Whew! We're very thankful to be where we are now and hoping for a much less eventful 2010!

Look how much they've changed!

I can't imagine what they'll look like next year!!

Trick or Treat!

First stop- Grandmom and Granddad's house!

Bryce is clapping for Granddad...clapping is his favorite thing to do these days!

Playing with Grandmom! She's so fun!Laney kept crawling in Aunt Renee's lap...so cute!

Now that's a cool costume, Granddad!

On to Grandma and Grandpa's! Bryce had this down!

Aww...Laney and Grandma!Trick or Treating in our neighborhood! We were only going to go to a house or two but ended up going to probably 10 after we got started. It's a good way to meet your neighbors...plus, they were having fun!

Look at all of our candy!!! The good news is that they're just fine playing with it and not eating it!

LifeGroup Halloween!

After LOTS of pictures this was the best one believe it or not! At least it shows all of the kids together.