Birthdays Galore

Waaay back in January Elliot and Naomi both had birthdays. I'm a little behind. This year is the off year for friend parties, so we just celebrated with family.

Naomi turned 3.

Happy Birthday sweet girl!

Elliot turned 7.

Poor kid had strep throat on his birthday (Friday the 13th, what do you expect??), but we still had a little celebration.

Elliot got some bey blades!!

Of course, the family had a battle!

Happy birthday to our two January kiddos!!

My Baby is 3, *sniff*

My girl turned 3 today. I can't believe how fast it has gone by. She isn't a baby anymore, she's a full fledged little girl. Naomi is such a wonderful addition to our family. She keeps us all laughing. She loves to dance, loves to play with her brother and sister, loves to do everything ALL BY HERSELF!! She is such a sweet girl and we are so lucky to call her ours. We went out for a little 3 year photo shoot this morning. :)

Happy birthday, sweet girl!

Christmas!

Well, the big guy showed up.

Grace got a new bike

Elliot got a DSi, to replace his ds lite, which he gave to Grace. It's a win win. I actually really like this one because he can create and animate cartoons on it. It's pretty cool.

Maggie and Naomi each got a new baby doll.

We woke up to a foggy Christmas morning.

It was pretty crazy with 8 kids and 8 adults opening presents at the same time. But lots of fun!

Grace trying out her new crackle nail polish.

This is where Elliot spent most of the morning. :)

Grace showing off her days of the week socks.

Bailey indulging in a little of her own Christmas cheer! Actually every time I turned around she was eating some candy off the floor. Poor girl probably had a stomach ache by the time the day was over.

The kids spent the morning playing with each other's toys.

Beyblades...I had never heard of them until Christmas morning but apparently they are all the rage. Jack was very nice about letting all the kids play with his!

Someday I might be good at getting pictures of all my kids 10 minutes before we have to leave for church. But this was not that day! Naomi was cracking me up in this picture!

Everyone got to wear their new Christmas church clothes. Christmas on Sunday is awesome. I loved it.

Elliot has turned in to such a ham in front of the camera. :)

Okay, get ready to die from cuteness...

Norah Jane

I couldn't pick just one!

Our Christmas feast! Prime rib, *drool*, mashed potatoes, stuffing, salad, and homemade crescent rolls, made by yours truly. I don't mean to toot my own horn, but they were SO GOOD!

Matt and Crystal gave us an awesome family gift, Just Dance Kids 2, which we got to by playing a bunch of awesome Christmas minute-to-win-it games! They were so fun. It was such a good idea, the kids loved it!

And that is how we rounded out our Christmas. It was so great to spend it with so much family. Thanks so much to Colin and Lori for hosting us all. Wonderful family memories were made. Now on to 2012!