Christmas Morning (Christmas Part II)

7:30 am...can't complain about that






thank you katy and micah....I'm scared to use it!












it's supposed to look like her (same hair and eyes)

santa brought lots of legos

Christmas Part 1

Christmas Eve always seems so busy and we never seem to have the time to color in the coloring book. So this year we made it a family home evening activity the Monday before Christmas...so here is our fun:





Christmas Eve Day, by about 2 the kids were so tired they couldn't even pretend to smile, so I made them all take a nap. A few minutes later, I heard them coming up stairs armed with blankets, pillows and silkie to nap under the tree. I put on some soft christmas music and they all eventually fell asleep. Chris came home from work early and joined them. I was in a rush to get the house put together so that it could be destroyed the next morning :) They all slept until it was time to go to the family Christmas dinner

SNOW!

Payton's first time out to play in the snow...I think he likes it
these two look like trouble
cute!
jax taking a break
our snowman...since there is no grass in that part of our yard, he's a little dirty!

Family Home Evening Gingerbread House

Chris was our official assembler of the gingerbread house. He was careful to make sure it was "structurally sound" with plenty of "adhesive" as you'll see
eagerly anticipating decorating time!

roof is on!
he was just making sure the frosting wasn't poisoned or anything





and then things got a little crazy...you might think the kids started this whole thing, but no...in fact it was their DAD who started decorating the kids in frosting:


the finished product:



it lasted ONE day...well, the candy only lasted about one hour!

LOVE IT!

For some odd reason, the majority of my kids have a 'thing' against the sun...they just don't like it very much. It's hot, it hurts their eyes...they got it from their dad. He hates the sun...I think he'd prefer to live in a cave (which he basically did do once...he still claims it was the best bedroom he EVER had).

I was so excited the other afternoon to find Payton enjoying one of my favorite parts of the addition...the sliding glass door. Not so much the door itself, but the fact that the sun shines through it basically ALL day long. I LOVE that. I have also fallen asleep in this very same spot. It appears that LaPierre genes...though not the strongest can in fact be passed on!

Great room pics

The lights are on and somebody is home, we're are pretty much done with the addition. We just have some minor things to finish up.
This is a good picture of the tile and laminate.
We're glad to be done with all the major stuff,