Robyn's School Christmas Program

Robyn did great at her School Christmas Program. She loves being in front of people and performing. You could tell that she was really enjoying herself. Good Job Robyn!!!!

They also had Santa come after the Kindergartners finished singing. So I had to get the 3 little ones pictures with him again. To my surprise Jonathan actually did not mind sitting on his lap.

Happy Birthday Brooke!!!!!

Foster Association Christmas Party

We had a great time at our Foster Association Christmas Party. Brentwood High School Sponsored it. The teenagers did a great job with the children. They had face painting, games, skits, food, Santa Claus, presents, etc.

Robyn told Santa she wanted High School Musical & Hanah Montana dolls. Lets see if Santa is good to her this year.

LoriAnne asked Santa for 2 babies. She has lots of dolls but a girl can never have too many.

Mikey wouldn't talk to Santa. But at least we got a picture of him on Santa's lap.

Now Jonathan is AFRAID of anybody dressed up. So I knew he would be afraid of Santa. He started screaming as soon as Santa walked into the room. I told Dave and the other photographer there that as soon as they were ready to take the picture I was going to run and put Jonathan on Santa's lap and they needed to snap the picture before he realizes what I did to him. I think this picture actually came out cute with him looking at Santa.

Ward Christmas Party

Everyone seemed to enjoy the Ward Christmas Party/Dinner. Since I was on the committee I did not get many pictures of the evening. The boys stayed home with a babysitter. The activity did not start until 6:30 and since that is the boys bed time I figured it would be easier to have them at home and in bed. The girls had a great time. The below picture is a picture of the primary kids singing some Christmas songs.

The "Best Deal" of the Season

I have been wanting to buy Christmas Stockings for years (why I don't know)... but I decided to wait until we purchased our home and have more children. So this year was the year to make the purchase. I saw these stockings at Cracker Barrel and wanted them. BUT I couldn't decide on if I really wanted them. So tonight while I was running errands I decided to stop at Cracker Barrell. AND I couldn't believe my eyes these stockings were on sale for $2.99. Yes, that is right $2.99. I can't even make stockings for that price. All I have to say is YA-HOOOO!!!!!! I am so excited. Merry Christmas to me (I mean to my family)! :)

I wanted different stockings for everyone. But I decided to save myself from the kids (girls) fighting over who got which one. So I got matching ones instead. (We will need a bigger mantel if we have more kids).

Family Night is Always Fun :)

We had a fun evening together as a family decorating the Christmas Tree. We have had the tree up for a week and we finally decorated it :) This is the first year that we have decorated for Christmas with the boys. Last year we had already packed everything up to move to Tennessee. Mikey really seemed to enjoy decorating while wearing the Santa hat.

"Joy School"

Today was my turn again to teach "Joy School". These four 3yr olds are allot of fun. We made these reindeer today. The kids loved tracing their hands and using them for the reindeer antlers. I think their favorite part was filling the reindeer with candy. We had a great time. I always thought it would be fun to teach preschool or kindergarten. So it is even better to be able to teach in my own home.

L-R Andrew, Alyse, Isaac, & LoriAnne