Christmas Pictures

So here are the pictures for Christmas morning....finally!
They kids had a wonderful Christmas. they got so many toys!
We opened the presents to each other first. Then the Santa Presents then finally our big gift to them....280 blocks! All cut and sanded by Dad! The nerf guns were a big hit, thanks Santa. They make whistling sound as the fly by! Joshua was asleep most of the morning so when he woke up later he got to open his presents on his own. or rather, Caleb opened them for him!

pre-Christmas fun!

Here's some pictures of Christmas eve stuff....new pjs and our gingerbread house fun. My idea of the village of gingerbread houses didn't take into account they were super tiny, thus making them extremely hard to decorate! oh well, live and learn!

Thanks Dad!

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Still my little book worm!

Madie still loves to read and we've gotten so many new books this Christmas its hard to choose which one to read! Sorry for the lack of posts, we have been re-arranging the house to fit all the new stuff. It has been quite a task. Madie is sitting our new "playroom". Also, I can't find my camera cord to download our Christmas pics...I keep thinking I will run across it but I haven't yet. I sure do hope I find it.
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Vote for your favorite house

Houses #3 and #4
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Vote for your favorite house

Here's houses #1 and #2
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Out takes

So here's a few shots from our Photo shoot 2009, with 4 children this year! Not a small feat to get all 4 of them looking nice in one photo I might add. I wish I could have taped my pleading/coaxing/directions....."Hand out of your mouth", "Don't pinch your sister" "Smile like your having fun!"

Geting Joshua to smile was quite a task, but isn't he too cute just looking?!

Caleb decided to rock the airplane pose

Taking a picture of 4 kids while standing on the bed proved to be very hard, I almost stepped on them at least twice! And notice the black socked foot in the bottom right corner...yeah, that's mine!

My all time favorite, I told Caleb to help Joshua's head stay still, looks like some wrestling move!

After two tries, we did however get a few good shots.

Finished Play house

It's Done! Here's some pictures of the new play house David built for the kids.
(all pictures of house courtesy of Elizabeth Grace)

The front of the house, love the porch!

The side view, love the windows, we are going to put shutters up on hinges so they can open and close it.

Inside the house, very roomy, unfurnished currently.

a view of the roof, taken from the top of tower.

I caught Madie taking a choco milk break, had to snap a picture she's too cute sometimes!

The kids are currently out back playing in the play house, it's an unusually warm, windy day here in Atlanta so they are taking full advantage of it. And for the record, can I just say I have one amazing husband?!

Decorating the tree

Here's some photos from our night of decorating the tree.

David showed Madie her 1st Christmas ornament and she fell in love with it. It's a baby in a cradle, so the entire night she held it and rocked it and talked to it. She even wanted to sleep with it. the next morning she woke up said Hey to David then me then ran to the tree screaming "Oh Poppy, oh Poppy...I missed you!" Then later that day she broke it.

Caleb tried to put the angel on the tree....after watching the video I thought we looked like a joke: how many people does it take to put an angel on a tree?!! I like the way he tried to use David's head to help him!

The tree looks great though, I'll have more picture later of the lights on the outside of our house!

Christmas Tree Cutting '09

Every year we go down to Worthington's Tree farm and cut a real Christmas tree. It's a tradition David's family started and we are carrying it on. This year we got two trees, on for inside and one for the play house!

Madie occupied herself with "hugging" the trees while the kids searched for just the right one to cut down.

We tried to let Elizabeth and Caleb cut the tree down themselves, but it was just a little too hard.

Then the kids favorite part....jumping from the hay stack. (Madie slid down instead) Every year they can't wait to leap off the top and fly through the air. And every year they get home and are super soar the next morning!

I also tried to capture a picture of all 4 in hopes one might work for our Christmas photo cards.....alas, no luck!

Play House

Here's the framework for the kids Christmas present from David and I, their very own play house. Tall enough and big enough to accommodate all 4 of our children for many years, and can be disassembled and moved when we move, since our real house won't accommodate all of us for much longer! We'll have more pictures later once all the walls and roof is put on.

potty training with Madie

Madie likes to take her time when going potty...she sits on the potty and talks or plays. We tell her over and over again to go pee pee and she replies "I know mommy" then continues talking or daydreaming or playing or anything other then actually using the bathroom!!!

On this day however she decided to get a bit creative with her panties, oh to be Two again!

Nice reminder

So I'm out and about running errands. Then a get behind this truck, it says "tree of Life" what a nice reminder. To follow the Tree of Life. Amidst shopping for the month and going to the bank God reminds me to always follow Him first.
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