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Friday, December 26, 2014

Merry Christmas!

4 Years, 36 Weeks.


We hope you had a wonderful and blessed holiday!!

Here was ours:


Brae and the gymnastics team after their Christmas program before starting winter break.

She came along to pick up the twins and partook in their Christmas party.

Perfect way to cap the chilly evening with fire!

The Ottatis and Meidingers came over for supper and fun.

Exhausted, Brae fell asleep on the stairs.

With Daisy.

And Tarzan.

And Chip 'n Dale.

And Rafiki.

And a sheep.

Brother trying to give little sister a kiss on her cheek, much to her dismay!

At the Frozen Sing-A-Along.

With Jake.

And Sofia.

And Lightning McQueen and Mater of "Cars."

At Tom Sawyer Island.

With Cinderella.

And Rapunzel.

Christmas lights at Disney's railroad station.

Upon arrival back home.

Last day, Christmas Eve!!

Helping Mommy make some holiday cookies.

Reading the story of Baby Jesus.

Fell asleep on Mommy's lap watching a holiday movie.

Christmas we spent at Epcot.  The Magic Kingdom had closed at 9 AM due to capacity!

It was a very busy and crowded day!

Trying on some different hats!

A Bavarian pretzel from Germany.

Braelyn accompanied me to the airport to pick up Papa and Nana from Denver.
This was at 11:45 PM.

The twins tried to stay up too, but alas, they didn't make it.

Our Christmas tree.

Someone was excited!!

Let the madness begin!!

A trinket for his Disney magicband!

Beautiful chaos.  What a mess!

Kohl with his stash.

Maddy and her loot.

Brae and her plunder.

Maddy and Papa share a moment.  She was Papa's girl all day.

We went to Disney's Winter Summerland mini golf .

Kohlden putting under Papa's watchful eye.

We went to the Animal Kingdom Lodge to see the giraffes and zebras.


Have a great weekend!



Friday, December 19, 2014

Holiday Festivities

4 Years, 35 Weeks.


It's the most wonderful time of the year…and the busiest!!

Here's a sneak peek of our week:


Putting on a show for the parents before bedtime.

Triplets!  Took Gaby with us to school.

The group together for supper to bid the Grodacks goodbye for Christmas.

And to finally meet London!

Duncan pops open the champagne de sparkling cranberry juice!

The big girls enjoy hanging out together.

Braelyn wanted to have another sibling.  Sorry dear, London will have to do!

The twins plus Aubree at Sabbath School.

Madelyn hadn't seen her buddy Adalyn in a while!

Hooked up with the Clarkes at Disney's Animal Kingdom.  Kohl was VERY excited.

Watching a silverback gorilla strut around.

Making music…err…noise at the market.

Riding a motorcycle-ish vehicle in Bombay.

Elsa turned Cinderella's castle into her ice palace at night!

Thank goodness for the Clarke's and their stroller!  Braelyn was wiped out!

As was Kohl.

Buddy helping out with the dishes.

Broncos fans working on some Christmas arts and crafts.

Braelyn had the stomach bug so I kept her home from school on Monday.

A sweet treat from the local bakery after picking the twins up from school.

Santa at Uno's.  It was family night, with Christmas activities for the kids,

including ornament making.

Prepping their pizzas for supper.

Waiting in the driveway for Operation Santa with their hot chocolates.
Sadly he didn't come that evening.

At Epcot, learning about storm safety and supplies.

Bumped into the Clarke's again, this time at Finding Nemo.

Met up with our new best friend.

Catching up with Goofy.

A selfie kiss with Minnie.  The kids enjoyed seeing that; hope Tangie doesn't get jealous!

Upon arrival back home.

Another day, another field trip with Daddy.

Flying high with Maddy.

Who's in control of this thing?

Dinoland.  Life sized.

Back at home, Operation Santa finally made it!





Randoms:

A real pile of elephant poo.  

Colder temperatures mean foggy mornings.  Super foggy.

They were using Kohl's name to work on letter sounds at school!

A first for me…A Ryan Gosling backpack?  Wow...


Quote:

  • I caught Kohlden playing with a Tic Tac, smelling it and pretending to stick it up his nose.  I was quick to reprimand and remind him that objects don't belong in noses:
          Me:  "Noses are for breathing.  We don't want anything stuck in there."
          Kohl:  "Okay."
          Me:  "Does food go in your nose?"
          Kohl:  "No."
          Me:  "Does water go in your nose?"
          Kohl:  "No."
          Me:  "What goes in our nose?"
          Kohl:  "Boogers!"

          Oye.  


          


Have a great weekend!