Christmas 2013

 

Our annual visit with Santa at Macy's downtown.  The first stop was to write a letter to Santa telling him what they would like for Christmas this year!

 

 

Next, walk through of  "A Day in the Life of and Elf".  This was the last year we would see this display.  Apparently Macy's is changing it up for next year!  It's about time. I think this display has been up for the last five years.

 

 

A quick picture, it was hard to get them to stand still.

 

 

Luke's first visit with Santa!

 

 

My 3 beautiful babies...

 

 

And then we have the "Boys". Luke and Brody at about 3 months old. 

 

 

The kids take turns each year putting the star on the tree.  This year was Quinn's turn.

 

 

Once the tree was completed, I captured this sweet photo of Luke.

 

Here is my littlest little at 12 weeks in a Christmas outfit from my dear friend Marin.

 

As always, the kids couldn't wait for Christmas morning and all that Santa brought them!!

 

 

 

Out of every gift that Quinn got on Christmas morning, he was most excited about the candy cane filled with green Jolly Ranchers from Santa.

 

Luke and his very first Christmas stocking.

 

 

Even Tonka got a little something from Ho Ho...

 

Paige worked hard on a special tie blanket for Jeff.  It is fleece with one side Vikings and one side Gophers.  She was so excited to give it to him!!  He loved it!

 

 

I tried really hard to get  a cute picture of all three kids in their Christmas Jammies but it was tough.  The more kids in a picture, the less likely any of them will look at the camera.  This is the truth.  I swear.

 

Quinn's gift from Santa...A Ninja Turtle house!!!

 

 

We celebrated Christmas Day at Gramma and Papa's house.

 

 

Luke in the same Christmas outfit that both Paige and Quinn wore before him...

 

I made this blanket for Brody, it is so cute but super time consuming.  I made one for Dakota last year.  I plan to make one for Luke too but I haven't found the time yet.

 

 

Quinn and his Granny...

 

 

We had a wonderful Christmas with all of our family.  So blessed that we were joined this year by our two newest sweetie pies, Luke and Brody. 

A Preschool Christmas

It was only Quinn's second week of preschool when they had their annual Christmas program.  I wasn't sure how Quinn would do being this was his first time being in a group with this many kids!  Turns out he is a natural and his love of music really shows.  Here he is in the front row all the way to the right.  He was so cute, he sang along and acted out each and every song.  I was so proud of him.

 

 

Look at how many kids participated!  They are all 3, 4 or 5 years old.

 

I had to point out this little guy.  Note the boy in red in the second row laying down on his elbows.  He was like this from the very beginning, by the end he had crawled away and disappeared under the bleachers.  It was so distracting, like something out of a movie and it made me giggle continuously.  I have a feeling his parents may not have found the humor in it.

 

After the performance, the kids got to see Santa again!  As you can see in this picture, he was one of Santa's helpers...not the real Santa.  Oh, and Quinn ate a green cupcake just before the photo.

 

I can't wait to see how he does next year!!!!