Christmas Festivities this week

Last night we went up to Mom's ward christmas Party. They had a potluck dinner and then Kareoke. The kids and I sang "The Chimpmunk Song". They had a nativity program and then Santa showed up. Noah of coarse went and gave him his wish list. The girls at first were gung-ho but then chickend out. Then Amelia was standing with me holding 2 cookies in her hand. She had licked on one and taken a bite out of the other but decided that Santa needed a cookie so she hopped up on stage before I knew it and walked over and gave him a cookie and hopped right back down. That was as close as she wanted to get. Then as I was packing up our stuff to get ready to go home I turned around and She was up on his lap. I scrambled for my camera and got a good picture. Apparently she found some courage when no one was looking. Eve still was not going to be coersed into going. She likes santa from a distance. Ashley my sister sang a great version of "Rockin around the Christmas Tree" so there are some pics of her too. It was nice to see some familar friends and visit. We got home around 10 o'clock and all fell asleep in about 5 seconds.

















This was our Trip to the Huntsville Botanical Gardens' Galaxy of Lights. We did it for FHE. We really enjoyed the ride and time together. The kids LOVED the lights. We did have to pull off the driving "trail" and find a restroom for Eve. After that everyone else had to go so we had the potty break and then finished the drive through all the lights. Ethan got cranky by the end. It had been a long day. That was the same day of Noah's stitches. We will probably make this a family tradition. Going to see the lights that is...not Noah's lip escapade. : )Noah Also had a little Christmas program at school This past Thursday morning. Chris, Me and kids all went down to listen to the sing a long. It only lasted about 30 minutes but was cute.

Dec. 1st 2008 Amelia's Birthday

Amelia's 3rd Birthday started off with Decorations on her bedroom door. Chris put them up after he got home from work. Problem was She was asleep in my room so she didn't even come out of her own bedroom door to see them. But she noticed them later and they enjoyed walking through the streamers in the door way all day. Eve and Mia helped me make the cup cakes. I opted for cup cakes since we were having friends over for cake and ice cream. They always love to help me cook stuff and they got to lick the beaters too. Eve and Mia's friends Jayson and Shannon (and Parents) came over about 6 o'clock and we had cake and ice cream and opened presents. Amelia LOVED her chalkboard easle. Everyone had fun drawing on it. They all played with balloons and had fun and us adults visited. It was a nice evening. We love Amelia and are thankful she has been in our family for 3 whole years.

Noah's PE accident

As some of you know, Noah had an accident in PE at school this past Monday. He collided with another kid and busted his top lip. The school nurse called and said it was more than a cut and we needed to come and get him. Chris went and picked him up and took one look at in and said "yep, you need stitches" To which Noah started to cry. Up to this point he had not cried over the injury. We call my doctor and she worked him in as her last patient. He did really good. We tried to prepare him and warn him about the "numbing part". That that would actually hurt more than getting the stitches. He did cry while they stuck him with the needle 3 times and we had to hold him still. But after that he was great. The below pictures don't do it justice. It really was nasty looking, especially on the inside. And of coarse me being the morbid mother that I am I wanted to take pictures of it.