Christmas 2011

Let's just start from the beginning of Christmas!!

First, we shopped for a tree....
(can you tell by Jack's expression that it was COLD that day?? And doesn't my husband look so handsome in this picture?)





Here is Jack and Sydney in front of the Christmas tree on December 4th. Jack is sporting his new belt from Kaye and Dean!


We also had the second annual Christmas cookie decorating party at the fabulous Melissa Walsh's house. There were about 30 people there. So much fun!!


Sydney just ate M&Ms the whole time. Don't judge. I was trying to control three kids....and all three are quite a handful when it comes to anything with icing :)




Poptart's magnificent cookie :)


On the 23rd we had the Curt Iles family Christmas. We spent the whole day just playing, eating, cooking, herding kids, and taking time to worship and reflect on what God has done in our families in 2011.


Sweet Luke.


Jack got a "shiner" on the fourwheeler and was not a happy camper during suppertime.


The cousin table...the only picture I can post of lots of kids because in the rest of the pictures, you can see Poptart's whole face.



Gingerbread house making!

It looked pretty good for about 5 minutes. Then it ended up in a messy pile!

On Christmas Eve we went to the service at Calvary Alexandria. I thought the service started at 4:30, so we got there at 4:05 to take pictures. The service actually started at 4:00, so we had to go to the overflow room because the sanctuary was packed. Ended up being a good thing because we were the second family to light the candle tree (tradition at our church)!


On Christmas Day, we got up, opened presents, and headed to church. We didn't last very long!! There was no childcare provided, and Sydney was getting LOUD....then Poptart had to go to the bathroom, so before we knew it all five of us were in the lobby. So we just went on home. HA!

My family came to our house for lunch. I hadn't seen Sam since he was born, and Clint hadn't seen him at all! It was so fun to snuggle a new baby!





More pictures in another post...Blogger won't let me upload anymore :(