Hutchinson Five

Sunday, January 4, 2009

New Year's Eve Day

We had a big party at Grandma and Grandpa's to celebrate Christmas/Adam's Birthday/New Year's Eve. All the grandparents came. We had a good meal and even better company.

Adam and his true
love...Baby Bryce.

Silly Grandpa should have taken a nap but he didn't know

what the evening was going to bring...

Mom and her baby boy. Doesn't she look happy when her kids are home!

Daddy trying to put that baby down for a nap...Good Luck!

Grandma Bea's favorite!

Grandma and Grandpa T. posed for Ashley the overzealous photographer!! We love her...Nutmeg!

Grandma Bea even posed!

Ashley can even get Grandpa Codd to smile!

A tired Mommy and Daddy and an even more tired baby!

Shocking how much fun Grandpa has with his grandkids. Too bad he plays so hard his back goes out the whole next week!

Pretty sure Adam learned how to play from his dad. No wonder our kids love him so much. The day that Adam and Ashley left Drew kept saying, "I want to play with Adam and Ashley now." It was sad to have to tell him that they were in Chicago again.

Christmas with the Thompsons

The Wii was a big hit while we were at Grandma and Grandpa's house. From Drew to Grandma T., everyone got at turn looking sillly!! How can you not love Grandma T. playing Wii!!

Like I said, Adam and Bryce...
B.F.F!

The start of a really hard puzzle...the end of the really hard puzzle earlier than planned. Thank you Drew!

Sweet baby sleeping while we play!

Opening gifts was fun because then the kids dressed up in Drew's new costumes and looked

like the Village People!!

Adam and Ashley are here!!

Adam fell in love with his youngest nephew this trip to Kansas. If he wasn't playing boats with Grace, Pirate with Drew, or dressing up with them both...he could be found snuggling with Bryce!!

Ashley was a good sport to play along with Grace the princess, even though the dress stunk like sweaty kid!!
She also had a thing for Bryce...but really right now most people do!!

Christmas Eve at Trinity

We spent Christmas Eve with both of our families. We ate dinner with the Hutchinsons and then met up with the Thompsons at church. We sat in Fellowship hall because the service was so full, but it ended up being a good thing because the kids were nuts.

They did however love the large nativity scene at the back of the sanctuary.

Santa Clause is coming...early!

Santa and I have some personal contact via email so he let us know that he was coming early. He knew we wouldn't be home on the real Christmas day! Grace got everything a ballerina could need.

Drew got cars, cars, and Cars (the movie)!!

Bryce got a stuffed gorilla!!

Pic with the Lansdownes

We had fun posing with our friends!!

Gracie Bean is cheesy as always.

Grace and her good friend Emma pose.

They are definitly Andy's kids!

Drew and his "best friend" Max.

The funny things kids say!

Drew asked the other day, "Mommy, why does God make bad people?" I told him that God doesn't make bad people, that God makes people and gives them the right to make their own decisions and some people just make bad decisions. This boy is a philosopher!

While driving in the car the other day Drew asked me, "Mom, if you were at the zoo and you had just peeled a banana because you were hungry and the monkeys stole your banana, would you be sad or angry?" He was dead serious and I was trying not to explode with laughter. I answered, "Sad, because the monkey doesn't understand that the banana was meant for me." Really what could I say!?!?

The kids are into telling jokes these days. Grace's favorite is "Why did the chicken cross the playground?...to get to the other slide." As a result every joke that Drew tells has this punch line...to get to the other slide. Knock knock...who is there...to get to the other slide. Who granted the fishes wish...to get to the other slide. You get the picture!!

We can hear the bombs at Fort Riley from our house. We also know a lady named Erma Riley at church. Long story short...Drew asked if Fort Riley was a place or a lady? (Man that lady is really loud!)

Grace and I were talking about why we celebrate Christmas and she asked when Jesus was going to be alive again. I answered that Jesus is alive in our hearts and when we do nice and good things that is the Jesus in us. At this time Drew (who had obviously been listening) sneezed and exclaimed..."Mommy, I sneeze-ed Jesus out of my nose!"

Drew and I were playing spaceships. I said I was going to the moon and Drew said he was going to the honeymoon, so he could eat it...you know, since it is made out of honey and all!

Grace was very angry with me one morning for not spreading the honey all the way to the edge of her toast. In shear frustration she smacked my leg, and as always when we hit we go straight to time out! She was livid with me and as I walked away she cried out, "Your the worst mommy ever...I wish Daddy would have married someone else!" Ouch, that one hurt!