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.

Drew the football player...LIVE!

Sometimes pictures just aren't enough!

Drew the football player...

I left Drew at the table coloring a picture of a football player. I went upstairs and got the laundry and came right back down. When I asked "Why?" he calmly replied..."I wanted to look like the football player I colored.

So much to be thankful for!

The past three weeks have been hectic to say the least! Andy had a conference in Overland Park the week before Thanksgiving. While he was gone I had a sinus infection, Bryce had an ear infection, Drew had a sinus infection, and Grace had a lot of energy. Thank goodness for family and friends who could help us out!

Bryce absolutely loves his big sister. She can always make him smile even when she is being a little too rough!

Sick kids who feel just well enough to smile at the camera before bed!!

Grace had a Thanksgiving program at school. She sat by her "best friend" Claire and her "future husband" Hayden. Although she has informed me that they will no longer be getting married because Hayden is going to marry Sophia now?!?! I really thought she was 4 but I must have been wrong!

Daddy took some early morning pictures that actually turned out pretty cute despite Mommy's protests!!Thanksgiving was very relaxing with lots of family around to help with the kids. Too bad I only took two pictures and this is the only cute one!

The kids helped decorate our house for Christmas. This is their own "Little People" nativity set!

Then Andy spent a night in the hospital with what they thought may have been appendicitis. It turned out to be a viral infection in his digestive track. Anti-climactic but stressfull just the same! Again we owe our survival to friends and family who helped out!


We ended our stressful 3 weeks by celebrating our good friend Sadie's 2nd birthday! We had "cupcakes" (blueberry muffins) and ice cream. It was quite the party!!

Bryce's Baptism

Before the baptism even began Andy leaned to me and said...Bryce pooped. The outfit that we had spent too long picking out was yellow in the back from where the poop was oozing out of his diaper and up his back. Of course this is what our son would do at his baptism. Drew pooped all over his clothes following his baptism too!!







Drew was a stud muffin in his outfit and was really pretty good throughout the who church service!













Grace looked very grown up in her new dress but acted very 4 during the baptism!












The Imbody's stood up with us, like they did for Drew. They are sponsers which means they get to help us raise good kids...lucky them!! Really it just means they are great friends and we love them and consider them part of our family!
We also had to check Pastor Larry's sleeve after the service to make sure there was no poop on his robe!