Scenes from our Christmas celebration

Our family had a great Christmas celebration for 2011!  We were busy as are most families, but looking back, we got in everything we wanted!  We decided to do a real tree for the first time as the "boy" tree - and it will forever be remembered as the year the tree fell.  Reading the posts on Facebook, it seemed to be a common problem this year!  Below is a pic after I got the thing propped back up.  Did I mention we were hosting a Christmas party that evening??

JT was able to participate in the children's choir for the first time this year and was given a speaking part and a small duet. He did a super job - we just wished we could have lowered that mike a little!

 Andrew's class was to dress in costumes of children around the world.  I found this fabric and knew immediately it would be a perfet Chinese costume for him that would "transform" into pjs after the performance.  The hat was just a piece of posterboard and yellow duct tape.

I spent  A LOT of time in the kitchen this year!  Here was one of my favorite projects.  I stole the missing part idea from an old college friend who is really a cookie diva!

Christmas morning and they were so excited they could hardly contain themselves!  Christmas falling on a Sunday found us rushing a bit so it was great that Andrew's teacher had said the kids could wear pjs to church!  JT got to choose his outfit, too, by the way!

Best Wishes to you all for a great 2012!

Halloween Costumes

It may be easy to tell that JT is a Power Ranger, but Andrew's costume would have been a mystery to me a year ago.  He has introduced us to the world of Pokemon and this year wanted to be Pikachu.  The boys once again scored big at the church Trunk or Treat and then several of our neighbors had special treats for them!