January fun...

Well....it's cold and snowy....and we are still having fun! Brett lost tooth #2, we like playing dress-up, and I took some outside pictures on a beautiful, sunny, Sunday morning on the way home from church.

Christmas 2009

Gorgeous Claire on Christmas morning! Age 2 1/2

One sweet 5 1/2 year old relaxing on Christmas morning!

Claire and Brett before Brett's Christmas program at church on Christmas Eve

We almost forgot to put out cookies, milk, and carrots...

"Look what Santa brought!"

Christmas at Mark and Pat's

Ramona, Elizabeth, Claire, Gma, Brody, Zachary, Gpa, Lyndey, Ben, Brett, and Lainey

Dan and I

Claire showing off her balance!

Brett with his gift from Santa

We had a fantastic holiday season spent with family and fun. Despite the frightful weather- we had many celebrations but not always when they were supposed to be! The kids thoroughly enjoyed the festivities...from cookie baking/decorating to the Christmas program at church to opening gifts...they loved it all! Here are some pictures of all the fun (maybe even a couple from Thanksgiving since I've been a TERRIBLE blogger the last couple of months!) Guess that leaves room for improvement in 2010! Happy New Year to all :)

TRICK-OR-TREAT!

Trick or Treating 2009 was lots of fun. Brett- the pirate, and Claire-the monkey loved the candy and Halloween parties! There are some photos of Brett's party at school, trick-or-treating, and the Halloween party at Nan and Papa's!

Pumpkin carving!

Here are some pictures of the kids carving pumpkins and with their creations!

Random photos

A few random photos of the kids having fun....Claire potty training *sigh*. I HATE potty training- bad Mommy! A picture of Brett and Claire sleeping together in Brett's bed. Looks like Brett got tired of snuggling with Claire- poor Claire's getting a foot on the head!!!

Apple Orchard fun!

Jessen, Brett, Tate, Claire, and Charlie...and they all smiled (although Brett's is fake!)

We told Brett hold on tight to Charlie...he thought he was going to take him down the slide! NO!

Claire- 2 1/2

Silly Brett- 5

We made a trip to the apple orchard yesterday- and just in time...it's rainy and icky here again and is supposed to be all weekend! We went with Sarah, Jessen, Tate, and Charlie...here are some photos of the fun!

Cousin fun, etc.

This weekend the kids got a chance to spend some time with their cousins, Lyndey and Lainey. They always have a blast together- it's fun to watch them in action! (Not so fun to clean up- but fun to watch!) They had a blanket fort under the dining room table and many other adventures. Here are a few pics. Also, Claire got a single bed and this is her on it and sleeping in it the first night (horizontal...think she's loving the space?). And Brett traded his double bed for a single and some new bedding. They both thought it was fun to have new beds!