Christmas

We had so much fun over the holidays!! We saw tons of Christmas lights with various friends and family in various places, and went to lots of Christmas activities for the kids. Then we drove to Albuquerque and stayed there with the Steffensen clan for a few days before driving to Arizona where we spent actual Christmas day with the Atkin clan. Then it was back to ABQ for a few days before we had to go home. Lots of family and TONS of fun, despite all of us getting sick at one time or another! So thankful we were able to be with everyone- LOVED it- totally worth the drive! After being gone for almost a month though it is good to be home. Here are just a few of the pics...

Gavin with cousin Behr (2 months apart)- both LOVE balls

Monster Truck!!!

Chris, Gammy, and Treh

Opening presents with cousins

BEST FRIENDS! And cousins- a mere 3 days apart

Shooting with Ryan, Wesley, Addie, and John- I really want a gun now! It was so much fun- and thank you to Grandma and Grandpa for watching the kids!

Christmas at home- yes our kids had 3 different rounds of Christmas presents- spoiled?

Nativity dress-up

What a handsome guy!!

Gavin loves anyone that has an ipod- this time it's Justice

Rielly and Aubrey had so much fun playing together- finally in real life and not just skyping!

Gavin is my musician- Brandon started playing his guitar and Gavin went and sat right in front of him- completely captivated

A monster tent!

Matching jewelry boxes and dolls

Sisters :)

A few of the Grandkids at Liberty's baptism

SMORES!!

Princess pajamas

Princess Dance

Rielly turns 4!

Rielly was so excited for her birthday this year! She wanted to have a Dora party with just girls! We colored Dora pictures, played pin the tail on Swiper, used "the map" to find a Dora surprise, and then had fresh fruit and cheesecake! Not to mention the night before when it was her actual birthday we took her to Chuck E Cheese to use the free tokens she got for her birthday! I'd say she had a pretty good Bday this year!

We got her a princess bike, and after she fell and cut her head, we got her a princess helmet to match! 

Kennedy Hoopes, Rielly, Peyton Howard, Molly and Lucy Atkin
All adorned with Dora necklaces, bracelets, rings and lip gloss!

Chocolate Cheesecake with Dora Candles!

One of the gifts Rielly got was a Jewelry box with stickers to decorate it! The girls spent like 30 minutes doing this- they loved it!

Family visit

Alyssa and Scott came to see us!! And Daniel drove us down a car from NM!! It was so much fun to see everyone! I think we were all exhausted by the end, but it was totally worth it!! We had some great food (including some KC BBQ of course), went to Union Station, Liberty Jail, Legends Outlet, a Royals game, saw the new Batman movie, and stayed up late talking! Kayla and Lexi (and Halle too) stayed with the kids on two different nights so the adults could go out- and it was so nice!! Thank you girls!!

Halle quickly became Gavin's best friend. He loved having her hold him and play with him!

In Tessa's words- "Best Friends" These two had way too much fun together!

Union Station

Custard from Sheridans!!

The Royals game- the Royals even won!

Gavin caught a ball! Ok Chris caught it- and it was just a soft toy ball that the cheerleaders threw to the crowd- but still cool!

At Jack Stacks with Alyssa, Scott and Daniel

Ready for church

Gavin got a new suit (from Aunt Addie) and Rielly got some new high heels!

Lake of the Ozarks

John has been in Missouri for training and Addie came out for a week to see him- so we all met up at Lake of the Ozarks for the weekend to have some family fun! Rich was able to get his timeshare right on the lake that we were all able to stay at! Thanks Rich and Mary!! It was beautiful! We swam in the pool and  jumped off the dock at the lake as well. We did some shopping at an outlet mall and of course did some catching up! It was so great to see Addie and John and spend time with Rich's family too! I couldn't tell if Rielly had more fun playing with her cousins or following her Aunt Addie around everywhere!

Max, Uncle John, Aunt Addie, Lucy, Uncle Rich, Molly, Me and Rielly

When we started getting waves from the boats Rielly wanted to go back to the pool, but Gavin loved the lake!

Aunt Addie left their kids in Arizona, but we had plenty to go around! ;)

This restaurant gave us mustaches with the kids menus!

KC Fun

We spent a day in Kansas City with friends- yeah! First we went to Kaleidescope and the Hallmark visitors center and then we went to the dinosaur exhibit in the crown center mall. Such a fun day!!

Watching the machine make a wrapping bow- they each got their very own bow!

Kennedy, Boyce, and Rielly

Gavin loved the "balls" of course