December part 2 - Santa, Lights and Parties

We saw Santa a few weeks ago at our neighborhood annual tree lighting. We saw so many friends this year and stayed the entire time. The kids had so much fun running around!

Waiting to see Santa!

Ava was so glad she took her letter since Santa asked them to tell him just ONE thing they want for Christmas!

Keegan asked for the new Batcave

And Ava asked for a desk for her room

Carriage Ride....

We spent a night in deer field looking at Christmas lights...

Keegan's class had a Christmas pizza party on Thursday. Keegan took down 4 pieces of pizza, breaking his record of 3 from last year. This boy loves some pizza!

And Ava had a great time at her party on Friday!  We decorated a few weeks ago and it turned out so cute. 

We made snow globes for all the kids' lockers :)

We left Ava's party and headed for Northpark! I really think it's my favorite day of the year.  We spent a few hours shopping, eating and checking out all the Christmas fun :)

Ava shopped for build a bear accessories and Keegan shopped for Star Wars items. Of everything at the Disney store, he chose these Chewbacca pjs and a star wars thermos. 

We found a mask to match and he's planning to wear it all to the movie on Saturday :-). 

And now Christmas is here! We are a thankful crew. Grateful for a Savior that brought us Hope! Merry Christmas 2015

December part 1

It's been a busy month! We've had lots of Christmas fun and Ava started Upward Cheer on December 1st!

I'm co-coaching her team and we've had three fun practices. She's cheering with her friends from soccer and school and they are having a blast. Games will begin in January and they will be cheering on 2nd and 3rd grade basketball teams. 

Ava lost tooth #2 this month. She's keeping the tooth fairy busy!

Jeff and I walked away with this Santa snuggie from our life group Christmas party's white elephant exchange. Ava was a fan :)

We decorated Nana's Christmas tree without breaking any ornaments this year....

And played in Gramps' leaves for a while!

We've been baking and decorating sugar cookies for neighbors and teachers.....

This time of year goes by so quickly! I'm trying to soak up every moment. These two are the best gifts under (well... beside) our tree. They certainly don't fit under it anymore ;)

Thanksgiving Break

We had an eventful break this year! We scooped Ava up from school on Friday and celebrated the beginning of our break with Cheesecake Factory, Hobby Lobby and decking our halls at home! 

We celebrated thanksgiving with a fun day at Nana and Gramps'....

We all went ice skating on Tuesday. Ava had so much fun skating at a birthday last month and she couldn't wait to go back. It was so fun! She was skating all over the rink. 

Afternoon Starbucks treat to warm up after!

We played outside and decorated the house. 

It's not uncommon to find Jeff up in a tree this time of year...

But it turned out great! The kids love it. They picked out a new inflatable Santa this year. 

We made snowflakes...

And we celebrated Thansgiving at Poppy and Grammy's house!

Little turkeys :-)

We broke out the Christmas pjs and movies and cuddled by the fire....

I wish the living room looked like this all year. It just makes me so happy :-)

And our elf Sammy flew in on balloons Saturday night!

The kids were so excited Sunday morning!  It wasn't easy waking up to an alarm this morning but Ava had a great day back at school and we are going to enjoy every moment of this Christmas season.