Christmas Eve (Christmas Round 1)

This year we spent a couple days at my Mom and Dad's house and celebrated Christmas with them, my brother's family, and my Dad's sister and her son. We have started a new tradition the past few years of having soup dinner, we each make a different type of soup. It was very yummy. Then after that the kids got to go to town on all their presents! They got some really neat stuff. Spencer is getting to the age where he like all his gifts but the gift cards really excite him. Cameron was loving his Iron Man figures, and Cooper was in love with the Dollartree ball from his brothers. Humph! We spent more money on him, and all he really wanted was a $1 ball. Hehehe, of course!

Tatum and Spencer.....How cute is that?

The look on his face is priceless!

No Holiday is complete without Broncos stuff!

My new pots and pans set....I love them!!!!

Only an Aunt and Uncle could get away with getting two boys lacross sticks.....The stiches and new window bills will be going to them!

There is Cooper with that $1 ball!


OK so Mom and Tim will kill me for putting these onhere but they were far to funny to not share. Oh and no Mom is not passed out from drinking.......she was just tired. LOL! (Sorry Mom!!.....kind of) Oh and Tim is always asleep so that one is not as funny.

Merry Christmas Mom!

What do you get the person that has everything? Well Kyle, Kelly, Tim and I decided to give my mom's living room a makeover, and surprise her with it this weekend. Mom has been staying with a friend while she is working such long hours for the holiday's, so we took advantage of that and got to work. Kyle started on Thursday night after he got off work and took the old tile down and rewired a light switch. Friday I dropped Spencer off at school and headed out to help out. My arms are sore from all the painting, but boy was it worth it, I love the new colors. Tim picked up Spencer and came out after he got off work, and he got to work on painting the end tables and where ever else he was needed. Then Saturday was a rush to get it all put back together(I'm sure dad did not think we were ever going to get his house back in order). Kelly did a great job getting the pictures on the wall and the furniture arranged. We had to make a couple calls to mom and give her a list of a few things we "needed" before she got home, just to buy us some more time. I worked cause we got it all done just in time for her to get home. She was, lets just say overwhelmed and super happy. Merry Christmas Mom, we love you!

These are the before pictures....

The after pictures.........

The reaction pictures......

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Remember there were only white walls before. Kyle took before pictures but I have not got those yet, but I will try to add them for you to see what a BIG difference this was.

Holy Spaghetti Batman!

So spaghetti is naturally a family favorite around here but Cooper goes above and beyond with his love of this messy meal! I literally sat his plate down walked to the stove and served the other two boys there food and glanced over to see Cooper like this!

He has never looked like that after eating spaghetti, I have no idea what was different but he looks like a pumpkin! Oh and notice the noodle on is eye lid, ick!

Cameron's Roller skating party

For the last day of preschool before the LONG Christmas break Cameron's class got to go roller skating. I was a little apprehensive about getting on skates again after at least 20 years since my last time on them, but it did come back to me after the first couple times around. Now Cameron apparently has his dad's skating ability genes, cause he was zipping around there like he was a pro. Most of the parents could not believe how confident her was out there.

Christmas Card Assembly Line

What to know how to get the cards out quicker? It is called cheap labor.......or better yet free labor!

Some one has to supervise!

All decorated

The boys did a great job working on the three this year. I just put the lights on and they did the rest. They had so much fun doing it and I know that it does not look the greatest but hey they did it and they are so proud of it so that makes it the most beautiful tree in my book! Great job boys! Now I just need to get the presents all wrapped and put under there.

Hey helpful harry......where are your pants?

Chopping down our tree

We started the tradition of hiking in with the boys and chopping down a Christmas tree each year. This year we had great weather and there was not to much snow to have to tread through this year. The boys are notorious for picking out the best "Charlie Brown" looking tree in the forest. This year was no exception but it does look a little bit better than the last couple of years trees. I guess it is all about the tradition, time spent together and picking a tree out of love. That is what makes our tree so special each year, and the reason we keep doing it.

I love bathtub time

I had a night alone with Cooper last night because Spencer was invited to the Pikes Peak Council Cub/Boy Scout pizza party for all scouts that sold over $1500 in popcorn. So Tim and Cameron went along with him, and Cooper and I hung out here, after his 18 month check up. He is now 22 pounds and just about 34 inches, tall and skinny. Funny little fact is that my nephew Tatum just turned 4 months old and had his check up on Monday and weighs 21 pounds and 27 inches.......he is going to pass Cooper right on by. What a chunky monkey. ( There are pictures of him in the Thanksgiving post). More of him to love I guess.

Well after dinner I put Cooper in the bathtub to pass some time before bed, and let him have some fun since he loves the water. Here are a few pictures from that.

Look at those eyelashes!

I love his muscle shot

Mom please put that camera away already!

He is saying "CHEESE".