Gracie's First Gymnastics "Meet"

Grace did great!  She competed on the Beam and the Bars :)  She was pretty nervous.  She puts a lot of pressure on herself, so we try to lighten things up a bit for her...

 Uncle Scott helped by making silly faces with her before her competition :)

 She got a red ribbon for the bars!....and....

 for the beam!  We were so proud of her!!!

Below are the videos of her performance on the bars and beam :)  She can do the pull over by herself, but after warming up and using her arms so much during the practice...she definitely needed the extra assistance :)

This gymnastics club does such a great job with all the kids! If anyone lives in our area, I would definitely recommend it! Thank you God for our precious daughter and for this opportunity!

The Faces of Christmas Time...

Christmas Time 2011

 Ok, so not really a face, but the channel is decorated with luminaries on Christmas Eve!

 Amos reads the Christmas story and the kids set up the Nativity Scene.

 The kids in their Christmas Best (thanks mom and dad) heading to church.

 Our Christmas Eve PJ's...Amos and Tyler picked them out for Grace and me and vice versa.  Opening Presents to follow :)  I tried to focus on facial expressions :)

Praise God for the birth of His son and the great sacrifice that was made for us!  Merry Christmas and God bless you!

Get Ready Future Wrestlers...

Here comes Tyler... :)

 Here is his tough...do not smile face...

This is what I got when I asked for an angry face :)

Cookies for Santa....

It was another fabulous Friend Christmas this year!  John and Jessica go out of their way to make us feel welcome, cook us dinner, and let us all make a mess of their house :)  We get together so all of our kids can make Cookies for Santa together.  It is such a fun tradition and a night that we all look forward too!

 Matt and Alicia...Matt does have food in his mouth...sorry Matt :)

 The wonderful hosts...Jessica and John!

 Almost all of us...Tyler was eating at the other table with th eother kids :)

 Greyson didn't make this picture, but he was eating there too.  It was hard enough trying to get three kids to look at me at the same time....two out of three isn't bad :)

 We cannot get enough out of Kenna...she is so sweet.

 Time to decorate the cookies!!

 So we ran out of red food coloring :)...the kids didn't mind the pink frosting :)

 These are the super cute dishes that belong to Jessica.  She has three of them and let's us use them each year!

 Tyler broke his arm and ended up the ER.  Ok, not at all.  It was sore after some wrestling so we just iced it and he was good to go :)  (Jessica, he didn't say one thing about it today so DON'T WORRY!  John, you still have full permission to wrestle with our kids!!!) :)

Greyson is at such a creative stage.  He likes to wear his dad's tie and tell us the weather!  It is the meteorologist game :)

We have a lot to be thankful for and praise God for traditions like this that make incredible memories!

Christmas Parties :)

Tyler had a great Preschool Christmas Program!  They were all singing at the top of their lungs so that Santa would come at the end :)  It was super cute and super loud! :)  He did great and talked a lot to Santa. 

Disclaimer:  Tyler is in this "forced smile" stage so none of his pictures really display how cute he really is! :)

Then we got to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house (my parents) for the weekend and celebrate Christmas!  We had a great time...eating cookies, being lazy, going to see a live nativity, eating more, and eating more!  As you can see below...the kids were super spoiled, but loved everything they got!

God is so good and we are so thankful for these family memories!