Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

Christmas Eve was fun.
went to lunch with family

baked cookies for santa and for the christmas eve service



had a beautiful candle light service at our church

took our silly christmas family picture

had a yummy dinner together with friends and family

opened our gift from grammie and papa

family opened gifts from us. Jack made some awesome ornaments for everybody
and the boys opened their gifts from each other.




left out cookies for santa, watched last years christmas video, and watched a lil of A Christmas Story before heading off to bed







Christmas morning John and I got up early, got the video camera ready and woke up the guys.
We got each of them one big gift and two or three lil things



Had Breakfast and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus!

played ant in your pants - thanks Grammie and Papa

Jacks new drums!

new hotwheels toy



playin with our new scooters from the Fletchers!!!!

Stopped by skilled nursing to visit our sweet friend Miss Rosemary
Then headed down to Camarillo to spend time with FAM!
new colored pencils from auntie coco

Jack waiting patiently to open his next present


They love pascal..thanks cracker essa and grandpa jim

SNUGGIE!!! He asked for it:)

Auntie Coco also made some AWESOME CAPES for the boys. Those were a big hit with the whole family:)

December Recap!

Man...December came and went so fast. I found no time and no desire to get on the computer to update our blog, read blogs, check email etc... just too many other fun things to do so I thought I would try to recap as much as possible

Lots of hot coco and popcorn this month

Christmas tree lighting at Ojai Valley Inn

Christmas Performances ....some gone wrong.....


Some gone really wrong....


we watched a lot of ELF




Made some awesome ginger bread houses




Christmas Tree Lane! Always a treat:) The boys love it more and more every year







Puddle Jumpin





great friends invited us to knott's berry farm! The boys had a blast!!




Boy Band shot!




Super fun Christmas parties!


Lots of Craft time that turned into face drawings:) Jack did that all on his own




We had a wonderful December. Truly blessed to spend it with friends and family! And look forward to all God has in store for next year!

Christmas Video

Our awesome friend Jodi put together a Christmas video for our sweet little ones. What an amazing memory to hold on to! Thank you Jodi.
The best part is hearing them speak God's Word. There is something so powerful hearing the voices of children speak the Truth of God's Word!!

The Boys on Facebook 2010

Quotes we never wanna forget
#1
While eating breakfast with the boys:

Daddy: "Do you guys know that God gave you to mommy and me as a very special present? You guys are a gift to us from God. Cool, huh?"

Jackson: "Yeah...Jesus just opened the box, and it was me."


#2
In the car yesterday
Daddy to Caleb: "....and there is nothing you could ever do to make us stop loving you!"
Caleb: " .......I really wanna see an eagle!"


#3
While finishing 'Beauty and the Beast':

Mommy: "Caleb, are you going to find a princess one day when you grow up? ....... get your hands out of your pants."

#4
best part of tonight....
Caleb: "Raphael...I love you!"
Jackson:" I love you too Leonardo!"
then they held hands and continued trick or treating down the street. Most sensitive, loving Ninja turtles I have ever seen:)



#5
After reading David and Goliath:

Daddy: "Caleb, what would you do if a giant warrior came up to you and said 'Fight me!'?
Caleb: "I - I - I would just get my Ninja Turtle sword and smack him in the face!"

#6
Daddy (talking with Caleb): "So what's it called when we disobey God? It starts with and 's'. Ssssss...."

Caleb: "Sssss....sweat!"

#7
"Jack, is there pee in the back of your Tonka truck?"

Jack: "No...I just dumped it out."

#8
Daddy: "Alright, Caleb. So when you're out on the soccer field today, you need to run as fast as you can and get the ball and pass it around and try and kick it in the net! You need to try hard, run fast, and get that ball, okay?"
Caleb: "What kind of animals love apples?..."

#9
Caleb to Jack: "Go get some undies on! This is freaking me out!"

#10
went camping in Tahoe all last week. Favorite part: Caleb calling it "Lake Costco" for the first half of the trip...

#11
Daddy: "Hey boys, do you like my haircut?"
Caleb: "Yeah, I love it! It looks like Elton!"

#12
Daddy: "Caleb, 11 more night nights until we go camping at Lake Tahoe! Are you excited?"
Caleb: "Yeah...can I climb a pinecone tree?"
Daddy: "No."
Caleb: "Can I ride a bear?"
Daddy: "No."
Caleb: *sigh* "You wanna just hit some bears with sticks? It'll be fun!"
Daddy: *sigh*

#13
Caleb asked Daddy tonight if we could leave and go worship God at church. Most parents would be thrilled...I knew what he really meant: "Daddy, can you please get me out of cleaning the house?"

#14
Caleb just called me "Mr. Daddy"... I run a tight ship.

#15
Hanging with the boys, listening to Creedence on vinyl...
Daddy: "Caleb, this band is called Creedence Clearwater Revival...but you can just call them Creedence."
Caleb: "I want to call them Kiki!"

#16
was just sitting on the couch with Caleb, playing my guitar. I asked: "Caleb, do you like it when daddy plays the guitar?" Caleb: "Hmmm...I'm gonna go get my fishy toy."

#17
Caleb just came up to me with two swords and a starfish..."Look daddy, I have a starfish! Wanna fight?"

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Forgot to post this!

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What I like About You.....

How you get up earlier than mommy and daddy on the weekends and climb into bed with us and will just lay there and snuggle for another hour. I'm always wondering what sort of things you think about during that time
This morning:
Mommy: " I love you Caleb"
Caleb: " Mommy......do fire ants burn you?"

what I like about you

Whenever Im working around the house .....you stop me and ask "Can you stop and snuggle wiff me? Just for a wittle bit?"
How can I resist!