Christmas with the Family

We drove to Illinois after church. We were all excited to see family and celebrate with them. The next morning, we had our Christmas. There were way too many gifts! We had fun spending time together. All of the kids got along super great and enjoyed playing together for those days together.

One of Will's favorite gifts!

Grandma, Grandpa, and Andrew

We went to Lincoln Park Zoo one night to look at lights. We didn't see many animals but enjoyed looking at the lights and drinking hot chocolate.

Andrew and Grandpa

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We hope you and your family had a great Christmas. We had a great one! The boys were very excited this year about Santa coming. We've talked a lot about being very excited about Santa but we know who Christmas is REALLY about! We got up around 6:30 and opened presents. Then, we got ready and headed to church. What a great day to celebrate Jesus' birth!

Will and Andrew colored these pictures for Santa and left some milk and cookies out.

eagerly awaiting the opening of presents!

Will made this magnet for Andrew at school - I loved it!

Their main gift this year was the Wii. It's been lots of fun and they were VERY excited about it!

Family Fun Day

Yesterday, we had a "family fun day". We started the morning with a trip to Denny's for free breakfast (since the Colt's won). We got there and it was packed!! So...we decided a trip to Dunkin Donuts! Then, we went downtown ice skating. It was a blast! We weren't sure about how the boys would do (their 1st time) but they did amazing!! We had so much fun. Will was doing great with just holding one of our hands but Andrew wanted to be held with both hands. I think he was really scared. He enjoyed being pulled around and "family skating" so he was between Josh and I. I was rewarded with a big fall when I was trying to be cool and do a spin...oh well - I probably deserved it! Josh and I both have blisters but it was well worth it.

After skating, we went to Steak and Shake for milkshakes (we had to get re-energized). Then, we went to Blockbuster and got The Flight Before Christmas and watched it as we ate pizza. I love these family days when we are all together doing fun, family activities - even though we probably consumed 4,000 calories - it was worth it!

"family skating"

Happy 5th Birthday!

Wow....Andrew is 5!! He was sooo excited about his day! He loved getting calls on the phone and listening to phone messages. Andrew is such a sweet boy and so full of life. I have never met anyone else so full of energy. He is loving life and enjoying each day.

Andrew loves Cars 2, not Cars, just Cars 2.

Josh and I got him a pillowpet - he was so excited!

He picked to go to Chuck E Cheese. We had so much fun eating and playing games. What a great way to celebrate his birthday!

We had rice krispie treats and ice cream for dessert.

Andrew's 5th Birthday Party

I can't believe my baby turned 5. We had a great time at his birthday party. Grandpa, Grandma, Yeh Yeh, and some great friends came to celebrate with us. He loved all of the attention!

present time!

brotherly love!

Andrew's Christmas Program

Andrew had his Christmas program at school this past week. He did such a good job singing and doing motions.