Christmas pics galore!

As you may or may not be able to tell, I got a new camera for Christmas and since Brian is making fun of the number of pics I have been taking, I thought I'd start out with this one. He was willing to pose, so I shot! Most of the pics are not posted for the gifts, but for the expressions that I think are so hilarious!

Audrey started ironing for the family (even Brian's shoes and her underwear)!

Ever since Jacob received bike gear for his Birthday, Audrey has wanted some as well of course! So, she likes wearing the gear more than riding her bike right now.

The Dora hat and gloves from Maw maw and Paw paw have been a hit! She loves wearing them... not when it is cold, but any other time.

My mistake! I thought the commercials did a great job of advertising the cleanliness of the Moon Sand. Boy was I wrong. After 4-5 cleanups in 2 days, this is now an outside activity!

Not a good shot, but the kids enjoyed making gingerbread snowmen for Santa.

Over at Bunny and Pop's, Audrey was most excited Santa came through with a jeep! Didn't take long for her to find the gas pedal in the living room.

And, Jacob and Austin enjoyed scaring everyone with their dinosaurs.

Quickly Meg and Audrey took a test drive and loved it! Meg is saying "wooooe" every couple of seconds as Audrey is circling the driveway.

Pancakes are always better when they are in shapes! This one is a Santa, yet it's hard to tell.

We are still working on Audrey's smile and Meg to stay still for longer than a second, but we got some good shots.

Snowtubing at the Bricktown Ballpark.

Brian so seriously golfing on the Wii at Bunny and Pop's. I don't know who enjoyed playing more, the adults or the kids!

As I said...Audrey really likes her hat and gloves. No telling how long these stayed on during her nap.

Last but not least, we receive giftcards in the mail from Uncle Kevin and Aunt Tiffany and Gypsy. Thank you! Audrey gets decked out in dress up garb.

And Jacob decides on cars, because he doesn't already have enough. :)

The day we get home from Toys R Us, we get two more giftcards from Uncle Tony and Aunt Melissa. Thank you! Audrey is loving "going to work" with her baby in tow and backpack with baby gear in it.

And, more cars for Jacob!

I know this is long, but all in all we were so thankful to be together this year and for everyone to be healthy (for the most part)! Happy new year!

All I want for Christmas...

Audrey's teachers gave her these reindeer antlers. She loves them to my surprise. Usually nothing goes on the head, including bows! Jacob came in the morning I took the Christmas tree pics below to show me what he made. I don't know who was more proud, me or him!

Don't be scared of some of the smiles. I was teaching them not to say "cheese", but to smile. They tried a bit too hard.

Here are a few Santa pics of this year. We did not make it to the mall Santa because I knew we had many other opportunities. Some of the Santas were great. Others were not very convincing. As for the Christmas tree pics...I really wish I could have taken them a bit earlier and used them for Christmas card pics instead of using the only decent picture of us from July of this year. Oh well! The best pictures that I take are those not planned or without trying. I took these quickly before the kids went to school for their Christmas parties. Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving in Florida

I haven't gotten used to how to lay out the pictures, text, etc. on these, but I will. Some have questioned the reason for the "Jackson 5". That would be baby #3 on the way late March/early April. She does not have a name yet. We are quite excited and getting prepared as much as we can. Brian cannot wait to pay for 2 weddings and add to the chaos in the house. :)

We had a great time in Florida with Brian's family! The weather was beautiful...just warm enough to go to the beach. The water was pretty chilly, but that didn't stop Brian and Audrey. Jacob and the rest of us stayed dry for the most part.

Other activities while we were there included, searching for aligators on the golf course, the kids riding the "beep beeps" (golfcarts), a big family meal for Thanksgiving (over 24 people), lots of eating, a first trip for the kids to Chuck E Cheese, 3 rounds of golf for Brian and I where I was able to whip up on him a bit (sorry Brian), quality time with the grandparents and lots more.

Audrey's First Haircut

Audrey had been awaiting this day! The big day was November 12th. She was always pumped to go to Snipits for Jacob to get his haircut and her to get a sucker and had always said she was going to get a haircut too. This time she got to! Not that her hair was in any way long, just uneven/shaggy looking. She hopped up in the chair and was all smiles throughout the event! As you can see from this picture, we had a positive experience for the first of this one (which is more than I could say for her brother). She even kept the bow/bobby pin in for over an hour (a record)! By the way, we are loving Snipits! No appt.needed and we are in and out in 15 minutes for both of them. Lots of things to keep them busy too and keep their mind off the event. I'm sure as soon as she gets an acual "do" we may go somewhere else for her.