Early Christmas Celebration!

On Wednesday before Thanksgiving we did our Christmas Gift Exchange with the Wedeking family since we all will be gone over the holidays. Ashley & Cannin are heading to Texas in mid December and Dustin will meet them closer to Christmas. We are heading to Kentland also in mid december to do Christmas with Justins' family. The boys are staying with family during their christmas break since Justin has to work. We are sad that we won't be together but this way he will get to sleep well and not have to worry about the boys waking him up during the day.

Our pre-Christmas celebration was so much fun and the kids got some really cute things. Cannin got some books, a bath toy set, & a sippy cup. Owen got a pillow case with his name on & the bowling dice game. Ashton got a pillow case & a bakugan dice game. Ashley got scrapbook stuff, a candle, & socks. Dustin got a blanket and a cuddlie since he is always freezing. Justin got a sign to start our collection for the bar downstairs and a set of beer glasses with a tin. I got scrapbook stuff & an ornament with a pic of Ashley & I. It was a nice way to spend our last holiday together. We had a great dinner watched movies by the fire and started the desserts for Thanksgiving the following day.

Practice run on Christmas pics

Owen

Ashton

Cannin

10 tiny toes

This weekend Ashley & I took some pictures of the kids for Christmas! She had seen some ideas that she wanted to try. So we headed down to the basement and gave it a whirl. Both of us with our cameras in head started snapping away. It was so much and I think the pictures turned out really well. I have so many to put on here but i only chose a few. Enjoy and hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.

Christmas Tree Lighting @ the Greene

Last night we headed to the Greene to see the Christmas Parade, the live reindeer, and the tree lighting. We have made it a tradition since we moved to Ohio. This year we met our friends the Herman family & the Wedeking family. The Brady family was also suppose to meet up with us but they got stuck in traffic so they went back home. We snapped some pictures from in front of the tree before it was lit. Then headed over to our usual spot to watch the parade. Thank goodness the weather was much warmer this year than it was last year. So everyone was comfortable and not freezing their butts off. It was a lot of fun and the boys had a wonderful time! Have a safe and wonderful weekend!

Welcome Maddison Erin Robinson

Our brand new neice, Maddison, was born Thursday November 18th. She weighed in at 8 pounds 1 ounce and is 21 1/2 inches long. Mom and Baby are doing wonderful. Congratulations again to Jennifer and Geoff and big sisters Alexus & Emilee!!

Makenna's 5th Birthday Party

Tessa, Makenna, & her cousin

Owen

Ashton

Yesterday we headed to Dublin to Chuck E Cheese for Makenna's birthday. The boys had a wonderful time playing games and seeing Makenna & Tessa. Owen won an airhead, a clacker, & had his picture done with Chuck E Cheese. Ashton won cotton candy, a clacker, & a frisbee. For the price you have to pay for the tokens you think the prizes would be a little better. It was nice to catch up with Casey, her mom Tammy & her sister Heather. Happy Birthday again to Makenna!!

CLC Craft Show

Meegan & I

Ashely & Meegan

Meegan, Frosty, Me, & Ashley

Ashley, Rudolph, Me, & Meegan

Every year the Christian Life Center puts on a Chrismas Bazaar. Ashley, Meegan, & I went over there after we got the kids from the bus and settled to check out what booths they had set up this year. It was very nice and they had everything you could imagine from food to candles, to homemade arts & crafts. We got tones of ideas for projects and even got our scrapbooking party scheduled for next week. We all could have went broke in there but Ashley was the only to spend money.... a whole $1.50 on a piece of fudge for each one of us ladies. Thanks Ashley it was delicious!!!

Scrapbooking Day

Me, Ashley, Meegan & Cheri

Ashley, Me, Jane, & Cheri

Me, Ashley, Jane, & Meegan

This morning through mid-afternoon today was spent goofing around and scrapbooking with a group of lady friends. We had such a wonderful time. We try to meet once a week for some quality girl time and also to get scrapbooking or card marking projects done. Everyone brings some finger foods and various other treats and we just hang out all day chit chatting. I am very lucky to have met such wonderful ladies. We have such a wonderful time together and I am very blessed that they are apart of my life!