Another Tooth!

The tooth fairy will be making another visit to our house tonight!  Stetson has lost his second tooth and once again, it came out at school.  He got to go to the nurse's office and get a necklace to wear with his tooth inside for the rest of the day (which is very exciting to him).  I have a feeling the tooth fairy will be making frequent visits to Stetson's room in the coming months.

Birthday Celebration

What a wonderful birthday I had this year! Everyone made me feel so special and I truly appreciate everyone going out of their way to do so.  I have such amazing family and friends!

My day started with a very yummy breakfast. It was fun to eat all the food that I don't allow myself to eat on a regular basis.  Thank you, Mama Bear and Papa Bear, for the treat!

My three favorite people in the whole wide world!

 We got Papa Bear in a picture too.

After breakfast, we walked through all the little shops near the cafe we dined in. It was raining and getting cold, but we still enjoyed it.  When we were done, we headed back to our house for cake and gifts.

COOKIE CAKE!!

My little guy gave me a gift card to my favorite store.

As did my little lady!  Great gifts!!!

 Aunt Mo joined the party too!  Woo Hoo!!  I see a shopping spree in my future!!

Mama Bear and Papa Bear gave me this beautiful red sweater and a gift card to Starbucks.

Mom sent me two Scentsy warmers as well.

WOW!  I told you I had a fabulous birthday! This wasn't the end of it either.  My loving hubby and kiddos took me to dinner at my restaurant of choice.  We had such a fun time!  Thanks again to one and all for making me feel so blessed on my special day.

New Year's Eve

We are not fans of getting out on New Year's Eve. Rather than going out to celebrate, we decided to bring the celebration to us.  We invited a few neighbors over for food and fun, which was perfect because no one had to drive anywhere.

We even decorated a little.

Stetson made a sign welcoming everyone to our party and we put out all the necessities to ring in the new year.

We had a great time!  Here are the Mommies being silly.

And the Daddies laughing at us.

All the kids wore pajamas and played and played and played.  

I had to post a picture of the lone boy.  He's such a trooper!

Amy and Aaron (Jordan's Mom and Dad)

Nicole and Brian (Morgan and McKenna's Mom and Dad)

Happy New Year (with J)!!

Happy New Year (with me)!!  

These two thought they were BIG STUFF drinking their sparkling grape juice.  They had three glasses each!!

May 2013 bring each of you health, happiness and prosperity.  Here's to Lucky 13!!!

Cassidy's Pictures

I thought I would post the final outcome of Cassidy's pictures.  I think they turned out cuter than expected!  

Christmas Vacation

Both kids have been able to enjoy the Christmas break this year.  They have stayed home with Daddy and not had to go to daycare, which they totally need and deserve.  In my opinion, that is the best Christmas gift of all.

Since they are home, they have time to play with all their new toys.  Cassidy LOVES her new bike and feels like such a big girl.

While her brother is figuring out how to be tricky on his new bike.

I even got to get outside and play!

The dogs have really enjoyed the kids being home too.  Cassidy has spoiled them rotten!

She covers them with her blankets and pats them to sleep.  What a life!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas morning is by far THE BEST time of the entire year!  It doesn't matter how old you are either.  You just can't escape the magic! We have all been waiting not so patiently for it to arrive, and finally, it is here!!!

Wow!  Look at all the loot Santa left!

Santa left Stetson the blue ipod he requested.

As well as the pink guitar that Cassidy requested.

Aunt Allison, Uncle Chris, Alyssa and Brendon gave Cassidy Alyssa's old princess bike and helmet.

We all received so  many wonderful gifts and I wish I could post pictures of all of them.  Thank you all for making our Christmas so magical!!

After we opened all our gifts it was time to clean up.  As we were cleaning, Stetson noticed that his stocking was hung back up and there something in it.  None of us did it nor knew anything about it.  He took down his stocking and found a letter inside.  It was a letter from Santa that said what an extraordinarily good boy he had been this year and that he got him something special.  He had the elves working hard to make it just for him, and he had to make a second trip to get it to him.  Wow!!  Santa came to our house a second time and we didn't even know it!!  The note told Stetson to go to the garage.

To find a new bike!  Not any bike, though.  It is the bike he requested...blue with flames, foot pegs, and handlebars that spin!

What a wonderful Christmas morning!  That afternoon we had Gramps, Natalie and Finn over for our Christmas meal.  Once again, the kids had a blast playing together.

It also snowed on Christmas!!

By the end of the day, this is what we all looked like.  Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!

Christmas Eve

We were invited to our neighbor's house to spend Christmas Eve.  The kids were so excited to get to celebrate with Jordan!  J and I were happy to celebrate with her Mom and Dad too.

We had quite the array of foods and snacks to nibble on throughout the evening, and they were all so good!

We let the kids wear their Christmas pajamas.

Cassidy and her idol, Jordan.

We also exchanged gifts, which was perfect for anxious little ones on Christmas Eve.  Stetson received a Yoda hat, spy sunglasses, and lots of other little goodies.  Just for the record, he slept with his Yoda hat on because he loved it so much.

Cassidy got this Cinderella doll, a Cinderella snow globe and a princess flashlight.  Another huge hit.

We gave Jordan a snow globe ornament and lots of jewelry.

After opening gifts, Amy had everything for the kiddos to decorate cookies for Santa.  Great idea!

It was getting late after all these activities were complete, so the kids decided to see where Santa was.  They all got on the computer and tracked his progress on Nexrad.

Lastly, we had reindeer food for Santa.  Jordan, Stetson, and Cassidy all spread the reindeer food in the street between our houses so they knew exactly where to land.

Finally, it was time to go back to our house and prepare for Santa's arrival.  We put out the brownies we made earlier in the day, the cookies they decorated tonight, a little plate of a cookie and M&Ms for Pickles (our elf), and celery for the reindeer.  I think they will all enjoy the goodies!

Merry Christmas Eve!!