Our Happy Holidays

This year we had such a good Christmas. I was starting to get worried and stressed toward the end. Tim was lucky enough to get a good bonus check form his work and we decided that we were going to use that to buy Christmas this year. We received the check four days before Christmas...that's right. I did all my shopping for everyone in four days. Not to mention our resources here in Pocatello are a little limited. Thank goodness Idaho Falls is only 45 minutes away. We made it none the less with no time to spare! I don't think I will be cutting it that close again:)

Christmas Eve I made a yummy dinner with ham, rolls, cheesy potatoes, jello and all the fixins. Usually we are with my family on Chrismas Eve but we really enjoyed our small family this year. We really  wanted to teach the kids the true meaning of Christmas so we sat down and had the kids watch a sweet little video. Then it was time to open their jammies. This is a tradition my mom always did with us as kids and it is fun to carry it on with mine. We also let the kids exchange the gifts they bought for each other. Macee got a Unicorn Pillow Pet and Seth got a Spider man toy.  



Here are the kids in their Christmas PJ's



We made Santa some yummy Oreos. Seth was so excited when he woke up and Santa had eaten two of the three cookies and drank all the milk ;)



The children were all nestled in their beds....

 Christmas Morning:

Seth really wanted a remote control excavator and everything else that may be remote control...and that is what he got!

Notice how Macee is no longer in her Christmas PJ's...too much apple juice before bed. Aycarumba!

Kids opening presents...

Seth also got a remote control excavator. He was so excited about it!

Macee got her a doll house!

The only thing Macee would ask me or Santa for was Princess make-up....what the? Really? She is barely 3!!! She must have been a good girl because she got it :)

Isn't she beautiful?

The next day we headed to Utah to see the grandparents...where the kids got extra spoiled with legos, remote control trucks, bow and arrows, walking dogs, baby dolls, coloring stuff and much more. It was a great Christmas.

Hope you all had a great Christmas and have a Happy New Year!!

BIG Brother...

Introducing BIG brother Seth...

                                                                                AND.....

                                              That's right folks...BIG sister Macee

            

        We are excited to announce baby # 3 due to arrive at the end of June 2011. We have decided to do a   surprise gender with this baby. The kids don't quite get what is going on, but I know they are both going to be so excited to add another addition to the family. They will both be such big helpers:) We have had our first ultrasound and will patiently await the arrival of our new little one.

Happy Birthday Macee Girl

My little Macee turned 3!!!! I cannot believe it has been three years since my little princess entered our life. She has made such a beautiful addition at that. Macee wanted to have a Princess party again this year. We were able to celebrate it at Grandpa and Grandma Christensen's house. She got spoiled with lots of presents...too bad she is old enough now to know better if I were to regift for Christmas ;) We love her so much and feel so lucky to have her!

Is that not the cutest cake ever?

My Princess

Practicing on her new scooter

Some Fun Facts About Macee:

She loves to play Princess and dress up in her tutu's.
Her favorite colors are pink and purple
Her favorite show is Max & Ruby
She loves to sing...but only when the blow dryer is going because she thinks we can't hear her :)
Her brother is her best friend
She is a Mommy's girl ;)
She loves to ride her bike, collect bugs and play in the dirt along side her brother
Her most favorite thing to do is color, paint or anything else artsy

                            Happy Birthday Macee Girl...We love you!!