Christmas Cookies

My helpers.

Rolling out the dough.

Very serious business!

The finished products! Yum!

Ethan's Christmas Program

Ethan attends preschool at Calvary Lutheran Christian Preschool. They had their Christmas program last week. Each year the teacher spends time telling the story of Jesus' birth. Then she has the kids "write" their program by having them tell the story back to her. Ethan's part was "the star shined down on baby Jesus" .....I am pretty sure that is what he said last year! Apparently that made an impression on him. Then the kids sang 2-3 songs and we had cookies and coffee together. It was pretty cute!

A staged photo of him putting up his star on the story board!

The whole class.

Grandma Joanne was able to come!

Ethan and Kellen with their early Christmas present -- Fisher Price's Nativity Set, they love it!

A Walk in the Woods Thanksgiving Weekend....just before it got REALLY cold!

Ethan's birthday! It's a big one....he's FIVE now!

Ethan and Landon in the pool.

Checking out the goods!


Sam, Landon and Ethan having pizza!

My attempt at a cake...not as good as Jess, but he was happy!

Ethan had a pretty good birthday this year! Well, a week late anyway. For those of you that don't know he was in the hospital on his actual birthday for two days with a flu like illness and breathing problems. He recovered quickly and has been fine since. We just postponed everything for a week. He had his first friend party - a pool party! Then we had our family party the next day. Good times! Hard to believe he is five already, it was a big deal for him, he suddenly feels so much older!

Happy Halloween....ok, I'm a little late! Camera/computer issues!

Batman and Tigger

Looks like a mug shot....from the preschool Halloween party!

Kellen is 2!

Ok, now that we are back from that VERY long bike ride and I gave up on trying a new layout, here we go! My baby turned two on October 23. Here are some pictures from his party! It was a fun day!

Oooohhh...a mo-mo!!! That's motorcycle if you are not familiar with Kellen talk, they go VROOOOOOOOM VROOOM!!!

Let's take it for a spin, shall we?!

Shooting hoops!

Here's the cake my friend Jess made! Isn't it great? It was yummy too!

The beloved DQ cake!

Blowing out the candles!