Christmas before Thanksgiving?!?!?!

Our cousins came out to celebrate Thanksgiving AND an early Christmas with us, but we were just too excited to exchange our gifts with each other, that we had to get it done BEFORE Thanksgiving!

Ben got LOTS of cool Thomas stuff!

Emily loved her jewelry and horse set!

The hit gift of the year was the craft box we made for Julia! She LOVED it, and spent MANY hours making all kinds of neat crafts at our house for us!

Megan made Mommy & Abigail the coolest t-shirt scarves!

Abigail definitely has the same present opening expressions that Mommy had when she was little…

 

 

She LOVED her box of baking stuff & kid cookbooks… She still wants to work toward becoming a Master Chef someday!

Mor-Mor loved all of her special Shutterfly gifts this year!

The guys got some funny trick boxes for their gifts…

 

Abigail got her Rainbow loom, and her cousins showed her how to make some pretty cool bracelets!

Merry Christmas everyone (a bit early)!…

Hanging out with the cousins…

Our cousins were here for 5 whole days, so we had lots of time to hang out together and do some pretty cool stuff! Alayna was the best babysitter Mommy said she’s ever had, and Ben LOVED his “Yana”!

Our cousins loved trying out our new swingset & zipline… in their pajamas!

The dads even took us to Kidnetics one morning so the moms and Mor-Mor could get ready for Thanksgiving! We had a blast!

Mommy gave us a cool Christmas tablecloth to color for our Christmas brunch feast!

Julia spent many hours making crafts from her craft box, and even set up a little store!

There were a few computer and Wii game marathons going on…

Ben and his “Yana” had a blast playing trains…

On our last day together, Mommy set out a feast of treats to pick from, and we headed to a surprise showing of the new Disney movie, “Frozen”! We had so much fun!

Julia wasn’t too sure of the previews…

… and Emily didn’t like the noise (as usual). Good thing Mommy remembered to pack her headphones!

Mor-Mor babysat us one night so the grown-up could go out for a special dinner with beautiful views of the city!

Meanwhile, back home…

What an awesome week we had!

Mommy’s Birthday

Mommy got to celebrate her 35th birthday in a very special way this year! Her Mor-Mor, Aunt Jenna, Uncle Aaron, Megan, Alayna & Julia all travelled out to be here! Mor-Mor helped us make her a special tie-died cake, and we had a great celebration!

Mommy got her very own “Shutter Hugger” this year… she thinks this might help us look when she’s taking a picture, but we’re not so sure…

She also got an awesome ice cream maker! We can’t WAIT to start making our own flavors!

We tricked Mommy with some re-lighting candles… she had to drop them in water before the smoke alarms went off!

Grandpa Dave sent Mommy an awesome edible arrangement for her birthday, and do you know what?!?!? She was nice enough to share it with ALL of us!