Christmas picture overload!

We had a wonderful Christmas in Washington!! We had so much fun, and now for the picture overload.......:)
We saw "Tangled" which was soooo cute!! This is one of my new favorite movies. Of course riding Danny was top on the list of things to do.

Ella and Liv saying hi to the horses.

Livi playing with Kaden (Chris and Marla's little boy) . They were being so cute.

Ashton riding Danny.

Ashton and Livia on Danny.

Jesse and Doug with Preston. (Doug is deep in thought! )

We all had fun playing piano.

My Grandma snuggling with Preston.

Grandma had the best job.

My dad made a fire for the kids. I thought it was so sweet how he had his arm around Liv.

Ella made these "q-pon" books for the boys! haha. I thought it was sweet.

Waiting patiently on Christmas morning.

Santa came! And brought Harry Potter dress up!! Perfect!

And Hermione dress up. (We live and breath Harry Potter in this house!)

And more Harry Potter. (Even though I think Aaron says he's "Ron")

The boys loved exploring.

Adam, me and Liv.

Grandpa and Preston

Aaron playing with Kaden! Aaron could do anything and Kaden would think it was hilarious!

Preston!

Grandma and Grandpa and all 6 grandkids!

Hi Preston!

Ella and Jesse playing chess. (I tried playing too, and then realized it was a ridiculous game. Seriously, who made up those rules?!)

Happy Livi!

I thought this was cute! Then Liv jumped to grandma- good thing she was ready!

Proof that I even rode Danny. :)

More of happy Preston

We had a great time and are so lucky to have a wonderful family to spend the holidays with.

Here and there and everywhere!

It always seems like the weeks leading up to Christmas are the busiest of the whole year! I haven't been the best at taking pictures of everything that's been going on, but here are a few of the many places we've been........
Count the grocery carts....1,2....3!!!! Yep, that is a milestone! Ella pushed one with Livi in it, I pushed one with Preston in it, and Adam pushed Ashton and they were all piled high with groceries! I had my Christmas piano recital and Adam was in charge of the video camera. He only got this one picture of Aaron and it was after he was done. (He's fired) The kids all did great though!

Ella had her gymnastics performance. She is SOOOO flexible and did great on her beam routine!

Ok- blurry cell phone pic, but the kids had a mini basketball camp (Aaron is going to do basketball). Ella is in the very back of this pic with purple shorts.

Aaron waiting his turn.

Ashton even participated even though technically it was only for Kindergarten- 3rd grade. He had fun though, and surprise, no one could tell he wasn't in school. He's such a big kid!

Liv had fun being the cheerleader!

And believe it or not, Preston slept through it all. haha. That's what he does best!

And we've had a trip to the Dr. Ashton cut his foot on glass. He stepped on a clock that had a glass front (I thought it would be fun for him to mess around with the clock and see how it worked, he was having fun until he decided to step on it- or jump- we don't know which, the story keeps changing).

Anyway- I always handle these occasions sooo well- NOT! I had to pull a big piece of glass out of his foot. YUCK! And then there was blood, and panicking, and crying....and my awesome friend Kim saved the day....again! She just happened to be right around the corner and watched the kids while I took Ashton to the dr.

The Dr. decided to try gluing it, which ended up not holding at all because Ashton can't hold still. So, he's going to have a scar. :) one more scar! (This pic is several days after it happened-it hasn't healed very well)

And now we're off to Washington for Christmas!!! We are soooo excited!! Merry Christmas everyone!

Concert!! My cousin saved the day

Adam and I were excited when we saw this Collin Raye concert coming to the Performing Arts Center. We love Collin Raye's music. When I got the tickets I SPECIFICALLY asked the guy if it was OK if I brought a baby. And he says, "Oh yeah, that's not a problem." So I bought these non refundable tickets and then on our way to the concert I'm reading the ticket and on the bottom (the pics blurry) but it says "NO INFANTS". Oh no!!!!

So I had to think fast since the concert was going to start soon, and I called my cousin Naomi and she saved the day!!! She sat on some chairs for 2 hours outside of the concert hall with Preston. We owe her BIG TIME. THANK YOU NAOMI!!!

The concert was great. Collin Raye sang some beautiful Christmas songs, and of course he sang some of his best hits.

Great cell phone shot I know, but we don't get many pictures together anymore! It was a lot of fun, even if we were frantic for a minute! It's always great to get out with my hubby. :)

I tried not to laugh...

Ashton came upstairs very distraught after I had put him and Aaron to bed. I asked him what was wrong and he very tearfully said, " Aaron said if he had a magic wand he would turn himself into a karate master, but he wouldn't turn me into one. I wish he would turn me into a cheetah though so I could run fast and I would give him a ride on my back."
At this point I was really trying hard not to laugh, so I just told him, "Well, maybe he can teach you how to be a karate master, and maybe you should have your own wand and turn yourself into a cheetah."
He brightened up at this prospect and I walked him to bed. :) I love these moments!