Ben absolutely has a new favorite word. I bet you absolutely can’t guess what it is. I’m absolutely not going to give you any hints. But it’s absolutely his new favorite word. And he absolutely uses it all the time. It was super cute in the beginning, but it’s absolutely not cute anymore.

Our last Christmas get together was with Andy’s parents, Jared, Becky and Maddie. We had such a nice time with you guys :)











While we were home over Christmas we had a sibling breakfast at Justin and Kate’s. It was quick but it was fun to get together. I have to apologize for the terrible pictures of everyone, but I didn’t want to NOT post them. Love you guys!



Yeah, so it’s almost February and I’m still getting to the Christmas pictures…
We had a nice dinner and present time with my mom, Paul, Justin, Kate and Brielle a few days after Christmas.












The kids slept in ’til 8am, it was a Christmas miracle :) When Cassidy woke up and saw the tree she exclaimed “Oooh, presents!” We had a low key morning at home together (we’re headed out to visit family this weekend). One of my favorite moments was when Ben opened a gift of birdseed and peanut butter and said “Oh thank you I always wanted one of these!” Haha, he was super sweet, thanking us for all his gifts. He’s been wanting to make a bird feeder with pinecones he collected and now we have the peanut butter and birdseed to do it!

Andy and Ben received a little fossil dig set to do together.

The pirate princess!


Putting together some new Legos.

Their “big” gift this year was my Legos from when I was a kid. Thankfully my mom saved them and I was able to split them with my brother, giving us each a huge stash. The kids were so excited to dig through and find a bunch of new pieces.



The force is strong with this one. Awesome craigslist find for Ben *cough* mommy *cough*

Butterfly wings!

Dinosaurs and princesses!

Waffles or cashews?

The aftermath!

Cinnamon rolls, a Christmas tradition.

Merry Christmas!
