Little drummer boy

Here's the little guy in action! I'm thankful for basements at the moment!

Christmas Day

We spent our first Chirstmas in 8 years with just us.  Although we missed the company of family, we had a wonderful day!  The kids didn't wake til 7 and we headed down to see what Santa brought.  The kids stayed in jammies all day and I think it took til after noon for David and I to get showers!  About 3 we had steak and shimp from the grill - yummo non traditional dinner! 

Jackson got a DS from Santa.  And from family he got more games for his DS, puzzles, Legos, games, cars, clothes, and all sorts of stuff in between.

 Santa lost his mind and brought Matthew a drum set. And from family he got puzzles, play doh, games, cars, clothes, coloring books, and super hero gear.

 They all got new lap desks too!  Shelby's is purple with butterflies.

 Shelby got her first cabbage patch doll and a ball popper from Santa.  And lots of baby toys and clothes from family!

 David got lots of parts for his Mustang, shoes, shirts, a blue ray, cd, and a smoker for the grill.

 I must have been good his year bc I got this sign I wanted, clothes, gift cards, cowboy boots, cookware, and pearls from Doha.....yep deployments can be good at times! :)

 Here are all the kiddos on Christmas evening! 

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!

Fini Flight

 

 

David had his fini flight today in the KC-135.  The boys had SO SO much fun spraying Daddy when it was all done! We will surely miss this base when it is all done in the Spring, but new adventures await in the T-6! We are excited about what next year holds for us as a family and spending MORE time together!  

 Hiding behind Matt- who was also doing his fini flight!

 Not impressed at all!

7 Months

Little one turned 7 months last Friday.  She is getting big, big! 

 

She's:

- a happy girl

- trying to get on a schedule FINALLY

- eating some- still not a huge eater

- still nursing A LOT

- sitting some on her own

- on hands and knees rocking back and forth

- rolling and army crawling to what she wants to get to

- NOT sleeping through the night

- no teeth yet

- starting to like Daddy a little

- LOVES her brothers

- a definite mama's girl

- sweet as can be!



 

Our Choo Choo Train

The boys decorated a Gingerbread Train Saturday! Looks nothing like the picture on the box! Ha!

Silly Elf

Steve has been up to no good lately....the boys are enjoying his morning surprises for them!

First Sleepover

Jackson had his BFF, Ayden, over for his first sleepover last night. I guess you could say it was Matthew's first sleepover too since he thinks he's as big as they are!

We started with pizza, then they played, we got pjs on to watch movies and eat popcorn in the basement! The boys were exhausted and all fell asleep shortly after 10. We splurged on local donuts in the morning before we all headed to church to deliver Ayden back!

I think the first sleepover was a success!

Wing Children's Christmas Party

What fun we had this morning on base! The kids got to see Santa, the boys ran and played in the bouncy houses/slides til they were wore out and we indulged in Krispy Kreme donuts!

He's back!

Steve the Elf that is!

Last night we planted marshmallows in dry oatmeal and look what grew......brownie Christmas Trees!

Welcome back Steve. Lets hope you don't cause too much mischief! :)

The halls are decked

I think we are ready for the fat guy in the red suit! :) Ho Ho Ho

Home Again

David finished deployment #6 his last one before we PCS out! What a relief! We are excited for him to get into a plane where he should be home more!

Happy Thanksgiving

From our little Indian! :)

Reading

Here is Jackson trying to teach Matthew to read! He can't read all those words by himself- all words more than 3 letters have a picture above the word. But he is doing so well- I'm impressed with what he has learned so far this year!  And this is a daily thing at our house now!

6 months

I can't believe Shelby is already 6 months old! Time is flying! Too bad she's not getting the memo to sleep through the night yet! :)

I took her yesterday for her appt and 2 shots. She's weighing 14 pounds, 14 ounces and is 26 inches long!

She fighting a fever off and on since her shots but isn't too cranky! :)

Happy Happy Halloween

We had a fun Halloween Night!  We went to our church's trunk or treat for more than enough candy, hotdogs and games!  I was not a great mom and got ZERO pictures at the church besides the one of them together!  Oh well - there's always next year! 

 

Miss Shelby didn't dress up bc mama wasn't going to send $30 on a coustume for her to scream in and wear for 2 hrs!  The boys both opted to be Spiderman (Jackson was Spiderman last year too and yay that his costume still fit!)

A Little Surprise

I received a sweet surprise yesterday from the one who stole my heart! A dozen roses with 6 calla lillies - our wedding flower!
Aren't they beautiful!

Our Little Pumpkins!

I really lazied it out this year and went with stick on decorations for the kids pumpkins!  They had fun, it didn't take too long and they look cute!  I'm okay with it!  :)  And after Halloween I can take it all off and have pumpkins on my porch til Thanksgiving that aren't rotting! :)


Introducing our Sheriff, Monkey, and Owl!

 This is the best picture I got....Oh well - maybe i'll try again another day!

Pumpkin Patch

My mom visited this last week and we took the kids to a local Pumpkin Patch we love!  The kids had a blast since the 2 days prior we had rain and they were stuck indoors! 

Afterwards we let them pick out pumpkins to take home!  Such fun!

 

 

As we were about to leave we ran into the Byer's!  And Matthew wanted nothing to do with a group picture!