Merry Christmas!!!

Wow I am behind. Here are a few pictures from our Christmas festivities.

Christmas Eve picture. Our family in our cute Christmas pajamas!

An attempt to get a picture of the boys together...

And we FAILED!!!

Opening presents Christmas morning.

Bennett was definitely a better present opener. Jax started handing him his presents and would say "Benny open it". Christmas morning did not go as planned, and we only ended up opening 1/3 of our presents before going to church.

Opening presents at Papa's house

After returning home from Christmas breakfast at Papa's and Christmas dinner at my grandma's we finally made it home and were able to open the rest of our presents.


We had a wonderful Christmas. I absolutely love having our two boys to spoil (Gary claims I go a little overboard but that is okay)!!!

The Halls are Decked

Wow what a busy couple of weeks we have had. I think our house is now all decorated and most of our shopping is done.

The making of our gingerbread house. And yes our boys were very helpful in the process (note the sarcasm!)

This is how Bennett helps...

And then there is Jax, he is rather helpful as well...

Nothing like table dancing and eating the frosting right out of the bag.

Jaxie's face after gingerbread house making.


Our little family and our gingerbread house. Not too bad if you ask me, especially considering the busy hands we had helping us.

Decorating our tree.

I love this time of year. I love having my house look festive, and probably wouldn't mind if the trend came to leave your Christmas decor up all year long. I love that it brings a little warmth to my home.

Surprisingly enough, Bennett and Jax have both been very good about leaving most of our ornaments on our tree. We have only had one tragic loss of the balls on the tree as well. (knock on wood)!!

Mr Fix-IT

We just may have a handyman on our hands. Gary has been wiring for our television, and Jax has been right there with him the entire time.

My boys may not be the safest when is comes to fixing things. They learn this from their daddy.

Jax thinks he is pretty handy with tools and thinks he knows exactly how to use them. This is him showing me how to use a stud finder.

As Much Fun as You Can Have in Snow

The first big snow of the year! At first the boys were thrilled to be able to go outside and play. They looked so cute bundled up in their snowsuits, hats and boots.

Before...

Our cute eyeless, mouthless snowman.

The after...

The boys thought the snow was great fun until they realized that snow is freezing.