Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Christmas 2012

Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa Stanley's
With almost two years of lessons under her belt,
Brooke was excited to play her Christmas music for us.



The more people you add, the more interesting the pictures get. 

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house...
 Christmas Morning
 

Love these PJ pictures - thanks Grandma Nancy


My girls

Legos, legos and more legos.  His FAVORITE!
Christmas Day was nice to just be at home, enjoy the company of family and celebrate our Savior's Birthday!

Monday, December 17, 2012

Walt Disney Trip 2012

Traveling to Disney with four kids....exhausting, but so much fun! 
(Thanks Grandma Nancy for helping us keep our sanity.)
 
We started the trip to visit Great Grandpa Ted and family in Tampa.
 
 

And then on to six days in the parks...

A little rainy but still a magical day at Magic Kingdom
 
On Safari with Mickey


Clayton defeating Darth


Brooke battling with flare
 
We did four character meals and dancing with Jake was at the top of their list.

They are already talking about our next trip...

Thursday, December 6, 2012

One, two, skip a few...

Life with four kids is busy...busy with lots of fun stuff (and let's be honest, some not so fun stuff too)!  For as much as I had wanted this blog to be caught up with lots of great details of what we've been up to - I can't seem to get it to the top of the priority list.  Believe it or not, these kids like to eat, be played with and have clean clothes to wear...SO demanding of them, isn't it?!  And so, the blog has waited.  My hope is to do a quick run-down of the last 8 months and go from there with my best effort.

And mostly in order from where I left off in April 2012...

Grandpa Ken's Birthday


 
Evelyn gets bigger...
 




 


 

 

Memorial Day Parade in Merton
 
  
Challenges of Summer
 
Surviving errands with four kids

 
Grandma Nancy's Birthday
 

Enjoying the outdoors

Hiking

Swimming


 
 
Evelyn gets bigger...


Road Trip with the Seiler's to Tennessee



Love this family! And they survived with our craziness for the week.
 
First Day of School


Trip to Ohio to visit Great Grandma Braun



It was at this point, I was sure I could get caught up on this blog....continuing on...

Great Aunt Janet visits from Austria


Fall Comes

Picking out pumpkins

 
Took the Girls to Visit Aunt Laura and Uncle Eric in Texas




 
 
 
 
Halloween
 

Happy Turkey Day!


Preparing for Christmas




















 
And this brings us up to just before we leave for Walt Disney World.  Whew...semi-caught up!