Pre Christmas!

So I know that I have been slacking on the blog...I have all kinds of excuses but no really good reasons!!

I made it my mission to catch up so this is one of about 4 blogs I am doing over the last 2 days. They are not is order but at least you get a feel for what we have been up to!!

Last week Lukas spent the day with us. Gpa has been waiting for enough snow so he could take him sledding!!

They had a lot of fun!

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Earlier in the day aunt Sarah came over and we had plans for a few crafts to finish up with Luks!

It didn't take him long to get creative!!! We had painted his hand just before this and so he helped her paint hers!

He also painted some choo choo ornaments.

I just LOVE the look on this boys face!!!!

He was really concentrating on making sure the entire ornament was filled with paint!!

And with picking out just the right colors!!

At one point he found if he painted the bottoms he could use them like stamps!!

This must have been just before he filled it with paint!!

Then he painted himself a nice bright yellow...I think he wanted to be like Rudolf only he didn't want the same color!!

I won't tell you how much paint he had up that nose.....he was blowing paint for awhile!!

He also decorated aunt Sarah!!!

Clean up time!!!

He wanted to do it all by himself....that seems to be the way things are now a days!!

We hung out the rest of the day and we played with Thomas and friends!

We had been using the box as a workbench but then he decided he should sit in it instead!!

I could not believe it when he was able to get into it and sit!!

But, I will admit that the words on the box are very appropriate!!!

At the end of a long day it is always the best to be able to cuddle up with Gpa and take a little snooze!!!

Gpa and his little buddy............night night!!

Trav...........

Who can fill these shoes????

They belong to my nephew Travis, who is a senior at Wayland Union High! And in case you couldn't figure it out...he plays basketball!!!

Don't judge him from this picture!!! :) :)

Or this one!!!

Waiting for his chance to get back in the game..
I will say I was a little torn at first, being they were playing Caledonia tonight!
So do you root for your alma mater, and the team he plays for or the place you live and the school your kids attended!!!
No prob....go with the green!!


I will admit that filming a live action game is not as easy as it looks!! This was a game with a lot of action!!

It was really tight, with a lot of back and forth on the scoreboard!

I had it on the sport setting and still I miss the shot.....which he made by the way!!

Get the rebound!!

And the final score!!!
Told you it was a nail biter!!!

That's him and his mommy!!

Of course in order to bring out the real smile he had to get a hug from his

VERY MOST FAVORITE AUNT, or favorite person in the WORLD!

What a great evening....and a huge I am sorry for taking do long getting this posted!!!

Good Job Trav!!!

Christmas catch-up!!!

Hello,

So this is my second Christmas, but the first one that I can really remember!!! I would love to show you all the fun things I did at my house, but Gma doesn't have those pics, so I will just tell you about that part. I made some reindeer food at JoDawna's house and I had a lot of fun putting it in the yard for them!!! Then I helped mom and dad make cookies for Santa and we left those out with carrots for the reindeer once they got here. They must have been a little full because they did not finish them!!

Then after a good nights sleep I came downstairs and to my surprise Santa had left some gifts for me to open!!! It was AWESOME....I got a kitchen to play with, a bull hozer, a big digger and some tools....I think I could get to like this Christmas thing!!! :)

Then it was off to Non's and Papa's house to celebrate with mommy's family. After that and it was off to Gpa's and Gma's house and look who was there to greet me!!!

Silly Gpa....I thought for a minute that Santa had gotten waylayed at their house until I recognized that it was just Gpa in a funny shirt!!

Gpa has been secretly working on a surprise for me.......!!! I LOVE it when Gpa takes me downstairs to play with the big trains! When we walked around the corner I immediately noticed that something was very different!!! This was not the same train set that we play with all the time!!! Then to my delight Gpa told me that he had made me one of my own!!!

It is beyond AWESOME!!!!

Gpa made it so it will fold up against the wall at my house when I am not playing with it!!

I just had to show mommy how it all works!!!

I may have turned the controller a little far and those trains really can MOVE!!! :)
They were going so fast they flew right off the tracks....guess I will have to be monitored a little for awhile!!!

I showed mommy the engine that used to be my daddy's when he was a little boy!!

Thank you sooooooo much Gpa I LOVE it!!

Then it was time to head upstairs to open some gifts. Gma's sister Janet told her about a really cute idea for a Christmas ornament and I made one for mommy and daddy. I used my hand print to make 5 little snowmen on a bulb......mommy REALLY liked it!!

Then since I was handing out gifts I decided to give one to aunt Yaya!!

I think she REALLY liked it!!!! :) It surprised me when she started to cry!

It is a secret that I have wanted to tell her about for a few weeks now, but this seemed like the perfect time!! Gma was happy she didn't have to keep the secret anymore.

Then it was my turn....wow this Christmas thing is sooooo COOL!

Great Grandpa and Grandma Ward sent me this silly moose....how cute!

Lots of paper was used!!

No particular reason for this picture.....I asked Gma why she put it in for my comments and she said she just thinks I am too cute........awww Gma!!! You're funny!!

Mommy and daddy were busy opening gifts, but look at what I got.....this really awesome flashlight!!!

I also got a tool bench to play with when I am hanging out at Gma's house!! I loved the goggles that came with it!! But they did leave some deep red marks around my eyes!! :)

All it all it was a great time.....It was a little exhausting for such a little guy....but so much fun and a lot of good memories!!!

Then I turn around and this is what I see!!!!

Oh yea!!!! They BAD!!!

All I know is I am a little concerned because these are my ROLE MODELS!!!

Better wish me LUCK!!!

And I have to go home with this one!!!!

After all that I was really tuckered out. We spent the night at G and G's and it was so nice.

I did wake up once and aunt Yaya was nice enough to let me cuddle with her for the rest of the night!!

Well, that was my day for the most part...I say bring on the next one!!! Just let me have a little while to catch up on some sleep!! Next year I will get to share all my lessons about the holidays with a new brother or sister!!

WE CAN'T WAIT!!!!