Wow, so December came and went in the blink of an eye! I love this time of year with all of its crazy schedules and gatherings with family and friends. Once again we were very fortunate to get to spend time with those near and dear to our hearts. And, the boys were very spoiled again by those exact same people - and loved every minute of it!
Our little family photo taken in front our Christmas tree.
Doesn't our dog, Katie, just look thrilled to be a part of this?
Ha! She is such a sweet girl = )
After our own little family celebration at our house, we headed out to the farm for the Huber gathering. It is always great to get together with everyone - the boys especially love getting to hang out with their cool older cousins. Here Gage is super stoked about his Dr Dreadful's Zombie Lab experiment station his super awesome aunt and uncle gave him! The first creation of our mad scientist? Zombie barf!
Me about to sample said Zombie Barf. Not sure if this was the best idea ever!
Even after my less then stellar reaction, Uncle Jamie is a good sport and agrees to give it a shot, too!
Good grief! So, after taking at least 6-7 photos with Grandma Lawrenz
- with multiple cameras going -
this is the only one that we are all looking at the same one.
Nice one, Corey = )~
From there, we headed on over for the Soukup event. More family, more food, and more fun!
Riley cheeses it up with Papa Soukup while Gage slides in with Aunt Tracy.
Tracy and I in our new hats from Grandma. Love the hats and love those ladies!
Soukup Family photo - a little easier with only one camera going = )
Corey with the favorite gift of the night - an iPad from my sister.
She is seriously the most generous person I know!
Happy Grandma Soukup gettin' a little snuggle from Gage.
You can't tell it from this picture, but this boy LOVES all his new pants!
From here, my folks gave Corey and I a super awesome Christmas present -
they kept the boys for the whole week of their Christmas vacation!
Although it was eerily quiet at our house and I missed the boys like crazy,
I thoroughly enjoyed having a clean house and getting plenty of sleep = )
On our way home, Riley decided he didn't need any BK King hat,
his McD's Happy Meal box was just as cool!
Silly boy = )
As for Gage, upon arriving back in Lawrence, he was super excited to open up this present he had already forgotten about. Doesn't he just make the cutest little worker man ever?!
Here's Riley and Corey's big construction project - a K'Nex Roller Coaster.
They spent a full day connect all 576 pieces, then fully enjoyed
watching the fruits of their labor zoom around the track.
Good times!
Well, this doesn't even come close to sum up all of the fun and excitement we had, but it is a record of some of the highlights. Thank you Lord for blessing us with this time together and safe travels.
