She gets it from her Grandma....

Her love to read!

Happy Holidays!

 On Christmas Eve we went to Hop2it:

Lots of fun!

 Decorated some cookies for Santa:

 Too bad we forgot to leave them out for him! :)

Then got to open our Christmas Jammies!

Sweet dreams....

 Christmas Morning:

The flower and the frog:

 We hope everyone had a safe and Merry Christmas!

Help someone in need

The Ferguson family of Mendon lost two of their sweet sons on Saturday morning in a tragic car accident. The family's basement flooded the same night and they have no medical or life ins., as they are self-employed. The out pouring of generous people donating things is making what has become a very materialistic season very meaningful. There are so many great people out there, and it truly just takes a whole bunch of people doing a little to make a HUGE difference.

There has been an online auction put together, 100% of the proceeds will go to a Wells Fargo account on their behalf. Bidding starts 12/24 and closes 12/28.

I can't imagine what this sweet family must be going through right now.  There are so many people in need this holiday season. It is Christmas and funds are tight for a lot of people, but if you, or anyone you know can donate, it would help this family out tremendously. Please take a minute to look at this blog/auction, and if you are able, place a bid!

You can read the news story here.

Remember this?

Kaleb decorated Jenna's face while we were headed to the grocery store:

It happened again: this time she did it herself...

And yet again, I guess she decided she needed to see how she looked in blue rather than purple:

I better get better at putting the markers away, at least it has always been washable!

update

 Jeff's birthday was on the 8th, if he wasn't before, he is now officially OLD! ;)

The kids had fun helping decorate a little (a whole happy bday sign!) and get things ready

Sorry, I didn't turn some of the pictures, so you'll just have to tilt your head to the left :D

 Kaleb wanted a picture of him touching the cake, so Jenna wanted to touch it too :)

 The Birthday Boy and his Princess, we tried to get Kaleb to join them, but he informed us: I'm busy!!

 There is a house in Hansen that puts up lots and LOTS of lights, and they have a camel! I guess they normally have a bucket with candy canes and stuff you can feed it, but they didn't this night. It was still fun!

 Jeff tried to get Jenna to touch the camel and she would have non of it!

 Tried to get a picture of Kaleb and I...guess i need to be more specific and mention that I would like one of us BOTH smiling, not him yawning :) Oh well, ya get what ya get, right?!

 Jenna loves to play with blocks. The other night I looked over and was like, Jenna, what's up with your pants?! She just kept on playing, Jeff lifted her shirt up with his foot, and her diaper was missing too. It had fallen off into her pants and we don't know if it pulled them down or if she did, she didn't seem to mind!

 One of her 2 year pics with her Giraffe, she is getting way too big!

 Sometimes Kaleb will ask me to take his picture, and then he does this:

Lovely

Lately the kids have wanted to sleep together, it is pretty cute !

We may need to invest in a bigger bed if they keep it up though. They don't make it clear through the night, they both toss and turn too much to be together in a twin bed!

I am SO excited for Christmas I can hardly wait! I have all the presents bought and wrapped--so this year I can actually go to bed rather than stay up all night wrapping presents ! I love how excited my kids get when they get to open them, it just keeps getting better!

I Need A Silent Night - Amy Grant

Swiper

Jenna and I were finishing eating dinner when she all the sudden says: "you hear dat? it's swviper the pox"

and continued to go on about what he was going to swipe, it was pretty cute so I had to try to recreate it!

my memory card got full, but you can still see the cuteness!

Bloopers

We got some good ones this year ;)

These are just a few of the hundred's Brittany took.  We did actually get some decent ones...but those are on the Christmas card- if you want one leave me your address! If you don't want to leave it in the comments email it to me at: erinlarsen12 at gmail dot com.