Family Fun Night-Gingerbread House

 This is an activity that we all look forward to every year!

 Hard at work decorating their gingerbread house

 Smiles :)

 Almost done

 Cristian putting on some of the red frosting

Voila, the finished product!

Happy Birthday, Kyle

Kyle had a nice, quiet birthday.  Between gymnastics and football, we did not have very many free weeknights during the fall.  He opened his presents on his actual birthday, and we had a family birthday dinner for him that weekend.  He got a LOT of new work clothes and shoes, which is what he asked for.  I found this sweater for him, he loves anything with purple in it.  My mom actually took him to Nordstrom so he could pick out his own clothes and shoes.  It was actually pretty fun, I got to tag along, and my dad watched the kids while we went to some special event that got us in before the store was open to the public.  They had coffee and doughnuts even!  Kyle had fun picking out clothes, while my mom and I shopped for the kids.

He got a new power drill from his parents

And he got a new cell phone with all the accessories (case, screen protector, etc) from the kids, and money from both of my grandparents.  Happy last year of your 20's :)

Baby it's COLD Outside!

Love the sunny, but very chilly weather that December brings :)  It makes it feel like Christmas!!

December!

Kyle took December 1st off so we could do something fun with the kids!  We took Cristian out of school early as a surprise.  First stop, peppermint hot chocolates and lattes.

Then we took the kids to do something they've never done before :)  But first had to get a picture by the cute holiday decor.

Carter ice skating with Daddy's help

Cristian and Ava.  (I forgot my camera, so sorry about the poor quality of photos) :)

Carter and dad

Ava was quite the natural out on the ice

There's Cristian in the blue.  He was the last one off the ice.

What a fun way to start December!