Christmas 2013

Well since it is mid-January I thought I would post our Christmas highlights.

 Christmas eve we opened new pj's

 

 

 Lyvi putting them on herself.

 We read all our Christmas stories.

 decorated cookies for Christmas.

 new jammies.

 

Christmas morning, here are my favorite photos,

Lyvi loves this sea horse

 

Kami got her doll with an ice skating outfit like she wanted, she really was happy about it.

 light up cars

 aww James holding Kenzey

Ash gives me the best faces!

 

 Love this hat, I had to get it for her and I love that she wore it the rest of the day!

 

 

 crap, a noise maker!

 

 

 

 got the best deal on this car and it is awesome!

 

 

 

 spent a lot of time like this....

 got Ky a nice coat for work

one of my faves I got

 

MP3

 loves her baby doll, she goes everywhere with us

 soccer goal

 purple guitar

 

 James and the purple guitar!

 Kenzey's first Christmas!

 

 

 

 Mar came later with presents.

 new ballet skirts for both girls

 

 

 We all had fun playing with this gift George sent, missed him!

 

The girls spent the rest of the day outside playing with their new sleds Santa brought them, and we did get in a few board games. Overall, we had a good Christmas, it was nice to stay home and just relax. I was so happy that Kenzey was able to spend it with us, wasn't sure if she would be born yet when I started planning things. I am hoping next year is more of a "normal Christmas" I feel like we haven't had one of those for awhile!
I am still working on the Christmas letter and need to get those in the mail. I am kinda thinking I should just forget it, but we have a new baby to announce so I am still plugging away. Life with 5 kids is a lot crazier than I thought it would be!

1 Month Old

Kenzey is 1 month old today.

She is still such a good baby. Kenzey is weighing in at 8.7 pounds! She is a good eater and an awesome sleeper! She just loves to be cuddled. She holds her head up really well and is starting to smile at us. She is also rolling over some onto her side. She loves her sisters, but is still very much a mommy's girl. She loves to look around and is very alert. Kenzey is a sweet baby and we love her so much!

December Fun

Here is some of what we have been doing for December, besides the baby.

We made ornaments.

 

The girls had their Nutcracker performance.

 Ash was a mouse

 Kami a clown, this was her first one. She did awesome and was so excited!

Kami is in the front on the left.

 

Ash is somewhere mid-left, all the mice looked the same. She did get one of the main parts and spent the majority of the time tormenting Clara when they weren't dancing.

 

 

 Ky graduated on the 21st with a double major in Construction Management and Architecture, he was the only one in his class to do this. This has been a long 32 months coming. Ash and Kaite went to the ceremonies but I stayed home with the little ones. I was sad to miss it but did get to watch some of it streamed live.

 We are so proud of him. He accompanied a friend in O'Holy Night. I heard they were great. What a great night! Now he has so much more free time and we have gotten some things crossed off our list.

 We played outside in the snow. All Lyvi's snow clothes are so big on her it is funny!

 She hated the snowmobile.

 Kami loves it.

 They have had so much fun outside!

 We took pics for Christmas cards, so much harder than it looks with 5 kids.

 We made graham cracker houses.

And got very silly....

 

 

 

 Kenzey was good and happy to be apart of it all.

The finished product just before it caved in! Ash has an awesome sled hill on here.

 Kaite built an igloo and Kami worked on some snowmen.

Lyvi making fishy lips.

Nap time

Went and looked at Christmas lights.

December has been a busy month for us, but we have managed to get some fun in. I just haven't had time to blog it! I am still working on Christmas cards and pictures, my blanket, and a baby book for Kenzey. January is also going to be busy for us with gymnastics meets and such. It's sad to see the holidays fly by so fast I feel like spring is right around the corner when I look at the calendar. We still have some of the winter break we are enjoying for the rest of the week though.