Makenna's 3rd Birthday

We were so fortunate that Papa Chuck was here to celebrate Makenna's birthday with us. We had a small celebration at home because as it turned out, Makenna got sick and was running a fever the day before so we wanted to take it easy on her. We had dinner, opened a few family gifts and then celebrated with cupcakes and ice cream. Happy Birthday sweet girl!

Christmas Morning Highlights 2010

Christmas Morning 2010

Christmas morning was extremely exciting for us this year. This was the first year that we spent the night in our own home and woke up to see what Santa brought us. We usually spend the night at Granna's house but decided this year, we needed to start our own tradition with the kids.

Brian and I stayed up until 1am putting toys together so when Peyton came in at 4am to wake us up, we told him to go back to sleep. He had only woken up because his tummy was hurting. He ended up grabbing a blanket and slept beside our bed. The whole house was asleep until about 8. Now that's more like it!

Christmas Eve 2010

The kids and I made gingerbread cutout cookies this year and we even decorated them. It was a lot of fun...I've never had much success with frosting cookies but this year I made my own frosting and that really made all the difference in the world. Confectioners sugar icing to so much easier to work with than any other I've tried. Since Makenna is really into Mickey and Minnie Mouse this year, we did mouse cutouts and stars. The kids had a great time cutting out the designs and frosting them. They were also very excited about getting Santa's plate ready for his upcoming visit.