Christmas Pictures

So heres some pictures of the goodies they got. We found a cute pink guitar for Ashlyn so we decided to get Jayden a drum set. They were so excited to start a band. Ashlyns been trying to get more recruits and is currently taking applications, so apply with in. They actually arent noisy and annoying, the drum set that is. Jaydens favorite present was his new webkinz. Rylan got several new cars, and Ty got some new toys.
Josh has had the last few days off so he has already cleaned up all the chrismas stuff and put it back in the attic and cleared out all the "old"toys. Next on the list is putting up Tys crib, but luckily he hasnt done it yet because Ty and Rylan have been sick the last couple nights and its been nice having him near me. The funny thing is when we put up the crib for Rylan we lost a bunch of pieces that held the mattress up. SO we had to jimmy rig it. We ended up buying a new crib which we would have had to do anyway, and then when Josh went to put up the crib for Ty he found all the pieces he lost the first time, in one of Ashlyns drawers, but couldnt find all the other pieces. Finally he found them. He put them somewhere he would see them everyday so he wouldnt lose them, in his bathroom drawer. The whole time he asked me why I ever let him be in charge. Let that be on the records! More to come!

Christmas Day

Christmas morning we woke the kids up to open presents. We tried to wait and let them wake us up, but Josh had to go to work, so we needed to hurry. Someone held over for 3 hours so he could open presents with us. Right after we opened presents Josh went to work and me and the kids went to Andis house for christmas breakfast and to open more presents we drew names this year with them and we got Emily. We bought her a bunch of presents and hid them all over Andis house and Emilys house. But we tricked her to think she only had one present to open. So she was opening presents until 6 at night. It was pretty funny. Then after breakfast we went up to the fire station to visit Josh. The kids got to play video games and got to climb all over the fire trucks. It was fun. Then we went back to Joshs Dads house for dinner. Then I had to leave to make it home in time for a conference call with my family. When it ended at 8:30 the day was over, but felt like a big whirlwind. We were so busy, mostly running around the kids didnt even get to play with most their new toys.

Ash driving

Well I dont know about you guys, but getting ready for christmas has been busy, but lots of fun and very exciting! Every year I think Im not going to go overboard, and then the closer it gets to Christmas, the more money I spend! Josh and I are a bad combination at Christmas! We both get too excited! Other than that we've just been busy, Josh with work and finals, and me with keeping 4 kids entertained and on schedule. Ashlyn had a school christmas party that I decided to go to last minute. I couldnt find a sitter so late so I brought the boys. They started with a sing along in the cafeteria and Rylan was sitting in the front of the double stroller. He got bored and decided the only thing he wanted to do was hold Ty and give him squeezes and kisses. Hes so affectionate.
Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Outtakes from the photo shoot the other day.

Rylan kissing Ty to make him feel better.

My handsome little boys. Too bad his pants are way too short. Im sure everyone at church thought I was crazy, but I just thought it was so handsome.
Rylan LOVES Ty. Everytime they see each other they light up and just the other day Rylan learned how to feed Ty while we are in the store. He thought this was so cool and loved it. The only thing he didnt like is if me or Ty touched the bottle because he thought he was losing his job.

I couldnt get a good picture but you can see how cute Rylans face is.
Rylan loves hats and looks like a cute little baseball player.

As you can see Rylan has discovered cupboards.

Christmas sword fight

And yes I did use all of those rolls of wrapping paper, yikes!

Family Pictures

Heres some family pictures we had taken on Saturday. Poor Amber had to try to take a picture of all of us, it wasnt easy. Four kids, and with two so little it was quite a feat. And then theres ne trying not to get all frustrated. But all in all I think they are pretty good. My expectations were low to start because I knew how hard it would be so they definitely exceeded what I thought they would be!

This ones my favorite.

Cold Weather!!

Here in the city of Katy, we dont get many days to get all bundled up in multiple layers. I couldnt resist taking pictures of these adorable kids in their cutest winter wear. It may be the only time you see it. It got so cold it even snowed on Wednesday. The sad part was Ashlyn was in school when it snowed and it stopped right as we picked her up, then it snowed right after she fell asleep so she missed it. Its weird for this minnesota girl to think my own daughter has hardly ever seen snow, and whats even weirder is that people miss it. I DO NOT!! Ill take the sweet warm weather even with the scorching summer anyday!!

Like the hair???

"Ooh a zipper!"