New Year's Eve nap

Not a creature was stirring...

Everyone is asleep in preparation for a late night tonight.

Notice how the stuffed dog, Slide, is also tucked in:

Zoo

Rudy LOVES his zoo that he got for Christmas and can play with it for hours on end. He used a Toys R Us gift card to buy the polar set and animals, plus some more safari animals. He has the zoo all set up with the polar section, African animals section, petting zoo, and veterinary clinic.

Snooze

I think we wore out the little one...

Friend Sandwich

The kids were calling this game, "Who's on top?"

I forgot to mention that to Andy when he picked up Ben and Bella.

Also forgot to mention that, when checking on them at some point, Brady and Bella told me they were "just messing around in Brady's bed."

Group snuggle

I found this collection on the couch one morning last week :)

Charlie Love

I love how Charlie dog jumped up into this photo shoot!

Family Picture

The whole crew...together, looking at the camera, AND smiling...it's a Christmas miracle!

Snow day, Part THREE!

We had a white Christmas, and Cooper got to see his first snow!

Christmas Carols with Nana

Christmas Morning Movies

I'm way behind on my movie posting, mostly because I hadn't quite figured out how to efficiently use the movies from the new camera. I'm still not sure I really have, but at least this is something...

Scootering

Testing out the new razor spark scooters!

Merry Christmas Morning!

Merry Christmas! The boys, James, and I spent the night on the floor by the Christmas tree, but we still didn't see Santa! James and I were up early, but the kids just kept sleeping and sleeping. They finally started stirring for the morning around 7:30.

Brady, all ready to get started:

Rudy, still waking up:

Matchy-matchy with their PJs and scooters:

My new raincoat. Looks good with the Christmas jammies, I think.

Rudy gave Popsie marbles. Popsie appreciated it, since he said he'd lost his marbles a long time ago.

Rudy picked out this motorcyle for James.

Kelly's Christmas (and birthday) wallet:

A pretty necklace for Nana:

Lovin' the new t-shirts for everyone: (I got a running shirt!)

Rock band:

Reindeer Food

Brady brought home reindeer food from school last week. He spread it on the sidewalk with Rudy and Cooper. Sure enough, the reindeer came and ate some of it last night!

James and Rudy, all snuggled up by the tree...

Cookie Decorators

These kids LOVE decorating cookies (just like their father...). I got some new frosting dispensers this year, so they really got into it, with fancy designs and all.

Christmas Town

We had free tickets to Christmas Town at Busch Gardens, so we met some friends and family there. It was COLD, but still fun (although I'm not sure I'd actually pay to go).

Brady liked the blue trees the best.

In the snow walk, visiting the penguins...

Watching the light show: