Silly Jake, dressed up like Santa for Aunt Laura's Christmas party and then got upset when he couldn't find a pillow small enough to fit under his coat!
For his birthday, he got a rifle (behind his neck) from Daddy and holster belt and pistols from the Martinez'....what a lovely Santa image he makes, huh?
Maggie in her new skirt made by G'ma Schiess - Maggie calls it her pink tutu and loves it!! She also has on her reading glasses which she won at the Schiess family Christmas party at Laura's house! Mom meant for Wendy to win them, but Maggie got them and wouldn't trade with Wendy!! Ha! Ha!
Kyle, opening his present from G'pa (Santa). He got some basketball shorts and a football mouthpiece (blue, of course).
Maggie, opening her gift from Santa/Dad...she got a Cinderella doll (a very little one)! I didn't get a good picture of Jake on Dad's lap, but he got 2 Batman matchbox cars.
Here's agood one of Maggie with her new glasses! She loved how little they were and that they have so many bright colors!!
Two hansdome men! Kyle and Sam, at the Christmas party at Bear Lake. We got to eat sloppy joe's...Kyle's favorite food (this week)!!
Mom & Maggie...Maggie's learning how to smile big for the camera. She thinks it's so funny when I turn the camera around to get a picture of the 2 of us together!! Silly little one!!
It took Kyle a long time to go sit on Santa's lap. Early on in the party, he recognized G'pa's voice and knew that Dad was Santa, so he didn't want to sit on his lap because he didn't know how to think of him...as Santa or as G'pa?? He thought about it for a long time and then went and sat on his lap - cute!
Jake & Maggie, happy as can be, on Santa's lap!!
OK, so I need to backtrack for just a second! On thanksgiving Day, Kyle and I ran in Orem's 'Earn Your Turkey' race. I ran a 4-mile race and Kyle ran a 1/2 mile race. It was SO COLD! I felt sorry for me, but I really felt sorry for Kyle! He kept telling me his toes were hurting they were so cold! Poor guy! Anyway, here he is crossing the finish line. He did really good, I was proud of him.
This is me (in the pink sweatshirt, waving) in mile #2...got a long way to go still!
Kyle & me after my race, before his. How are we ever going to stay warm? Such a cold morning!!
At the Bear Lake community's Christmas party, Sam won a turkey! Yay! We figured since we are spending Christmas with Mom & Dad this year, we'd just leave the turkey there and then eat it Christmas day. Good plan, right? Two minutes later, Mom won a turkey!!
Jake and Maggie after visiting 'Santa'. They loved their huge bag of goodies! What a cool Santa!!
I know this isn't the best picture (sort of fuzzy), but Jake could not stop smiling while waiting in line to see Santa! He had the biggest, cutest, most excited grin on his sweet little face! Mom and I could not stop laughing with him!! I seriously love this boy!!
Here's Dad...I mean...Santa, arriving at the community center!
Jake, Kyle, and Maggie with Grandma's funny Christmas hats on. We love visiting Grandma & Grandpa...they are so funny!!
Here he is!! Santa!! My dad dressed up as Santa for their community Christmas party this year. It was such a bitter cold day, and my dad rode on the back of this firetruck to get the party started! He didn't even care it was so cold, he had so much fun!!
So...we had such a fun Thanksgiving, apparently, I forgot to take any pictures! All of Sam's family was in town and since his parents are right in the middle of a remodel on their kitchen, each member of the family who came to town had to stay elsewhere! Our family got to host Steve & Mandi & their 4 wonderful kids! Kyle, Jake & Maggie were thrilled to have sleepovers every night for a full week with their cousins from Arizona (who are now moving to Dallas, TX...sad)! So, we all partied hard that week and by the time Thanksgiving finally rolled around, we were ready to feast! We ate so much food...it's embarrassing! But we are so grateful for family, and the fun we share with each member...I'm just sorry I didn't get any pictures!
Happy Birthday to G'ma Schiess! This photo was taken just before we lit all 67 of her candles! Kyle & Jake were so excited! Maggie was excited too, she was just too little to get up there to see!
Kyle insisted G'ma have all 67 candles on her cake! I tried to get him to spread them out all over the top of the cake, but they ended up all jam packed together in a clump!
Mom's yummy chocolate-orange cake! It was seriously good! Dad even liked it...even though it was chocolate!
Twas the night before school Halloween parties, and Mom was happy to be done baking! The spider cupcakes were ready for Kyle's 2nd grade class and pumpkin cookies for Jake's preschool class! This photo represents 2 full days of baking!!
Kyle, in the orange flight suit, walking into the gym for the Art City Elementary costume parade! They walk by so fast, this is the only shot I got!!
After the parade, we drove quickly over to Jake's preschool, for his little program. He was so excited to have us there, he grabbed his 2 best friends and ordered me to take their picture!!
Maggie, discovering the joys & mysteries of dry ice!!
Carving pumpkins!! Jake was having so much fun!! He drew his pumpkin's face all by himself!! It looks so super cool!!
Maggie absolutely would not put her hands inside the pumpkin to scoop the guts out! She said it was tooooo messy!! Kyle did it for her and then Sam carved it's face and only then would Maggie pose for a picture!!
Kyle loved scooping the guts out! He did his, mine & Maggie's!! He probably helped with Jake's and Dad's also...I wasn't around to see it!! Hurrah for pumpkin carving & Halloween!!
And here's the finished project!! 5 little pumpkins sitting on our porch!! Mine is the 'S' and Sam's is the one with the upside-down face!!