December 25, 2012

We woke up Christmas morning to a room full of presents

 These are the presents Santa left

 The kids giggled when they saw bites out of their cookies

 Brielle got the "bouncy dog" that she so desperately wanted

 Bryce picked spider man out of a catalogue all by himself

 He picked this hot wheels track too

 going through their stockings

 

 Little Mommy baby doctor was another item that was wanted very badly!



Christmas Eve 2012

We started something new this year and decided to be home on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We LOVED it! It is going to be our new tradition. We usually celebrate with Jake's family on Christmas Day so they all came down on Christmas Eve to be with us. The kids decorated a few cookies for Santa and we let them choose one gift to open.

She wanted to make a really good cookie

 I'm pretty sure he ate more icing than he put on his cookie

 hard at work

 Seriously Brielle?? Bryce is posed so cute and that is the look you give me? Boy we need to work on smiling

 

 Opening her present of choice

 Bryce was excited for his gator golf

 Treats for Santa and his reindeer

Christmas in Fort Wayne

We kicked off our Christmas holiday at my Dads on December 22nd. With the new additions of Crew and Phoebe we are up to 12 kids which makes for a lot of fun! We just hung out all day in our pj's eating good food, watching sports, kids playing, and women talking. It was a great time!

The 12 grand kids minus Nico who was at home to avoid any sicknesses

 My 2 favorite guys

 Brielle and Gracie modeling their new princess outfits

 Brycey and his bud Coey

 these 4 were up to no good :)

 The whole gang

 Our family

 Next up we did our exchange with Camden, Cohen, and Crew

Brielle got soccer goals so she can play this summer. She can't wait for us to sign her up!

 Bryce got a farm train set....Thanks Aunt Shanni and Uncle Luke

 On December 23rd we celebrated with my Mom and Tim. This year we went to a local hotel that had an indoor play area for the kids and more importantly a pool! It was a big hit for the kids. We enjoyed our time together watching the kids play!

Bryce playing

 My Coey Beanie

 Brielle and Cam swimming away like little fish

 Bryce: "I will jump in, but you go first"

 Coey: "NO you go Brycey....Bryce: "Yeah right, hahahah"

These two are so funny together

 My little Crew.....I could just kiss him to pieces

 MawMaw, Papa Tim and their 8 grand kids

 Papa Tim and two ornery little ones

**New Cousin**

On December 14, 2012 Brielle and Bryce got a new cousin and I became an aunt again to another precious boy! Crew Martin Meyers was born weighing 8lbs 11oz and was 21.5 inches. He is absolutely perfect and I fell in love with him the second I saw him. He looks just like his daddy and big brother Camden. He is going to be tall and skinny :). He is loved by so many and we are so blessed to have another precious boy in our family.

Aunt Shanni before her c-section

 Brielle was so excited to find out if it was a boy or girl

 Crew Martin just a few hours old

 Big bro Cohen meeting his new baby brother

 Our precious bundle....a week old

Bryce's School Christmas Program

Bryce had his Christmas program at school back at the beginning of December as well. Our very loud, crazy, and outgoing son is very quiet and shy at school. Now that he is getting more used to school and more comfortable his teacher said he is starting to talk to her and his classmates. So needless to say he pretty much just stood on stage and looked cute.....until it was time to sing jingle bells, he sang his little heart out! He loves that song and we sang it a lot at home. I tried to post a video of it, but it was too large to upload.

Brielle's School Christmas Program

I haven't blogged in forever so I'm playing catch up. Brielle had her Christmas program at school back at the beginning of December. They put on quite the production, it was so cute. She did a great job, we were proud of her.

She is so not into taking pictures right now so this is the best I got of her that morning :/

 This kid on the other hand is such a ham and loves to smile for me!

 He also likes to be goofy, this kid is something else

 Brielle is in the front row

 Shaking her bell singing Jingle Bells

and one more of my handsome little guy

Little IU Fans

Brielle and Bryce are becoming serious IU fans and if you know their Dad at all you know that this makes him very happy! They love to watch the games and cheer for their favorite players. They both pretty much know all the names of the major players. Brielle says her favorite is Christian Watford, aka CWat, and Bryce LOVES Will. They both love Cody too! We plan on taking them to some games next year! GO HOOSIERS!!!!