Roasting On An Open Fire

One night we made a fire in the pit in the backyard and roasted some hot with some smores on the side.

 Connor and Ryan tucked in by the fire.

 Roasting . . .

Joe & I chilling by the fire.

 Back in the saddle.

Gotta love our backyard!!

Opportunity Village

Pretty much every year we go to Opportunity Village.  Here is Kade on his way in with Grandpa.

 Kyle and Connor strolling in,all bundled up

 Loved the police car - hope it was okay they were crawling all over it

 Kyle and Santa

 Talkin' with the Sowman

 Hugs

 The massive, moving pig.  They were fascinated with it.

 Balloon man

 Piggy back ride on Joe

 Little fireman

The car was a magnet - just his size.

 Inside the train

 High five

All of us had a fun time at the village, seeing the lights, decorations, etc.

Boys with the Boys

Connie and Eric's anniversary is on the 27th.  While we girls went to get pampered, Joe and Eric watched the boys.  First they went to the park.

 Then they stopped by at Chuck E Cheese.

 Most of the pictures the boys aren't looking at the camera.

Seems it was a pretty fun day for all of them.

Gift Exchange

So we separated the adult presents were done later on.  

Playing clue with Kade.

All of us gathered in the new entertainment room (which used to be the boys room and my room - now one).  For the past few years, we play the "left-right" game to exchange the gifts.  Bryan read the story while all of us rotated the presents round and round then reverse.

 The boys helped move the presents around too.

 Now the gifts are being opened - looks like Erica got some board games!

 Kyle helped me open mine - a cute little Christmas picture frame.

 All of us giving hugs away,

 Isn't he cute with his PJs?

 Here comes Santa!

 Enchanted by the lights and music.

 Cute little elfs.