December and CHRISTMAS!!!

December was a great month!! It is always full of fun and excitement! 

The girls keep doing their awesome crafting, getting more and more creative all the time! 

This is Kaliahs, the bed is made out of Pencils, a cereal box pillow fluff, a piece of fabric and duct tape! 

Jojo and I made this FroYo shop...it is pretty cool! 

They love playing with it! 

The Tree went up!! They were so excited and we even got new programmable lights this year! They twinkle in different patterns. It is really fun to watch! 

We were decked out this year with lights all over on the railing and door! 

The door was pretty cool! 

Evenings with the Christmas lights on was AWESOME! 

We have seriously gotten dumped on this year!!! 

The kids have had tons of fun Playing in it!

The also loves helping to shovel the neighbors driveway! 

And making snowmen!

I got a serger sewing machine for my birthday and have had tons of fun making things with it! I started with headbands and have also made a few maxi skirts and doll clothes!  

This boy can not get enough of smoothies! You can see it all over his face!!

We got this fun little basketball hoop and it has been tons of fun for all!!! 

The girls love my headbands too! 

My BK follows me everywhere, when I have to slip away and use the bathroom, he does this!  "Let me touch your shoe with this" he says! Little turkey! 

Derek had another surgery to remove the hardware from his hip.  

Had to go under anesthesia again. Luckily everything went well! 

On his way in with his fancy cap and gown!! Ha ha

He was sore for a while and had to sleep off the anesthesia but he is up and going as normal now!  

I made a fancy new way to keep dolls off the floor! 

I dolled it all up to make it cute! 

Now her dolls all have a home and hopefully it will help her keep her room clean! 

Caught him sitting there reading a book, like a big boy! He is growing up too fast! 

His face when he says "hmmm, let me think about it!"

Christmas Party and Grandmas house!!! The little boys love to play together! 

The Nativity went to a whole new level this year! 

Mom made costumes for everyone! 

They had props and everything! 

They practiced for quite some time before putting on their "show"

Dad made a "stable" for the manger to be in

Grandma would periodically stop and teach everyone why they did the things they did and what it means

Everyone had their lines and preformed them well! 

The angels singing songs of praise for the new baby! 

They had so much fun doing it! 

The corner storage room was the land of Egypt where the wise men found baby Jesus

And Cue the Wise-men! 

Giving baby Jesus their gifts! 

Teaching about the gifts the wise-men gave! 

The cast and crew!!! APPLAUSE!!!!

Ty was all tuckered out before we even ate!

I got a cute headband from Mandi and some boot socks!!

Bia got play dough ponies from Breanne's family

Here is one of the skirts I made with my new Serger 

And the second one! I made 3 total but I didn't take a picture of the 3rd

Breanne and I went shopping and we had so much fun! She ended up getting some cute pillows and I got some cute clothes! We had a blast! 

Finding all the pillows that matched! 

Cute rare moment with these two! 

Derek had a problem with the blendtech.....I guess the smoothie was too thick! OOPS!

Now the container leaks....bad! 

SAD DAY!!! 

The day finally came that we had to get a new one! It is fancy!!!

I employed my little elves to do my wrapping for me!!!  WAHOO!! 

Christmas out and ready!!!

Magical!

And it snowed a TON on Christmas eve! Like 9 inches!! It was AWESOME!!!!

Christmas morning was so much fun!!! Bk's Favorite toy of the day!!! He also got a Train from Grammie that used to be Derek's when he was a little boy. He got some legos, a soft blue balnket, a spiderman scooter, and a ninja turtle and spider-man pj's, a soft Baymax that Saileen made for him.  He was overwhelmed with all the fun things he got!!  

Bia got the Descendants doll she had been hoping for!! She got bendable barbie, a game called mindblox, she got legos and a new horse shirt and super soft leggings. She also got a horse blanket....she was in love! Saileen made her a barbie blanket and pillow and Grammie gave her a American girl doll sleeping bag and pillow, and Grandma get her a princess scooter.  

Saileen spent the afternoon building legos! She also got a Descendants Evie doll and a hand bag and barbie clothes and phone cases and a bow and arrow and a super soft jacket and a sewing storage container. Clothes and a book, Chicken foot game and a maxi dress. Needless to say she made a haul!!!  

Dad got lots of clothes, dress shirts and sweater, t-shirts and slouchy hats, and an air compressor and all the tools to go with it and he got some new shoes and boots and a neck warmer that Saileen made for him. He will be dressed to the nines for a while! 

He seriously carried it around all day! 

Dad Photobombing the girls!! Ha ha

Kenna got a new outfit and some elves legos and a descendants and an Everafter high doll, Darling charming, a book a soft jacket A barbie blanket and pillow that Saileen made and an American girl doll blanket that Grammie gave her. She got Qwirkle game, She also got a Rock tumbler that Grandma game her. AAAND she got some combat boots! Great day for her!!!  

He loves his new train! 

Jojo got lots of fun stuff! She got a bow and arrow, and a book and barbie and legos and frozen boots and the game Farkle which she dominates at! She also got clothes and a maxi dress and a soft jacket. She got a new purse and a descendants doll. Also a really soft jacket and an american girl doll sleeping bag and pillow and a barbie blanket and pillow. 

She also pulled 2 teeth over Christmas break!! She REALLLLY didn't want to but she let me do it, even if she was mad at me for a little bit afterwards, she was still glad I did it! She even got a new barbie as part of the deal! She sounds like she has a lisp and even whistles sometimes when she talks on accident.  It is too cute!!!  

She says she looks like a Vampire now!  I have to agree with her! 

Derek and I spent New Years eve rearranging our room! I love it and now he is starting a new project to build a new headboard and a foot board that holds the TV and brings it up and down! It is going to be awesome! 

I forgot to mention that Derek got a drone from Mikal. He LOVES flying it!!!!  It is so much fun!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
WELCOME 2016