our christmas adventures....

....started christmas eve eve :)

(i decided before switching over to the new blog i wanted to finish out the year with this blog....you know, with the hopes of actually having this printed out one day into a book....hopes, hopes!...so i finally got my act together and went through the pics!)

the cousins came up to spend the night so we started some of our christmas eve stuff early....but first, brett had to crank up the new fire pit...LOVE it!!....what a fun thing to have....the kids wanted to roast marshmellows...all i could muster up were the minis...oh well, they loved it and that was all that matters!

next up....baking cookies!!

umm....i think it is safe to say that brother enjoyed baking cookies!

the kiddos getting ready for bed...

...but first a snack!....chocolate truffles or more affectionately known as doo-doo balls in our family :)

christmas eve morning....what a fun day we have in store!!

first up.....decorating ornaments...

then outside for some playtime and of course, brett had to fire it up again!

...some adult craft time too!..

yup, it's all about the experience...right?!?

pin the hat on the santa that sissy thought of and aunt lisa created....AWESOME!

and the winner is....

the mommas were pooped by this point (oh yeah, there was also lots of cooking going on during all this too!) so we put the dads in charge of the gingerbread house....interesting, very interesting!

well....ummm....yeah, there just aren't words....

time to decorate the cookies!!

sisterly love :)

...and now the traditional christmas eve, in front of the tree pics...

after everyone left we relaxed for a few moments and then got ready for church....thank you self timer, thank you!

oh my goodness....i LOVE these christmas babes!

almost ready for bed!!

writing our letters to santa...and leaving the cookies & milk!