Christmas!

Christmas time this year was a lot of fun! This is the first year I think Grant understood some of what Christmas is all about and, of course, throw in a 2nd child and you double the fun.
We did many different things and I have pictures on 2 different cameras...but here's a sampling of some of what went on in our lives in December.
Grant's daycare had a Christmas concert. Grant learned all the verses to Frosty the Snowman and most of Silent Night...but unfortunately he got a little stage fright at the time of the performance.
Photo with Santa after the concert as their reward.
Grant made Christmas cookies. He really likes to help out in the kitchen.
Spent Christmas Eve with my parents and my older sister and her family. Grant loves to hang out with his cousins and Luke loves his Papo Carlos!

Christmas Day---very informal.
Isn't he a little cutie!!!
Going to church! I am bummed I didn't get a family picture...O-well
Having a blast with all of his loot!
Grant in front of the Christmas tree. Whenever we tell him to look cute, he puts his fist under his chin and gives a really cheesy smile. Cute boy!
Okay...maybe this will be the last picture....Visiting Santa at Bass Pro Shops. Luke was not happy about a strange man holding him!
Oh...here's a cute one of Kirk and Grant having dinner right before going to see Santa. This is the last picture...promise.
Happy late Christmas!!!

Grant's Birthday Party!!!

Well...it seems like I always forget to post pictures of Grant's birthday parties. This is a shame since I put so much time in planning something memorable and fun...and now...I can't remember what we did for Grant's 2nd birthday. This is really going to bug me. Hopefully it will come back to me soon. Anyway, for Grant's 3rd birthday I invited a few too many kids to our house and couple that with the full-size horse that my friend from school let us borrow...it was kind of crazy!
This year...we had Grant's 4th birthday party at Jump N Jungle. Great idea! Not much prep, kids had a great time, and the best part...no clean-up. Here are some of the pictures...

Momma and Lukie had a great time too!

Grant decided he wanted a football/sports themed party. At the time he was really into watching college football.


Some of Grant's daycare buddies. Some of them have been classmates since they were babies.

Overall, we all had a really fun time and now Grant is already placing requests for his next birthday parties all the way to age 18!!! It's kind of cute.

Luke's first hair cut!

Well...yesterday Luke had his first professional haircut! He has been blessed/cursed with really light and fluffy hair that likes stand straight up. It is really cute and it gets comments all the time from random strangers...but he is almost 1 and I thought we could try out a big boy haircut now. Here are the highlights... Before gel. After gel. Now his hair looks a lot more thin...but in a few weeks it should be really cute!