Baking w/ Grandma

Grandma Anderson took a day off of work to come over and bake with us. Maddie wore her chef hat (we couldn't find her apron) and was a wonderful help before she had to go to school.































The boys got a chance to decorate a couple of cookies when they got home from school.










Izzy almost fell asleep eating.

Gingerbread Houses @ Shover

The Annual Gingerbread House making at Shover lived up to it's tradition of adorable houses and kids snitching lots of their candy decorations to eat.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Trav and I went and got our Christmas tree on a snowing Saturday morning. Finally on Monday the kids were able to decorate it. They had a blast and I only had to rearrange a few ornaments that had been clustered together. Our tree is significantly smaller than usual, so it is absolutely packed with ornaments.

Fun, Fun, Fun Times

Miss Maddie got her ears pierced while we were there. She was really brave. She had a couple of tears after but no sound came out.















Jonah, Maddie and Izzy gave us a little concert full of songs and dance.












Zach and Jeremy played a game of Monopoly.














Trav ended up on the bottom of the monkey pile. Surprise, surprise!










Crazy Kiddos!

Kiddo Craft Time

Trav and I were quite often the supervisors of all 6 kids as Beth and Charles worked. We let the kids go wild with a tote of craft supplies and then we had to vacuum when all was done. It did keep them occupied for a very long time so all was well.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Our beautiful table with all the fixins!

Road Trippin' to Crystal Lake

We went to my sister's house for 8 days the week of Thanksgiving. Here we are getting ready and on the road. 10 hrs. there, 12 hours back!


Zach got a black eye right before we left in a scuffle on the bus.















































The Chaos!