Christmas Tree

Our tree decorated with piles of presents underneath.  I bought the coolest clay/foam that you can shape into ornaments, etc.  It doesn't require baking and you just leave it out to dry for 24 hours.  The boys had a blast this year making all sorts of creations with it.  Last picture is of Connor's Lego table in the basement.  He spends hours making new Lego creations down there.

Sharp Shooters

Jason and I went to Sharp Shooters with my brother, John and Laura.  John brought a bunch of his hand guns for us to try out.  Jason and I would like to get a hand gun that feels comfortable for both of us to use.

 Kaiden decided to wet his hair down and style it on his own.  I love this goofy kid!
My fellow 6S cardiac nurses were recognized for ranking "among the nation's finest."  Beacon Award.  Last picture is Santa being pulled by Fire Fighters through our neighborhood.

Santa

Our yearly visit to Santa. Both boys asked Santa for some Hatchable's.  Connor also asked for Lego's and Kaiden asked for a computer.  After we visited with Santa, we went to the Santa Express.  We gave the boys some money and they got to pick out presents on their own for people.  We followed this with dinner at Red Lobster.  Connor has been asking to go there for weeks now.  He loves sea food.

Ski

Jason and I took a day off to go skiing together at 49 degrees North.  Kaiden played at Grandma's house and Connor had school.  We had such a great time.  The skiing was perfect!  Sunny ski's, warmish weather, amazing snow...

December fun

Piper exploring the new snow.  Kaiden painting his sled that he got from the Christmas tree lighting event in Medical Lake.  The mini snowman Kaiden and I made.  Hannah playing with Mad Matter sand with Kaiden.

Piper

We love our Piper.  She's finally starting to outgrow the annoying puppy stage.  She's not chewing on everything in sight, she's way more mellow and likes to cuddle now.  I bought her a dog backpack and I put a 1 pound sack of beans on each side.  She wears the pack while we walk on the treadmill together.  This gives her a better workout. 

 My friend, Kimbarley and I being goofy at work.

Daisy

Connor was 5 years old when Chippy (our boy elf) started visiting us during the holidays.  Kaiden will be 5 this next spring so we decided to send Santa a letter asking if Kaiden could have an elf of his own too.  Kaiden specifically asked for a girl elf.  Since Connor named Chippy, Kaiden got the pleasure of picking out a name for the girl elf that Santa sent us.  He chose Daisy.  We received a letter letting us know that Daisy is Chippy's younger (but bigger) sister.  She's a wonderful addition to our family and we look forward to waking up each morning and finding where Chippy and Daisy are hiding for the day.  Sometimes they hide together and sometimes they hide in separate spots. 

 Jason got 2 tickets to the Metallic concert.  His friend, Lee is a big Metallic fan, so he came up from Montana to go with Jason.  We had a great time visiting with Lee and the boys said they enjoyed the concert.

 About 6 months ago Connor and Kaiden were wrestling around and Connor accidentally bumped Kaiden's mouth against Connor's head.  It caused one of Kaiden's lower front teeth to become loose.  The dentist said to just leave it alone and it might tighten up or it might fall out.  Well, for 6 months it has hung on until it finally fell out today.  Kaiden refused to give his tooth to the tooth fairy though.