Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Brush, brush, brush!

Brooke had her 1st dentist appointment and she was a rock star!  It must help to watch her older siblings do the drill a few times!!  It also helps to have our neighbor, Quynh clean their teeth too!
 Brooke checking out the her "loot" 
 Loving her sunglasses!


Saturday, December 27, 2014

Byeman Christmas

We celebrated the Byeman Christmas together on Dec. 27th.  It was a fun night of family, presents and yummy food!
The kids are growing up too fast!
 Precious kids!
Brooke and her favorite little person!  She's always asking about Baby Curtis and wants to be the first to see him whenever we are together
 Yes....what I've always wanted!
 Cowboy Santa to add to his ornament collection
 A Boogie Board...yes!  Hopefully this will allow for less paper to be used!  :)
 Brooke and her Snowman
 Very pumped to get a boogie board too
What is it???  Oh, a pink remote control car...complete with 2 surf boards on the top!  Perfect.  She LOVES it!
Loopdedoo.....she's gonna be making some pretty cool friendship bracelets!  :)

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas together as a family!  We were awoken by Jaelyn & Ben at 7am, however we all cuddled in our bed until Brooke woke up which was 7:50am!  :)  Amazingly Jaelyn and Ben didn't really raise too much of a fuss waiting for her.  Once Brooke woke up, it was a race downstairs to open up our stockings!

Undies, water bottles, candy, gum, crisp $10 (thank you Great Grandma!), address labels, chapstick, hair accessories...oh my!  Who would of thought there would be so many smiles with stockings! 
A rare moment of LOVE between these two!  :)

After a yummy breakfast of french toast & scrambled eggs it was a mad dash to unwrap the gifts under the tree!
My girl is growing up too fast...an alarm clock that has bluetooth capability!  She absolutely loves listening to Kids Bop music and playing in her room!
 Hands down the best reaction to opening up a remote control monster truck!  I think he likes it!
Kitchen appliances for Brooke!  A blender, coffee maker, & kitchen aid mixer - - all with batteries that make the appliances work!  I see lots of smoothies & coffee (or lemonade) in our future!


Ben playing with his favorite toys.  Hands down best response from Ben when he opened up his transformer...."AWESOME!"  Then I asked him, "Do you know what it is?"  And he blurted out, "No, but it's awesome!".  Love him! 
 This is how I found Brookie...on the kitchen table playing with her kitchen appliances!
Ben finally got a rainbow loom and Jaelyn & him are working together to make bracelets!

It was a wonderful day - we all stayed in our pj's until it was time to shower and head over to Aunt Nancy's house at 4pm!  Loved it!  Great family time - playing with new toys, games - - what memories we made!

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

all ready for SANTA!

Cookies and milk for Santa & carrots for his reindeer....complete with a letter that Jaelyn wrote!

Dear Santa,  Thanks for the presents!  For all your work wrapping, getting and giving Jaelyn, Ben and Brooke gave you 3 cookies and a glass of milk and 9 carrots for the Reindeer!  Safe travels around the world!  
Love Jaelyn, Ben, and Brooke
Beautiful!  Sleep tight kiddos!  Looking forward to celebrating Christmas in the morning together!  

Friday, December 19, 2014

Snowflake Lane

Snowflake lane - a fun tradition each year!  This year we met up with some families from Jaelyn's school.  It's always a fun little show (except for the traffic!).  Note to self...don't go on a Friday that just happens to be the last day of school for kiddos...crazy busy, but still fun!  :)  Jaelyn was the only one that wanted pictures with the characters this year.  Brooke wasn't a fan of getting close to any of them!  :)
Jaelyn with Emmie & Eva
Having fun dancing to the music!

Sunday, December 14, 2014

bcrc christmas program

 The Christmas Program at church - Unfortunately Jaelyn was sick for the program & couldn't go, but Ben was a village person & angel in the show!  He did great!  :)


Saturday, December 13, 2014

gingerbread houses

Back by popular demand...decorating gingerbread houses!  Both Jaelyn & Ben had one to decorate...maybe next year for Brooke!
 Just getting started...all smiles!  
Jaelyn & Ben each shared snowmen/Christmas tree gingerbread cut outs for Brooke to decorate.  She didn't complain and had fun!
 Concentrating hard!  I love how he decorated his house....all by himself!

 The finished product!

Friday, December 12, 2014

Sprinkles & Frosting

We had our annual decorating Christmas cookies with the cousins and Aunties.  Super fun.  Lots and lots of sprinkles and frosting on the cookies.  :)  Just they way the kids like it!
 Brookie getting the hang of it!
 Gotta taste the first one your frost, right?
Creating masterpieces!


Santa Claus

Look who paid us a special visit while we were decorating cookies??  SANTA!  How cool is that?  Here are some pictures from the super fun evening!
"Who is this guy?"







 Cousins and Santa!


"Twas the night before Christmas......."