The Tale of Despereaux

We all went to see the movie, The Tale of Despereaux. It was cute and the kids had fun. They actually met Despereaux and he gave them cool stuff like a t-shirt, mask, magnets, and bookmarks. Thought this was a cute picture:)

Christmas Morning

We had a wonderful Christmas. We were surrounded by family and were all able to relax and enjoy each other's company. We are thankful for our many blessings and are hoping for a prosperous and healthy 2009!

Could it be a baseball bat?.....

Police cars from Alayna...how did she know that I love cars? Oh, yeah...I have like a million of them!

Good stuff in the stocking! My stocking is the same one my Great-Grandpa Pearson used when he was a little boy!

Brodie anxiously awaiting his Christmas treats!

My goodness! That was a lot of work!

Brodie enjoyed his Christmas gifts too!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas at The Pattons' House

We went to my brother and sister-in-law's house for

Christmas dinner. Great fun with the whole family!

Opening presents at cousins' house.



Watching cousin Elan with Grandma and Aunt Ronna.



Hanging with Uncle Jim watching Elf.



Elan and Stephen--best buds eating Christmas dinner.



Chloe opening presents.



Devin and Jordan--the two biggest Twilight fans.



Oh, Edward! He's so dreamy...for a vampire:)

Me and Dad:)

Cookies for Santa

Yum! Yum! Stephen made cookies for Santa! When he saw Santa last week, he pointed at him and said, "We're making you cookies. Do you like chocolate chip?"

They weren't chocolate chip, but they sure were yummy!

Mixing the batter...



A little help from "Grandma Cookie."



Spreading the icing...



Don't they look tasty?!



Letter to Santa...in his very own words, "Thank you for dropping presents." Hehehe! And of course, we had to draw a race car on the letter!



Arranging them perfectly on the fire place...

Admiring his work...

Discovery Science Center

It was a rainy day, so we took Stephen and Alayna to the Discovery Science Center.

Stephen in the submarine.

Color Magnet Maze

Alayna and Stephen coloring together.

Gingerbread exhibit.

Pictures with Santa

Some of you may remember Stephen's experience with Santa last year.

I wasn't sure what to expect this year.

Take a look:)

Last year.....not a fan of Santa.


This year....."Santa is COOL, Mommy!"

Santa asked him what he wanted for Christmas and Stephen said, "I want cars, please. Police cars."

Happy Holidays!

Christmas Tree

We got our Christmas tree this weekend! We had a great time picking it out and decorating it. This is our first year having a big tree (we finally have the room for one:) Stephen had fun and we enjoyed watching his excitement.

Enjoy!

Stephen didn't want to get his pants wet in the puddles...


Then he decided that the puddles were kind of fun:)


Here's Chuck, our tree guy.


We found our perfect tree!


Beginning to decorate...


Brodie helped too:)


Hanging the ornaments...


all in one place:)
Stephen got to hang all of his great-grandma Pearson's ornaments this year.


TaDa! The finished product with star and all!

We hope you have a Merry Christmas!