First Snow of December 2008

Two very excited boys!

Daddy is excited too!

Mommy had to jump in a pic with G!

When we got home from Vinny's staff party this is what welcomed us!

Cheers all around!

SNOW DAY!

Dominic and Pryce lovin' the snow fun!

The big boys taking a rest...they played hard!

The whole crew...they got pulled on sleds behind the quads, went sledding down hills, and played a game of football in the snow. They were TIRED!

This was the first real snow day we had up here!

Grandma's Christmas Concert

Gianna was Grandma's Number 1 Fan! You should have heard her yell "YEA YEA" in a silent room, while clapping her hands! Everyone loved it!

Gianna loved having a fancy dress like Grandma!

Gianna and Kaden loving on each other during the concert!

Grandma was so happy to have all of her grandkids at her concert!

Grandma sings in a Victorian Carolers group called Joysong, and it was perfect listening to the old time Christmas Carols at the start of the season! She has the most amazing voice, and the grandkids say she is the "Lead Singer."

Oly Santa Breakfast

Santa is coming!!!

Even Nick sat on his lap! (At first he thought he was a little too old, but he came around!)

As you can see, Gianna did not like Santa AT ALL!

Santa brought Dominic a "picker-upper" or pincher, it does both!

Gianna was happy for some of the Santa Breakfast!

This is the 2nd Annual Santa Breakfast in Olympia with my girlfriends and their families. Katie and Tom host the festivity, and do a wonderful job! The kids love playing together, and we often don't even hear from the kids...until Santa comes!

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!

Payton, Nick's friend, was Claud Herdman (one of the wild, rowdy boys) and he did awesome in the play! We were cracking up.

Hope was an angel in the play and Gianna could not wait to get up to be with Hope...as soon as she saw Hope come on stage she tried to run up there to "play Hopie"...she thought she got to play with Hope, not watch her in the play! We had to constrain her the whole play! She was soooo happy when she finally got to be with her after the play!

Tree Decorating Night

We had our ornament dinner...the kids open their new ornament for the year. We used our new Christmas dishes, and part of the tradition is wearing Santa hats...Nick enforces this rule with a vengence! EVERYONE (except G, because she does what she wants!) HAS to weat a hat!

Nick is about to open his ornament...

Dominic can't wait...

Gianna thinks opening any present is great!

Gianna got a dancing snowgirl (symbolizing her love of dancing), Nick got a train (he is a train maniac!), and Dom got a T-Rex (this has been the year of dinosaurs for him!).
They were all very excited with their new ornaments!

Putting on the First Ornaments of the Year

They rushed to find the perfect spot for their new 2008 ornaments.

Dominic changed his location after he saw where Nick put his...then his went just below Nick's train! Whatever big brother does...Dom does!

The boys are helping little sis with putting her ornament on the tree...how cute is this picture?! Ok, ok I am biased!

Cheese! With our new ornaments on the tree!

Finished Product!

How proud are these guys?

Nativity Set Set-Up.

These two LOVE their nativity set! They are always rearranging it, setting it up, opening and closing it...this was the night we got it out of the box.

The best present ever!

I came around the corner, only to discover this sweet, cute present waiting for me under the tree! (Dominic informed me," I am your present under the tree Mommy!")