Christmas!

So now that it is nearing the end of January, I have finally decided to get our Christmas pictures together and posted. We had a fairly traditional Christmas this year that consisted of making Santa cookies with Nana, spending Christmas Eve with Dereck's side of the family, opening our pajamas on Christmas Eve, and then spending Christmas Day with my side of the family. The only difference between this Christmas and any of the other ones we have celebrated together was that Dereck and I both had to work on Christmas night. It was a bummer deal that we were not able to play games with my family and relax that night (But I guess that is what I get for becoming a nurse). The highlight of my Christmas this year was to be able to enjoy watching both of my kids take part in the holiday season. So here are just a few pictures that captured both of the kiddos enjoying Christmas......

Santa cookies with Nana.....

Opening presents with Dereck's family.....

Opening presents with my family......

We also want to wish everyone a happy new year!

We Have a New Addition to the Family.....

And no it is not a baby!......it is a dog! We have actually had him for about 4 months now but have yet to announce it to everyone on our blog (shows how slow I am on posting). His name is Prince and he is a german shorthair.

Christmas Pics

I just got a nice, new camera from Dereck for Christmas so I figured I would try it out and take a few pictures of the kids with it. The pictures I took came out pretty cute but I think I am far from being anything close to professional.

The New House!

House News!

So here I am once again giving some news about our house situation. It seems neverending sometimes. The bad news is.......the house we are in now that we were trying to buy completely fell through about 3 weeks ago. After much waiting and convincing, the bank decided to deny our offer and closed out our file. The good news is......we found another house we loved that same day and it is only a block and a half from where we are at now. The even greater news is......this house is not a short sale (although it is bank owned) which means we don't have to go through the whole long process and waiting. And the even greater news is.......the bank accepted our offer and we now have the paperwork going to close. We should be able to close within 30 days or less and we can move in! Yay! So here is a picture of the house and I will put up more after we do our home inspection on Friday.....

Wax Museum

Have I mentioned I love my daughter's school?!? Haylee's school does some really neat things throughout the year and the great thing is is that the preschool class participates in most everything that the older kids do. Her school just put on their very own wax museum where they dressed up to represent a book that they have read and then displayed themselves in their classrooms as a character from that book. The school does this project to help the students enjoy a reading project and gain a love of reading. Haylee's class dressed up as mice from Cinderella and her teacher played the part of Cinderella. They had to be still like wax for 30 minutes while parents and other classes came through to see their project. Haylee had a really fun time with the project and she even made her own mouse ears in class for the big day.

Happy B-Day Haylee

Haylee turned the big 4 last Wednesday! I have to be honest, it makes me feel a little old knowing I have a 4 year old now running around. Haylee was so excited for her birthday this year that she had been talking about what she wanted since Brooke's birthday. We decided to let Haylee choose what she wanted for her birthday dinner and her fun activity this year. So she chose to go to Gertie's (which is an all you can eat pizza place) and bowling. She also did a birthday party with her preschool class at school which consisted of letting the kids decorate their own cupcakes with frosting and sprinkles (what was I thinking on that one!). More pictures to come later.....