It's about time, but we've been busy

Christmas PJ's-we went for blue this year.

Tired parents, and anxious children, we had fun!

We took the boys sledding Christmas Eve(day) with Andy's family. It was windy and really cold but Gavin didn't complain for even a second. After every run he would yell "again! "followed with a shrill of excitement. Max on the other hand was done after the first five minutes. He didn't like that when the sled stopped Gavin often fell on top of him and made Max face plant in the snow. I don't blame him. He spent the rest of the time pretending to drive grandpa's truck, and was quite happy.

I think Andy could have stayed here all day, he is still just a really big "kid" that likes to play. It was really fun to watch them have fun. We went on a few runs together but I was frozen and decided to let Andy and Gav enjoy themselves instead.

Happy little sledder.

Calling it quits.
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Merry Christmas!
Andy occupied with his fancy new helicopter= not many pictures. I managed to take a few though.

A gingerbread house, and two gingerbread trains. What a sticky, fun mess. Gav was pretty helpful while Max and Jerett were our quality control specialists, and tasted all the treats.

It didn't take long for them to fight over everything. If I had known all they needed were m&m's and spin brushes for their teeth I could have saved some money. They were so happy with their toothbrushes it was hard to get them to unwrap anything from Santa. Once they did they had a blast. We are still working on the whole sharing thing. It's suddenly become a challenge. That's siblings for ya.

Jerett and grandpa playing with a candy grabber and batmobile.

These little things are really fun and the handle is a sucker.

We had a wonderful Christmas. It's incomplete without Eric I still have a hard time celebrating without him. There are so many things I miss. I'm grateful that I have some fun memories to hold on to. My mom and I decorated a tree and took it to the cemetery. It looks great. He would have loved all the snow we got, that's for sure. My boys did a great job of cheering everyone up, they are so funny! I'm grateful for my family and the time we were able to spend together.

My mom got Andy and Jeremy marshmallow guns so the evening was filled with flying marshmallows. The boys must have eaten an entire bag before we went home because they would find them everywhere. If you are looking for a great gift for the child at heart take note. It was a busy weekend with lots of snow, lots of fun and finished off with being released from being the nursery leader. I can't believe Gav is now a sunbeam, we will see how he does next week. Max is so social I doubt he will miss me. I just don't know what I will do with myself being childless for two hours.... it's been sooo long. Crazy. I hope everyone had safe travels. Can you believe the year is over? Time sure flies!

We did go see the lights, but the boys didn't last too long. Can you blame them? It was cold!

He still holds on tight to his rocket ship, so Max sneaks in a turn when Gav isn't paying attention.

Max got a shake and go crash track from Grandma and it is lots of fun!
We are currently battling the flu and having cousin withdrawls. The boys had so much fun with their cousins, we were always going and doing something(I'm looking forward to the down time, getting caught up on cleaning and laundry). It's too bad they live so far away, we had a great time!
*More pictures to come, once the flu is gone!(if I survive!)