9th Day of Christmas...

On the 9th Day of Christmas...

We really had a snow day!! We got over 18 inches of snow at our house!! The girls had fun playing in it and Jamison had fun with the tractor clearing out our driveway!!

8th Day of Christmas...

On the 8th Day of Christmas...

We had a snow day!! The girls had fun being pulled on a sled behind the 4 wheeler. Looks like we might have a white Christmas after all!!

7th Day of Christmas/Party #3

On the 7th Day of Christmas...

I tried to get a picture of these 3 before church and this is about as good as it gets.

We had the Drage Family Christmas party at Jamison's mom's house. This is our bunch minus one. Grandma Star made them beautiful dresses as usual but we couldn't get Drew and Greyson to wear theirs for us. The boys are definitely outnumbered.

Austyn was so excited with her barbie, she is so much fun for Christmas this year.

Ryann got a barbie too and had fun playing with all of her cousins. After the presents it was time for more picture taking with all of the other cousins, or second cousins or whatever they all are to each other.

6th Day of Christmas/Party #2

On the 6th Day of Christmas...

We had the Christensen Family Christmas party at my mom's house. This is my mom with her Dad and siblings. This family is getting pretty big too and their are now 10 great grandkids. Grandma Billie was missed and it just isn't the same without her. Greyson got to meet his cousin Kalynn who is only a week younger than him. What a cutie!
Ryann put her cookie decorating skills to good use. Sprinkles anyone?

Austyn asked Santa for a Tangled dress and gave him a few hugs. She loves Santa.

Jordan loved the bouncy ball Santa brought him.

Greyson asked Santa for...guess we'll never know but I hope he gets what he asked for.
Ryann asked Santa for marbles and an Ipod. Where would Santa find marbles anyways?

5th Day of Christmas/Party #1

On the 5th Day of Christmas...

We had the Bennett family Christmas party. The family is getting so big and its nice to catch up with everyone you don't get to see very often. I tried to count how many people were there and I think it was close to 80!! This is my dad with his siblings.
Jamison cheated at musical chairs. Enough said. Its pretty comical watching grown men fight over chairs. A few chairs got bent and a few grown men got hurt.

Dad embarrased mom with his wish list for Santa!
The kids saw Santa again. So far they have been sticking to their wish lists; except for Greyson. That kid can't make up his mind!

4th Day of Christmas...

On the 4th Day of Christmas...

This little chunky guy turned 11 weeks old. Can't believe how big he is getting; wont be too much longer before he is too heavy to pack around in his car seat.
I got caught up on some wrapping, now if only I was done shopping.
Ryann's eye wasn't getting any better so we took her to an eye doctor and I'm glad I did because he pulled a pretty big piece of something out of her eyelid. The second he got it out her eye felt better. Now she can see and isn't walking into things.

3rd Day of Christmas...

On the 3rd Day of Christmas...

I was a slacker and didn't take any pictures. Pretty boring day though; me and Greyson went to work, the girls went to Jennie's and we hung out at home that night.

2nd Day of Christmas...

On the Second Day of Christmas...

Bailey got a haircut. We are getting ready for puppies again and they should be born around the 27th of this month!!

Austyn was the only one who wanted anything to do with Santa at our ward Christmas party.
Greyson wore this Christmas outfit that Ausytn wore at 7 months old. The kid is a chunk!!
Ryann spent the day like this...

She somehow managed to scratch the cornea of her eye and its now infected. We took her to the doctor today and if it doesn't clear up in a few days she'll have to go see an eye doctor. She hasn't figured out how to only open one eye! Hopefully it gets feeling better by the weekend for our Christmas parties.

1st Day of Christmas

I thought it would be kind of fun to do our own little 12 Days of Christmas to document our activities during this busy time of year. So here goes...

On the 1st Day of Christmas...

Santa and one of his reindeer got their heads bitten off by a certain 2 1/2 year old trouble maker.

And we tried to take some pictures in front of the Christmas tree...

Santa Clause

We took the kids to the mall to see Santa. I was sure Austyn was going to be scared of him but she surprised us by running right up to him, giving him a hug and climbing up on his lap. Austyn asked Santa for a Tangled dress and a Tangled doll and shy little Ryann wouldn't tell him what she wants but she has been asking for marbles, an IPOD and a piano. She is so random.

Greyson's Blessing

We blessed Greyson on December 5th. It was great to have our families take part in his blessing and be able to visit with everyone. Jamison did a beautiful job on the blessing and I am so thankful that he is able to do these special things for our family.

5 Years Old!

On December 3rd my baby turned 5 years old! Hard to believe that my Ryann Star is 5, seems like she was just born. Can't imagine life without our sweet little girl. She is the best big sister Austyn and Greyson could ask for. We are so proud of her and look forward to each and every day with her.

We celebrated for 3 days!! On Friday we took her to breakfast and then spent the day hanging out at home. On Friday night we took her to her favorite Chinese restaurant and then went with Jennie, Rod and Cassidy to see Tangled again.

On Saturday she had a little birthday party with some of her friends and cousins. We had a princess themed party complete with a tea party, dress ups and fingernail painting. It was fun to see all the girls dressed up having tea (hot chocolate).

On Sunday we blessed Greyson and after church we had our families over for lunch and for another birthday party.

It was a fun filled birthday weekend!

2 Months Old

Hard to believe that our little G Man is already 2 months old!! At two months old he is sleeping through the night and has been for about 3 weeks. He weighs 13.2 pounds and is 24 inches long. We couldn't ask for a better baby. He has been so much fun lately and is really starting to show his little personality.

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had an eventful fun filled Thanksgiving weekend. We spent Thanksgiving day at my parents house and then that night all 3 kids slept over at Jame's parents house so we could do some Black Friday shopping. I wasn't feeling too good but we still managed to be out shopping by 4 a.m.!! Not a very successful shopping trip though, but we had fun. Friday night we went to the light parade. Saturday we hung out at home, watched some football, put up the Christmas tree and then went with my family to see Tangled.

This year I am so thankful to have 3 healthy kids, a home to live in, supportive loving families and jobs that allow us to provide for our little family.

Crazy Cousins

We took all 8 kids to the mall to get their pictures taken. They all did really good and we got some cute pictures.