The Best Christmas!

So this year, all of my brothers and my sister and I were together over the Christmas weekend! It was such a nice surprise!!!! Nathan and Carolyn and Aleks came out from Troy and Tony, Jessie and Quinn drove down Sunday from Kansas City! :) It was so wonderful to have all of my siblings together! And all five of the cousins on my side of the family! It is truly something I'm thankful for. I love my brothers and my sister and any time I can have with them is precious! :) When the six of us are together it sure is loud and fantastic! :)

Hope your Christmas was wonderful and I will post pictures soon!!!!

Happy Holidays!

Way Overdue Post!

So I am shocked to see that it has been over a month since my last post!!!! Man...things have been pretty busy here and I am in fact at home at the moment with my sick little man...we have been staying healthy for the most part but whatever stomach thing is going around town poor Daniel has caught. So here I am updating our blog while sitting right next to my warm little guy who only feels better when mommy is sitting right by his feet! Silly boy!

Like I said things have been busy around here...between Boys Scouts, piano lessons, church activities, and life in general it seems like we have constantly been on the go! Our basement is put back together and just some unpacking is left to be done. The kids are all getting excited for Christmas and the chance to see all of our families over the holidays.

There still seems like there is so much to do...Christmas cards to send out, cookies to make, presents to wrap but this year we have been taking things slower...enjoying our time together. We don't have all of the decorations out yet but we are slowly plugging away at it! I am enjoying every moment of this holiday season...not going to let things stress me out! :) Friends and family are what is most important and that is our focus...our wonderful friends and family...the people who help make us who we are and who we are very blessed to have in our lives! Love you all!

Hope things are going smoothly out there to everyone who still is stopping by to see if this slacker has updated lately! Thanks for continuing to stop by here and check on how we are doing! I will update more regularly from now on!
~Nicole

Halloween!!!!

My little Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Cinderella! :)

The kids had a great time trick-or-treating! Kate LOVED being dressed up...especially with her silver princess shoes and Daniel FINALLY didn't throw a fit putting on a costume! Chris was in his element dressing up as a Star Wars character. We have TONS of candy (good for the kids...not good for me!) and the kids really enjoyed themselves...especially with the added bonus of having their Grandma and Grandad visiting over the weekend! :) What a great memory for them!!!!!

Bobcat Ceremony!

Chris earned his Bobcat badge last week! As part of the ceremony, the Den leaders painted different parts of each of the kids' faces! It was a very touching ceremony and Chris couldn't be prouder to be a Tiger Cub!!!! Way to go kiddo!!!!

Time for Updates!

So I am going to update a bunch tonight...I have lots of pictures on my camera and we've been up to quite a bit! I am hoping to have a little time tonight to do quite a bit of blogging! I have realized that I've been quite the slacker when it comes to blogging but we have been very busy with the social lives of the 5 of us in our house plus the water that invaded our house again!!!! However, we think we have discovered what caused the problem and we are going about fixing it!

So...if you are all still out there...please keep checking back! :)

~Nicole

Hooray!!!!

Kate had a doctor's appointment today with the ENT and her ears are CLEAR!!!!!! :) Yay!!!!

She also had her well-baby appointment which actually turned out to be a sick-baby appointment since she has a touch of a stomach bug and fever. She did a great job at that appointment as well and we discovered she doesn't have the flu!!!!

Despite Greg and I being absolutely exhausted due to a major lack of sleep last night, we are absolutely overjoyed that the doctors are happy with her growth and her ears...now to get rid of the rattling that is going on in her poor chest...but we have a plan of attack and we are going to carry it through! :) And then we are going to sleep....

Please say a quick prayer that our children stay asleep as well (hint, hint Daniel...king of waking up in the middle of the night!)!!!!

Hope you have a good one!

~Nicole

The Arch!

So we took a trip to the Arch towards the end of the summer...we spent several days with my family and we took everyone to see the Arch! The kids had a fantastic time!!!!! They were nervous about the ride up to the top but it went smoothly and once they realized they would be ok they had a blast!!!! Here are some pics from our trip:









Have a great night!