Sunday, January 30, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Holiday Fun!!!
So, of course I am still trying to get caught-up on this darn blog!!! It would help if I didn't have so many friends with such great blogs that inspire me to record the joys of our lives!
Well, the Christmas season was so wonderful for our family. After some of the parties and such our family decided to hit Seaworld and enjoy the magic of their Christmas shows! I love them and without fail I cry every year. The best part is to see my kids faces light-up with joy as they watch Shamu do an incredible flip or Clyde the Sealion wave good-bye. It never gets old...at least for us!
Waiting for Polar Express 4-D to start!
(Chase loves to do this face lately...great the next couple of years with this expression...good thing he's so handsome!)
I decided to play along a little with him...I'm really not sure where the hand thing came from!
This was Jaron's version of silly face...we need to work on him. It was a valiant effort!
My kids were in heaven as we made our way through the candy cane forest...good thing they were just the plastic kind or we would need an in-home dentist!
Miaja really wanted to take a picture with the "Christmas Princess" ...Chase and Ayden weren't as excited. Chase leaned back and whispered to me, "mom, she's immodest." Looking at the pictures I can see why he thought that...it's too cold in the North Pole for mini-skirts!
Next we moved on to the wonderful joys that come from making friends and neighbors goodies! We had such a blast this year! I literally let the kids choose a recipe each we had at it! We ended-up watch a friends kids that night so we had seven kids instead of four which REALLY made it exciting!
Honestly, I don't think I've ever had that much fun making goodies..and I loved the thought of our dear friends getting something made from so much love!
Ayden chose to make chocolate dipped marshmallows! Can you imagine seven kids 10 and under making these...yep...it was quite the sight! That's why there are no pictures....it was one on seven and my hands were full!
I made these little treats for some of my friends and the teachers in Relief Society, the women's organization in our church. They were too delicious...Brownies in a Jar. There was a rich yummy brownie baked in the jar then you hollow out the center and add peppermint ganache and top it off with candy cane striped icing and crushed peppermint sticks!!! I HAD to limit myself to one!
Chase chose to make candied popcorn. It was beautiful! Bright red and green and very sweet! Miaja's choice was the peppermint kiss cookies! These were such a great treat to make with the kids and really yummy! They loved getting to eat the extra kisses. My kids had to give me a kiss for every kiss they ate! Thomas and I chose Apple Cider Caramels. They were sooooo delish!
The kiddos are home from school so I'll have to do more later!
Well, the Christmas season was so wonderful for our family. After some of the parties and such our family decided to hit Seaworld and enjoy the magic of their Christmas shows! I love them and without fail I cry every year. The best part is to see my kids faces light-up with joy as they watch Shamu do an incredible flip or Clyde the Sealion wave good-bye. It never gets old...at least for us!
Waiting for Polar Express 4-D to start!(Chase loves to do this face lately...great the next couple of years with this expression...good thing he's so handsome!)
I decided to play along a little with him...I'm really not sure where the hand thing came from!
This was Jaron's version of silly face...we need to work on him. It was a valiant effort!
My kids were in heaven as we made our way through the candy cane forest...good thing they were just the plastic kind or we would need an in-home dentist!
Miaja really wanted to take a picture with the "Christmas Princess" ...Chase and Ayden weren't as excited. Chase leaned back and whispered to me, "mom, she's immodest." Looking at the pictures I can see why he thought that...it's too cold in the North Pole for mini-skirts!
Next we moved on to the wonderful joys that come from making friends and neighbors goodies! We had such a blast this year! I literally let the kids choose a recipe each we had at it! We ended-up watch a friends kids that night so we had seven kids instead of four which REALLY made it exciting!
Honestly, I don't think I've ever had that much fun making goodies..and I loved the thought of our dear friends getting something made from so much love!
Ayden chose to make chocolate dipped marshmallows! Can you imagine seven kids 10 and under making these...yep...it was quite the sight! That's why there are no pictures....it was one on seven and my hands were full!
I made these little treats for some of my friends and the teachers in Relief Society, the women's organization in our church. They were too delicious...Brownies in a Jar. There was a rich yummy brownie baked in the jar then you hollow out the center and add peppermint ganache and top it off with candy cane striped icing and crushed peppermint sticks!!! I HAD to limit myself to one!
Chase chose to make candied popcorn. It was beautiful! Bright red and green and very sweet! Miaja's choice was the peppermint kiss cookies! These were such a great treat to make with the kids and really yummy! They loved getting to eat the extra kisses. My kids had to give me a kiss for every kiss they ate! Thomas and I chose Apple Cider Caramels. They were sooooo delish!
The kiddos are home from school so I'll have to do more later!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Holiday Season: Part 2 (...of many)
Happy New Year!!!
As usual I am a bit behind on my blogging but I am determined to record this holiday! It was simply was too fantastic to let the memories stay hidden on my camera or in a folder, (or in the kids scrapbook because we Do do scrapbooks).
Anyways, here are a few more photos from our holiday!
We invited a few friends over to watch The Polar Express on the back fence. It was so fun!!! A little crazy but really fun!
Thomas loved sitting on Tanners chair and on Tanner's mommy'lap. Elise, with her cute pregnant belly was incredibly sweet to oblige Thomas!
I think that's a hug...Miaja is a big hug giver at our house!
The gang...well part of them atleast! What a beautiful night filled with homemade donuts, hot cocoa and the Polar Express. Can't wait for next year!
Another wonderful part of our holiday was Miaja's very first piano/voice recital. She worked SOOOOOO hard and did incredibly (if I may say so myself)! She played Frosty the Snowman and sang Favorite Things from The Sound of Music. Let's just say that mom cried!
Miaja holding her performance award! She did just PERFECT!
Miaja brought one of her BFF's along, Emma. Emma is such a great friend and wonderful support!
Miaja with her teacher, Ani. She is AMAZING too! I wish I could take piano from her but typically I have the three boys wile Miaja does her lesson so I don't know how that would go over for me, four kids running wild while I try to learn the basics of piano...I'll wait a year or two!
This was the whole gang (minus a few who were sick and couldn't perform). They all did fantastic!
Miaja and her good friend Abby who also performed. We got to go out with Abby's family after the big show and we had such a great night! We love Abby though. She and Miaja love to get together and play!
Miaja and mommy outside the studio.
Miaja and mommy outside the studio.
Daddy and Ayden at the "after party". We had a great dinner at San Antonio's best Fish Taco's spot! It was so fun! It had delicious (all-natural) food, a fabulous playground, ping-pong table, basketball hoop and live music. My heaven! Thanks Marrow family.
So this moment needs to be explained....we were all playing at the fenced in playground with only ONE exit and four adults were standing at it, when all of the sudden I looked at Jaron and said, "Where's Thomas?" We panic and looked EVERYWHERE (if your a parent I'm sure you've experienced this feeling at least once). Well, all of the sudden I looked over at the basketball area and there Thomas was. When I looked over he was actually giving this man, (who happens to be drunk and drinking out of a paper sack), knuckles! I know I'm crazy but instead of jumping to get Thomas I grabbed my camera and took a pictures. I had to. This is so Thomas it's perfect. Nothing keeps him from what he wants to do and he is ALWAYS making friends. He solidified the fear that he will one day give me a heart-attack!
The kids making "wild-ruckus" music!
So after dinner and nearly loosing Thomas, we headed down to the river walk. It was such an amazing night! We're pretty sure we met the real Mr. & Mrs. Claus. These two were adorable! Just to the right here was more live Christmas music so we hung around and danced for awhile!
Emma with the Claus clan
Thomas, not so happy about this but we couldn't resist!
Ayden, isn't he so handsome!
And another handsome young man..Chase was way excited to meet the "real" Santa!
Miaja and Santa. This time we were relieved that she asked for something other than the $300 American Girl Lanie Camper!
Ayden and his friends Alivia cuttin' the rug!!!
Our fam...it was such a beautiful night on the river! Lights, live music, hot cocoa, the "real" Santa...wow!
Miaja and Emma, their are so cute! The giggles never stop!
So our friends, the Marrows, offered to take Jer and I photo which was so nice. We have so few of the two of us....
...so of course Jaron took advantage of the moment!!! What a beautiful background though!
That's all for tonight! It's bedtime for me! More to come soon!
So this moment needs to be explained....we were all playing at the fenced in playground with only ONE exit and four adults were standing at it, when all of the sudden I looked at Jaron and said, "Where's Thomas?" We panic and looked EVERYWHERE (if your a parent I'm sure you've experienced this feeling at least once). Well, all of the sudden I looked over at the basketball area and there Thomas was. When I looked over he was actually giving this man, (who happens to be drunk and drinking out of a paper sack), knuckles! I know I'm crazy but instead of jumping to get Thomas I grabbed my camera and took a pictures. I had to. This is so Thomas it's perfect. Nothing keeps him from what he wants to do and he is ALWAYS making friends. He solidified the fear that he will one day give me a heart-attack!
The kids making "wild-ruckus" music!
So after dinner and nearly loosing Thomas, we headed down to the river walk. It was such an amazing night! We're pretty sure we met the real Mr. & Mrs. Claus. These two were adorable! Just to the right here was more live Christmas music so we hung around and danced for awhile!
Emma with the Claus clan
Thomas, not so happy about this but we couldn't resist!
Ayden, isn't he so handsome!
And another handsome young man..Chase was way excited to meet the "real" Santa!
Miaja and Santa. This time we were relieved that she asked for something other than the $300 American Girl Lanie Camper!
Ayden and his friends Alivia cuttin' the rug!!!
Our fam...it was such a beautiful night on the river! Lights, live music, hot cocoa, the "real" Santa...wow!
Miaja and Emma, their are so cute! The giggles never stop!
So our friends, the Marrows, offered to take Jer and I photo which was so nice. We have so few of the two of us....
...so of course Jaron took advantage of the moment!!! What a beautiful background though!
That's all for tonight! It's bedtime for me! More to come soon!
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