We are actually snowed in right now with school cancelled and arctic temperatures with a wind-chill of 50 below! Good time to catch up with all of our pictures from the holidays. Here's our happening from November and December 2013.
Aidan's Army Candlelight Bowl for Lurie Children's
Always fun to play in the leaves
These 2 were great helpers
Dallin
Drew
Kelsey & Brooke
Drew did a little Floor Hockey this fall
We had a couple of furry friends stay over the long Thanksgiving weekend
They were sure loved, but I wasn't ready to keep them.
First snow!
A series of fun, candid, shots that turned into our Christmas card this year
Dallin turned 4!!
He requested a monkey cake and wasn't disappointed when it was delivered!
Funny story actually about when it was delivered - the cake arrived at our house about 2 hours before the party (we were able to get the cake through Icing Smiles, the same organization that did the other kids cakes this year and this one was actually the same baker as did Drew's). The boys were at a class they take on Monday afternoons when the cake came to the house. When I opened the box, I noticed there was a big 5 on the cake and it said "Happy 5th Birthday Drew". Uh oh, they must have gotten confused with having done Drew's cake back in May. They took it back to fix it and in the meantime, I went to pick up Drew & Dallin. When they got in the car, I told Dallin what had happened, expecting a meltdown, but instead he excitedly yelled, "Yes, I'm 5!" To which in turn, Drew turned to him and said "Yes, twins!"
The cake made it to the party just in time and was perfect!
The week after Dallin's birthday and just a week before Christmas, this happened.
We were all in the car on our way to go see Santa, I was driving and we were just down the street in our neighborhood when a guy ran a stop sign and then turned full speed and hit us head-on. Airbags deployed and everything and it was pretty scary. Everyone was ok, strapped in nice and tight, but the van was totaled.
So we ended up having to get a new van sooner than we had planned, but we have wheels again.
2 days before Christmas, Drew lost his first tooth!
Gingerbread houses
Christmas Eve Nativity Scripture reading
Brooke was the Angel in the Nativity scene and since we didn't have a halo, she got to wear the real Mrs. Illinois crown and was quite excited about it!
Santa
Christmas morning
Christmas evening with the cousins
We made the trip up to Michigan to do Christmas with Randy's family the weekend after. Luckily we had great weather for driving. We went a day early and spent the night with my good friend from high school and her family who live up there also.
Ames Christmas in Michigan
We had to get all new carseats also, since they were all involved in the accident. The new seats must not be as reclined as the old ones, b/c we had a bunch of head bobbing when they fell asleep on the drive. I had to improvise to keep their heads back. Luckily I saved a bunch of Drew's ace wraps and they came in handy here!
This picture makes me laugh - Drew or Tupac?
Happy New Year! We look forward to a happy, healthy 2014. Drew has a cardiology appointment tomorrow and MRI next week.
