Week 1 of Christmas Break {Picture Blog}

So what have we been up to during our first week of Christmas break? Well, here's some pictures to clue you in on our adventures during this first week off in preparation for Christmas and the New Year:

We have had LOTS of fun coloring and playing together....

We watched Josh's best friend for a day and overnight while his parents moved into their new house... They had a BLAST and it was Josh's first ever sleep over!

He got some "reindeer food" at his class party, so we had fun putting some out for some deer to come by....

In the morning, it was gone!

Our Christmas weekend was FULL of fun events with family and friends, but that's a whole new post :) Merry Christmas!

Pumpkins {Photo Blog}

Last Saturday we took the kids to the pumpkin patch and let them each pick out a pumpkin. Here's what we found on our expedition;

Someone thinks she is pretty strong...  :) She could actually pull them!

Easter - Snapshots

It's Easter weekend. A weekend that has been over commercialized by chocolate bunnies and marshmallow chickens. A weekend that has much more meaning than bright colored eggs

Don't get me wrong - I love the bright eggs hiding away and witing to be found. I love the Cadbury Creme Eggs that are a tradition between my grandma, dad and I. But it's all about the "Reason for the Season". And I love that we get to celebrate with my family and have a joyous celebration in unity.

We actually already had our "family" fun day since my brother-in-law will be going into the Coast Guard - so another Easter post will be up after Easter. But here's a view "through the lens" of how we celebrate as a family. Be warned - if you fall asleep, confetti eggs will be hidden on you!

And if you fall asleep, you'll be left out of the excitement of craking confetti eggs on each others heads!