Oh Christmas tree...

Owen putting the star on the tree......lovely!!!

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Jill

Wyatt dentist

Well Wyatt did not have the greatest dentist appointment his last visit.....five cavities. Ugh! So they have to take three different appointments to fill them. This past week was his first of three appointments. He got his laughing gas but he really didn't show much of a reaction, Owen was pretty funny with his so I was hoping for some goofiness. But nope!!


He was able to watch a movie during his appointment. How the times have changed!


And after we took him to the store so he could use the money he got from Grammy. He loves Legos!!

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Jill

Fireplace

We recently redid our fireplace. We out new tile around it, and I painted the mantel and kris painted the brass black on the enclosure. So once we had everything finished we were kind of sad knowing that the fireplace didn't even work, or at least that is what we were told during our inspection. Kris started playing around with it and he got it to work. We don't use it often but it so nice to know that it does work when we do want to turn it on.


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Jill

Cars

We bought our foreclosed home back in March and our house has a three car garage. With all of kris' stuff that he has it was not really an option to park in the garage at our last house. So I was overjoyed when kris could not only make room for my car but his as well. We not can fit three cars in a three car garage. That is pretty amazing!!!!


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Jill

Family Christmas trip 2014

The boys do not get presents from us on Christmas morning. Instead we take a trip each year and spoil them rotten. This year we went to a waterpark where we have been before however this year they built an addition and we wanted to check it out. It was SO much fun!

We let the boys pick out stuffed animals in the gift shop at the hotel. They were ecstatic that they got to pick out the biggest ones there!!





Next up we headed to another hotel for some arcade fun. Arcades are win wins with boys. And kris and I had fun too!!




We all enjoys a game of deal or no deal.


Turning in our tickets to find out how much junk, ahem prizes the boys could get!



And lastly we went to a Christmas store and the boys got to pick out a new Christmas ornament for our tree. Owen loved his!





Within the first hour of being at the waterpark Wyatt slipped and fell and hit his head. Life guards came over and checked him out and we had to fill out paperwork. But in no time my boy was running around like crazy again.





We are so thankful for trips like these. The boys must have said 20 times how much fun they had and thanked us over and over. It sure goes to show you how a day with no distractions can turn into a fabulous memory.

We are looking forward to our trip already next year!

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Jill

Wyatt went skiing

My sister is awesome.....she does so much adventurous things with my boys. We were raised taking ski vacations to Vermont and Maine and when we lived in Europe even hit the slopes in Austria and have so many amazing memories. But now I kind of live vicariously through the fun things that my sister does. And I love that the boys can experience these first experiences with her, since she doesn't have kids of her own it's such a special bond for them.

So last week she picked Wyatt up from school and took him to our local ski hill. I was surprised that he wasn't more nervous.....he did so great!!!


Going up the magic carpet ride all by himself.


Look at my boy go!


He even was brave enough to go on the chairlift his very first time skiing!!




He can't wait to go back and Owen is very jealous that he got to go skiing before him
.

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Jill

Snow snow snow!!!

We have been CRAZY busy over the last month doing so many needed updates around the house. I'll share soon but for now enjoy this picture of our most recent snowfall. It's been SO cold outside. Kris ran out and snapped this picture yesterday. Soooo pretty! I love that you can tell that it is actively snowing....such a sweet snow!

There are things that I want to do to the outside of the house yet....but that won't happen for a few years I imagine.




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Jill