Christmas at the O.K. Corral...

Lorelle and Leytan participated in the Christmas play at school on Thursday, December 15th. They had two shows...the first for the school at 2PM and the second was an evening performance at 7PM. They put a lot of time and hard work into rehearsals (several Saturdays and a few that were all day, from 9AM-3PM). Yep...it was quite a commitment for them. Lilyan and Liam also sang in the production, with their classes, from the bleachers. They all did a GREAT job and had LOTS of fun!!! SO very proud:)

Lorelle (aka Regina the Reindeer) with a cowgirl friend;)

My little "Stars"...Regina the Reindeer and The Candy Cane Kid:)

Leytan consoling Bubble Gum Bart...

My Star Student...

Mr. Levi Michael Mingdong Perry was chosen to be "Star Student" during the last week of school, before Christmas break:) He was VERY excited! He did a great job on his poster and only had a little bit of spelling assistance from his sister. I also got to visit his class and read a couple books to his class on Thursday. He picked some very special books...both of which I had a part in creating for him. I am happy they mean so much to him and touched that he chose them to share with his friends. He is such a sweet, fun, smart and very handsome boy!!!

My Little Chefs;)

I have been teaching my "littles" to cook. They are way ahead of the "bigs" now...lol! Levi especially loves to make scrambled eggs:) He even took his teacher scrambled eggs one morning for breakfast. He adds a little garlic salt and shredded cheddar cheese...SO good!!! We are gonna have a candy and cooking baking day on Thursday:) Can't wait!!!

Lorelle and Liam...

Levi...

Lorelle cracking eggs...

I need to teach them to make a few dinner items soon;)

Snow Day...NO SCHOOL!!!

On Wednesday, November 30th the kids got their wish, "Snow Day"...NO SCHOOL!!! It was a beautiful winter day. The sun was shining, the snow was perfect for sledding and playing in:) It was a FUN day fill of hot cocoa, sledding, relaxing and just enjoying time together. PERFECT!!!

SO pretty...

LOTS of sledding...

Chip barking at his kids sledding...

Lorelle and friends sippin on hot cocoa...

My China boys relaxin working on a puzzle...

The kids would REALLY like to have some more snow soon:) Bring it on!!!

Our FIRST Snow!!!

On Tuesday, November 29th we got our first "real" snow of Winter 2011-2012:) The kids were SUPER excited and had an absolute BLAST playing outside in it. LOVE this white, fluffy stuff!!!

Liam...

Lilyan...

My China girls...

Lorelle...

My China boys sippin hot cocoa...

~Love~

Decorating for Christmas...

It is tradition at our house to decorate for Christmas the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The kids (except Landan) each decorated their very own tree again this year. Landan DID help Lilyan a little though...he is getting way too grown up;( They all had a BLAST!!! I am still having a hard time believing it is that time of year again. Where did the last year go?! Merry Christmas EVERYONE!!!

We are SO blessed:) Thank you Lord!!!

Thanksgiving Day 2011...

Family~Food~Football

Live~Laugh~Love

Happy Birthday Uncle Bubba!!!

Lance's brother Scott, celebrated his 44th birthday on Tuesday, November 22. We got a Betty's pumpkin spice cake for him since his special day is so close to Thanksgiving:) It was YUMMO!!!

Yep...the kids call him "Uncle Bubba":)

SO proud...LOL!

Blowing out his candles...

We LOVE you Uncle Bubba!!!

Colt's Football Game...

Lance got us tickets for the Colt's game on Sunday, November 13th. Despite the fact that they REALLY stink this year...we are still fans;) We had 8 tickets so that we could take all the kiddos but that is not how it worked out. Lilyan had NO interest in going. Leytan ended up getting sick:( So...we called Grandma Linda in to hang out with Lilyan and Leytan, then let a couple of the others invite friends along. Landan took a long time friend, Conner and Lorelle invited her neighbor friend, Natalia. The Colts lost AGAIN:( But we still had a GREAT day!!!

Outside the stadium before the game...

Here they come...

The boys...

Action shot...

VERY cool halftime show...