We put up our Christmas tree. The kids love it. They were such cute little helpers. But their favorite part, of course, is the train.
We have stocking holders that you put pictures in. So here are the pictures we put in them.

Kathleen is so beautiful.
There is my handsome husband.
Cody is always cute no matter when we take the picture.
And, like usual, Kathleen and Brandon had to play in the Christmas tree box.

Kathleen helped put the angel on top. She was so excited that we had an angel this year instead of a star.
Here is cute little Brandon's picture for his stocking holder.
Brandon was really into decorating the tree. He loved the snowflakes. He always puts everything in the same place. It is so cute.

Here are the rest of the photos I couldn't get on yesterday. Blog is fickle sometimes. Here are Brandon and Michelle on a four-wheeler. Brandon went on a ride the day before with Pampa and couldn't wait to do it again. So he talked Michelle into another "motorcycle" ride. Michelle and Kathleen played against Mom and Brandon in Guess Who. It was fun. But another fun game we played was Deal or No Deal. Karen set the whole game up with the grand prize being $100. Michelle played and you will never guess what she won. That's right, she went all the way to her "suitcase" and in it was the million prize. So Karen gave her $100. Of course, Kathleen wanted to play. So she got to play a mini game. Mark offered her $3, and she took the money and ran with it. It was pretty cute.
The kids loved their uncle Cameron (notice the crazy hair. That is what happens when a boy goes to college without his mommy). Brandon calls him uncle Camera.
Ryan's cousin Chad was there with his wife Darbie and their baby Jay. Kathleen loved Jay. Much like she loves her cousin Xander. They are about the same age.
Daddy and Cody had a fun Thanksgiving.
Marsh and Karen spent most of their time in the kitchen. Granny did too, I just didn't get a picture of that. They were great hosts for Thanksgiving.
Brandon's favorite part was the chocolate pie.

This was Cody's first Thanksgiving. He was so cute. More photos at Castle Park in Price, UT. Brandon had a lot of fun with Pampa this weekend.
Brandon, Ryan, and Cody (in background) during Thanksgiving feast.
Granny is in the middle with the pink on. She is the best Granny. And then everyone else at Thanksgiving dinner.
Cody was really cute at the park; he slept the whole time. Granny made him this cute little hat.

The kids had fun in the car this Thanksgiving weekend. Kathleen showed us the turkey in her animal book, since that is what we were going to be eating.
We went to this really fun park in Price, UT that was a castle.
Ryan liked it too.
Kathleen is peeking her head over the edge.

Today at preschool, we had a family craft day at our house. The kids at one point were all sitting on the fireplace being incredibly quiet (during free play time). I had to capture it on film. Kathleen Put Cody to sleep all by herself. She was quite proud.
Kathleen really wanted to take a picture of mom. I was all sweaty from cleaning house, but I let her anyway. Ignore sweaty face.
For Family Home Evening last night we made thankfulness turkeys. Here is Ryan with his (By the way, Kathleen took this picture).
While we made turkeys, Cody slept.
Brandon was thankful for: Jesus give me bread, Family, Coloring, Brandon, and Firetruck shoes.
Here is mom with her turkey.
Kathleen was thankful for: Bread, Mom & Dad, Turkey, Jesus, and Cody & Brandon.

Yesterday was such a beautiful day. It almost felt like spring. So we decided to put up Christmas lights. And since we will be out of town next weekend, it worked out perfect this way. Kathleen and Brandon were so cute. They got out chairs and blankets and sat on the sidewalk and just watched Ryan.
Here is my cute Ryan putting up lights. He is so fun.

Today we went to a talent show at church. Kathleen signed up to "jump real high." Since she did it all on her own, we just went with it. However, when it was time to jump, she froze. So Ryan held her and jumped with her. The picture is dark, but you get the idea. It was cute. This morning after bathing, Brandon got all dressed up for basketball. And by all dressed up, I mean in his diaper, with a helmet on and the hoop in mom's room.
We went to JCPenney for a family picture today. It was a disaster. When we got there, they told us they were about 30 minutes behind (which is annoying because they are always behind). So we killed 30 minutes in the mall. But when we went back, they said it would be another 30-45 minutes. When we looked at the list, people with appointements an hour before us still hadn't gone. So we just left. I was pretty angry about the whole thing. It isn't easy getting 3 kids ready and in good moods just in time for pictures. So we went home and took some ourselves. Of course, we missed our timing on all 3 kids cooperating. But here is what you get.
Here is a cute picture of just the boys. Aren't they handsome?
Allison came over with her mom to take the pictures, so we had to get one of her too.

Our little Cody is so cute. He is getting so big and smiley. We sure love our little Cody. When he smiles, if it is really a big smile, you can see his tongue. It is adorable.

Ryan is so cute with his boys. I love watching the things he does with them.I am just so used to daddy and his girl (Kathleen). It is strange that he now has 2 boys.
Branond has become our little trouble maker, through and through. Especially in the kitchen. We had some people over for milkshakes and about as quickly as the lid came off the ice cream, Brandon was licking it. And Kathleen is, of course, his cheerleader. Although she isn't so messy, she is quick to aplaud him when he is.
For example, here is Brandon making some kind of fancy dish in the kitchen. He really is our little chef.
But when we followed him to the pantry, we saw that he had a lot more going on then we thought. But it wasn't as bad as Saturday. I took Kathleen on a date, and while I was gone, he decided to make pancakes. He had a mixing bowl and cracked eggs, dumped in yeast, and yogurt everywhere. Then to top it off, he mixed it up (what made it to the bowl anyway) and poured it on to the griddle. PANCAKES! It took Ryan 30 minutes to clean it all up. I was so glad I was gone.