Christmas and New Year Celebrations!

Christmas morning...what a grump!

I can't believe that all the celebrations are over. Every year time seems to drag before Christmas is here and then speed up shortly after. And before you know it it's time for school again. A sad day indeed.

Christmas was a lot of fun with the kids this year. Brynlee is three now and is starting to understand the concept of Christmas and gets into the holiday spirit. It's so fun to watch her get so excited! We got to sleep in a little bit that morning, which was SO nice! and then we opened a few presents before heading over to Marmee and Papa's house for some delicious brunch and...more presents! I am sure my kids have never been so spoiled than they were on Christmas. Thank goodness for grandparents, right? They both got some fun gifts and have been playing with them ever since. Or should I say Brynlee has been playing with all the toys for the both of them. Bryson is just starting to get an interest in toys.




Everyone sportin' their cute Christmas jammies!

Aunt Kenee and Bryson matched! How cute!

My cute happy boys!

Is it time to open presents yet?


Brynlee's very own cupcake maker! She has a thing for cupcakes, which she calls muffins. Needless to say, she loves this thing.

Is this how I open presents?

Mmm! Yummy wrapping paper!


Can you believe it's 2010?! I am still trying to get over it. I know every year seems unbelievable, but 2010...seriously? Well we brought in the new year with a big family celebration. We got together for some yummy food and great company. The kids spent the first hour or so just jammin' out to some music. Brynlee has picked up some strange new dance moves that I have never seen before. She is such a silly girl! Finally at midnight we all screamed and yelled to bring on the new year. What a fun night!

Christmas Party and Gingerbread Houses

We had a family Christmas party the other day with the Schramm's and it was a lot of fun! We had some yummy pizza, played bingo, built gingerbread houses, and enjoyed each others company. It was a great party and most of the family was able to make it. Even all the way from New York. We each made a treat to share, so each family got to take a tray home with treats from everyone. Delicious!

Brynlee liked the pizza, and liked putting peppermint patties on the squares for bingo, but the gingerbread houses were definitely her favorite! She had so much fun stuffing the house full of candies, and of course eating a bunch in between. :)

It was a great night, and so much fun to get together with family! Merry Christmas everyone!

Here's our finished product. These things are so much harder than I anticipated. They look like they would be so easy...it was fun though, and Brynlee LOVED it!

Brynlee just couldn't get enough of putting candy all over this thing.

Here are some other houses that turned out so much cuter than ours... I need to work on my gingerbread making skills. ;)



Megan came late, so I didn't get a picture of her finished product. It ended up falling apart in the end...

Rub-a-dub-dub...Two Kids in the Tub!

After feeding and changing Bryson, I stood him up to play and within a few seconds he decided to barf all over himself, even getting some in between his toes...gross! So I gave him a bath. He's getting big enough that he can sit up supporting his head, so I pulled out the bath seat. Brynlee woke up from her nap and needed a bath as well, so I put them in together! They look like they're having so much fun, don't they? This was their first bath together...they're still too young to remember this, right? At least I got some stinkin' cute pictures out of it. :)

Belated Birthday...Pictures

Apparently I never posted any pictures of Brynlee's Birthday. So here are some of the pictures of what we did that day. She had so much fun making muffins (which were really chocolate chip cupcakes), opening presents, eating lunch (with a free dessert) and going shopping. What more could a girl ask for?

Blog Headers

Okay, someone needs to show me how you do all the cute headers that are on your blogs. I don't know how to do that and everyone's blogs looks so cute, I want mine to be super cute too! Help! Please!

Elf Yourself!

He he! These make me laugh so hard! I like to do one every year, and I crack up for hours afterword. Ethan doesn't think they are as funny as I do, but still I thought you might enjoy a little festive dance from our family! Enjoy! Merry Christmas from the Schramms!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Fun in the snow

A couple days ago we had our first big snow storm for the winter. I'm glad it hasn't been too cold or snowy until December. That's my kind of winter. Hopefully it won't last till April again. No good. As you can see...Brynlee looks SO excited! Ha ha! She was getting grumpier, as I was taking longer to get us ready to go outside. By the time we were both ready, I wanted to take a picture of her and she gave me a grumpy look. (That didn't last long. She brightened right up as soon as I opened the door.)

A few days ago while shopping, I finally found some boots for Brynlee. I've been looking and haven't been able to find any for a good deal, so I was really happy to find some at Target for under $15. I got them just in time, because it snowed about two days later.

I got Brynlee suited up, rounded up all the snow stuff I could find for myself, and we went out to play. She had do much fun! The snow was so light and fluffy, and it was snowing the whole time we were out there. She loved tracking through the snow and throwing it at me! We tried to make a snowman, but the snow was a little too soft and wasn't sticking together well, so we passed. Maybe next time. She stayed nice and warm in all her gear; I'm glad I got her some new stuff this year. She was upset when we had to come inside, so I told her I'd make her some hot chocolate if she came in with me. ;) Luckily we came in before the wind picked up and it got colder. What a fun day!