Fun with Friends

We went to the Braggs house yesterday to have a little Christmas fun. It went really well considering we have 12 kids between us and we haven't all gotten together like this in a while.

Ashlyn and Baylor had matching outfits so it was good photo op of course. Elizabeth found these cute little ornaments for the kids to work on. Carter, Anna Kate, Caitlyn, Christian, Ty and Brock (our original six-from L to R)) have grown up soooo much and wanted to do most all of it by THEMSELVES. The younger ones still let the Mommies help. They all turned out really cute.

Christian and his ornament--what a pretty smile he has when he's not acting goofy for the camera.
 

My blue-eyed bombshell

Is she not the most beautiful thing...those eyes! Watch out boys she'll break your heart in a few years. Baylor and Mim were checking out the finishing touches Daddy added to our front yard display. This was our first year to do anything at this house so it has been a work in progress for several weeks.

The toilet paper incident

You know a child's first year isn't complete without a little playtime with toilet paper. As you can tell, Baylor was quite proud of herself--Christian was very bothered and just wanted to clean it up. I told him we HAD to let her do it this once(I told him he had done it too) and we wouldn't let her do it again. He enjoyed picking it up just as much as she enjoyed playing in it.


And as if we starve her or something...I caught her in the pantry the other night. Like those thighs need any more help:) 

Good day, Sad day

Today was the Otter Creek Breakfast with Santa. This is one of my most favorite things that Otter Creek does as a family...but my family was incomplete today. Baylor had to stay at home with KayKay and Tex. She has pink eye in BOTH eyes and ear infections in BOTH ears. We also think she is getting one or two top teeth--all that said, she hasn't been too pittiful. We missed her today and can't wait to take her next year:)

Christian actually stood beside Santa (we take what we can get) and talked to him. Christian has gotten on a kick of wanting a Jack-in-the-box...hope Santa brings him one.

Decorating: Part 3

This silly blogger refused to post this with the other pics. I had to show you my Snoman Family. They watch over us from a ledge in our family room and they are just cute:) 

I love decorating for Christmas! I haven't been in quite the mood I normally am b/c I'm just plain tired, but it still brings joy to my heart. Maybe it is because I get my birthday (tomorrow) and Christmas all in one month...it's just my favorite time of year. I hope you can feel a little of our Christmas spirit from our house to yours. 

Decorating

Even though we were tired from a long week, we put up our Christmas tree on Friday night. We had to break out the pack-n-play for Baylor. After she got bored with the beads she wanted to be in the middle of it all. Christian was more into helping this year too, but he could actually help! The finished product didn't come about until the kids were all snug in their beds:)