Walking on the Lake

Bundling up.

Taking Daddy for a ride.

Rosy cheeks.

50 degrees but still able to walk on the lake...best of both worlds!

Snow ball.

This video pretty much sums up big brothers.

Christmas in MN

Aunt Dana's gifts arrived right before we left! Playdough Fun Factory....FUN!

Leapfrog picnic basket!

Off to MN...

Catching up with Baby Wy.

The girls looking out of the window for Santa.

Going for a ride.

Hollan and Geegs.

Santa arrives at Great Grandma's!

Waiting his turn with the cousins.

Still waiting....

Surveying the crowd with Babee.

Hollan's turn! She was fine with Santa as long as there was a Daddy barrier.

Finally!

Evan assisted when it was Mama's turn.

Finally, a family Santa picture with no tears!
The whole crew. Santa's lap must be tired!

The kids gave Babee and Baba a Christmas tray.

The girls hanging ornaments.

Evan loved hanging ornaments this year. Never mind that he is snuggling with the business end of the dog ornament.

Bibby and Daddy unwrapping her gifts.

New kicks!

Lyla laying some love on Evan.

All dressed up and ready to go to Great Grandma Naomi's.

Handsome man in his fancy sport coat. That only stayed on for pictures.

Hollan adorning herself.

Aunt Carol.

Cookies for Santa!

Tiptoeing down the stairs to see the stockings.

New teeth from Santa.

Back to Great Grandma Frank's house for dinner....and maybe some Taylor Swift watching with Aunt Laurie.

Christmas Cousins.

BabeeBaba.

Checking out the lake.

Finally Out of the Infirmary

Sorry to have been absent from the blogging world for so long! The kids have both been sick so between tissues and humidifiers there hasn't been much photographing going on 'round these here parts.

Evan went back to school on Thursday and had his special lunch with his three teachers and his buddies Evan S. And Trevor. They made pizza for lunch and then made gingerbread trains. I think Evan ate a bit too much of the adhesive (frosting) so his fell apart before it left the station (ha!).

Bitty Bit sad about something.

Not exactly how Hollan wanted to watch football.

After almost a week of rain, we had to bust out a beach ball.

Fashion takes Sundays off...right?

A Low Key Weekend

Not much exciting happened this weekend since everyone but Mama was feeling under the weather.

Is this a hug or a headlock? I don't think Hollan even knows.

You can barely see the enormous goose egg and bruise on Evan's left forehead. Courtesy of a kid at school who chucked a train at Evan's head. Granted, Evan didn't want to share the train but I am pretty sure if he had known the other option was to get one blasted in his face he would have felt more sharing.

Eating oranges.

Sicky boy.

Being "read to" by Annie and the recorded Frosty book.

Annie Comes to Town

A new baby doll from Annie!

Dude.

A new Lightening McQueen computer game from Annie.

Making her baby doll cry. Wait, is that right?

Santa's helper.

Showing Daddy her baby.

Hug.

High five through the glass.

A safe perch for baby. Looks like Hollan may need some parenting tips.

Cutting out Christmas cookies.

Schnuggling in their jerseys. Alas, the support the Vikings receive from the Petersons is in vain.

Sprinkles.

Hard at work in their Christmas aprons.

Cheese. I mean, Cookies!

Everyone knows that Christmas cookies taste best with dinosaur sprinkles. We think outside of the box, people.

Snowflake!

Then literally, SNOWFLAKES! The ground actually turned white but it melted within 30 minutes.

Sweet girl.

New yellow hat from Annie.