polar express

december 16 we took our oma, b-bob, nana, cousin hannah, and braidyn to santa fe to ride the polar express. this is the second year we've taken the kids. last year, clay and i took 5 kids by ourselves to durango for an overnight trip. this year, we called in reinforcements!

time with our cousins

we recently had our nieces braidyn and mali over for the day while their mom and dad got some christmas shopping done. mali slept most of the day and braidyn spent the day in dress up clothes.

early christmas pictures

we took these pictures in denver this past weekend 12.9.07...we have begun a new tradition of celebrating "thanksmas" so that we can combine the feasting of thanksgiving with the festivities of christmas...minus the busy holiday weekend travel...

denver had a huge snow storm while we were there...

which made for a scary drive home, but some cute pictures

this is actually a spontaneous group hug...not initiated by a pleading mommy or daddy

sometimes our girls surprise us by genuinely caring for and loving on one another

i'm pretty sure they went back to bickering and tattling just minutes after this picture

our trip to denver to visit aunt sarah, our cousin hannah, and grandpa

our girls trying to pet the stingrays at the denver aquarium...mommy was too chicken to try

maddy's broken toe

maddy dropped a stool on her toe and broke

the tip of it...she was a good sport and had fun shopping

for big slippers that would fit over her big toe...

we are thinking of only allowing her in padded rooms...

she has more er visits to her credit than the rest of the family put together!