Merry Christmas

We had so much fun this Christmas. Ashlyn was so excited to open presents. I dont know how many times I told her that she had to wait until Christmas. Riley gave Steve and I a couple of presents that he made at school and said that his teacher told him that we could open the presents before Christmas. I said no and that we would wait until Christmas. Steve said yes and opened the presents. I dont know who was worse about opening presents, the kids or Steve.

We made the kids take turns opening presents. Ashlyn wasnt having any of that. She wanted to open everyones presents. Waiting is not a word in her vocabulary.
Every Christmas Garry and MaryLynn visit all of the grandkids to see what they got from Santa. Riley and Ashlyn were so excited to see them. We had a very nice Christmas and are so thankful for all that we have.

Happy 5th Birthday Riley!

Today is Riley's birthday and like every year we have a birthday party with family. Steve's parents, my Mom, Clarissa, Tyler, and Marquesas all came over. I asked Riley what he wanted for his birthday dinner and all he wanted was meat. So we had a roast, funeral potatoes, steamed veggies, and rolls.


We finally let Riley open his presents. Steve's parents gave him a Transformer car, 2 little matchbox cars, and a bag of M and M's. My mom gave him a Transformer plane. Steve, Ashlyn, and I gave Riley a pair of pants, a belt, the Transformer movie, and a mini pool table. When Riley opened the pool table he said, "This is totally what I wanted."




































Once presents were opened and played with we had cake and ice cream. We asked Riley if he had a good day and he said that he did.

Bowling Party!!

On Saturday Riley had his first "Friends" birthday party. He got to decide between bowling and McDonald's. Of course he chose bowling. He invited a few friends and cousins. There were so many kids at his party.

They bowled and had a corn dog or a hamburger and a drink.










When they finished their game we opened presents and had cake and ice cream.












Riley got lots of fun things. I hope everyone that came had a blast. A big Thanks to the parents and grandparents that came and helped.

Santa Visit

On Friday night we decided to take the kids to the mall to see Santa. I thought Ashlyn would love Santa but she didn't want anything to do with him. I was able to get one picture of the kids with Santa.










(Look at Ashlyn's face!)

Our Tree

Here are a few pictures of our crazy kids and our Christmas tree. We told them to make silly faces and this is what we got.













Riley is holding an "Aflac" duck.