Christmas 2011

Christmas went by fast but it was a happy holiday for our family!

Jensen and Jorden making cookies for Santa with Daddy
 (Mommy is not realy into baking so it's a fun activity with Dad)

I tried a new way to display cards this year. I got the idea on Pinterest (my newest addiction). I put ribbon on my cabinets and clothes pinned the cards onto it

Angry birds hooded blankets from Grandma and Grandpa

My inlaws know me all too well and gave me a great gift.....a whole box of chewing gum. I love it despite Jeff photo bombing me!

The Grandparents thought Jorden needed a drumset.....where are the earplugs!

Jensen's first letter to Santa, it's so cute

The two greatest gifts on earth under my tree

Jensen got a Wii game he wanted and Cars 2 movie from Santa

Jorden got a stick horse and a remote control car from Santa
He also got 3 different tricyles from family, lucky kid :-)

Jeff surprised me with an iPad. I didn't know I needed one but I love it and have already read two books on it. Of course Jeff uses it as much as I do so, ha ha

Jeff got the Jackass calendar he wanted and some beef jerky of course

My Momma cooked a great lunch for the family. Even though they have been divorced a long time I'm so thankful my parents can be friendly so we can all be together
Momma, Carrie, Jensen, Kristi, Daddy and Jorden

Cuties in Matching PJs

Jensen's picture with Santa at Bass Pro
Bass Pro has a lot of fun activities for the kids during the holidays and it's all free

Jorden froze as soon as we told him he was going to sit on Santa's lap. He cried and wouldn't go near him for a while until we convinced him to just stand next to him. This as as close as he was gonna get but he sure looks handsome

December 2011

As always, December is filled with fun activities and we try to cram everything in before it's gone in a flash. I have been wanting to go snow tubing in Downtown OKC for several years and we finally got the chance to go thanks to my mom's company. The tubing takes place at the Bricktown ballpark where they have two slides covered in ice -one big, one small. My mom's company Westquip rented out the place for the evening and fed us dinner. My mom, dad, me and the boys (Jeff had to work) bundled up in our snow gear but soon realized it was unnecessary since it was almost 70 degrees earlier that day. Plus, carrying those tubes up and down the steps really heats you up. It was hard work since the boys weren't strong enough to carry their own so we had ours and theirs to lug The boys had a blast and even little Jorden was fearless enough to ride in the tube all by himself. I got a few pics but it was hard to get a good shot because of the reflection of the snow and everyone moved too fast.

My dad coming down the slide

Handsome Jensen enjoying himself

Jorden being a big kid

My Momma sliding

We got to see Santa on a Segway

WEEE Jensen

Me coming down the slide and yelling at everyone to move Jorden so I didn't knock him over like a bowling pin!

We babysat the girls so we made a gingerbread house with them. I had to try very hard not to be too particular about how they did it since I really wanted it to look like the picture on the box. With 5 eager kids I quickly gave that up and just let let them have at it. Jeff added his own decoration.....a leftover cheeseburger stuck on the roof (who knows why!) The kids thought it was hysterical

Displaying their finished house that lasted 3 seconds before they said "can we eat it now?"

Grandma with her babies

We had our old big screen tv for 9 years so it was time for a new one. Jeff got this 65 inch one on sale right before Thanksgiving. It looks much better and takes up much less room

Jensen and Jorden LOVE staying all night at Mimi's house and they help her bake fun stuff like these cupcakes

Behind but will catch up soon!

Sorry I'm so behind on blogging! I haven't even done Christmas yet and here it is almost Feb. Well, hopefully I can catch up in the next week or so. Jeff built us a newer, faster computer so I haven't had access to my pictures in a long time. Hope all is well

November 2011 Random

Two boys in a box

Jorden has to do homework with brother at the kitchen table

Jensen found a roll of green tape at Grandma and Grandpa's house and made a big spider web that took up the whole room

Putting up the Christmas tree

Hanging ornaments

Jorden unrolled the paper towels while mommy was in the bathroom

Jensen's 6th Birthday!

Jensen turned 6 and he chose to have his party at the gymnastics place again with a monster truck theme. He had 14 friends come to play in the foam pit and jump on the trampolines

Nerf Gun

Parachute Play

 

Jumping into the foam pit

Jensen and his friends at Bart Conner Gymnastics

Monster Truck birthday cake

Birthday boy with mommy Mommy and Daddy

 

Opening presents from his friends and family

crazy kid

Pumpkin boy and Turkey Boy 2011

Since Jensen was born right before Thanksgiving we have been taking a picture of him with the turkey every year so when Jorden was born right before Halloween we deicded to do his with the pumpkin. It's fun to see how big they get in comparison

Jorden 2009

Jorden 2010

Jorden 2011

Jensen 2005

Jensen 2006

Jensen 2007- I think Jorden looks a lot like him at this age

Jensen 2008

Jensen 2009

Jensen 2010- The first year he was too big to sit on the table

Jensen 2011