December 2008

December came in with a bang. Katherine's 3 rd birthday was on the 8th. My little girl is 3! I can't believe it. She is really into Princesses and Tinker Bell at this age. She decided she wanted a Tinker Bell party. A friend of mine, Lyndi, let me borrow her Tinker Bell cake pan. It turned out pretty good, but man it was harder then I thought it would be. I found some Tinker Bell print outs online and hung them from the ceiling. Katherine's favorite part was the balloons, so we had lots of them. Granny, Grandad and the Bonds came for the party. We had a great time. It was fun to have Katherine really get into it and realize what was going on. Per Katherine's request, we left the decorations up for a week until Daddy politely asked when we were planning to take them down! :)

Devon and I both got the stomach bug right before Christmas. It is so hard when both of you are sick. On my worst day I was blessed to have a very insightful husband who took the kids to his parents. Thankfully neither David nor Katherine got it. For Devon it was kind of the beginning of a long period of sickness. He got a chest cold right after that and in January the Dr. put him on Albuteral breathing treatments. It made me realize how thankful I am not to have kids that need nebulizers on a regular basis. Yuck!

David's family was suppose to get together the week before Christmas, but Chris and Melissa ended up getting sick so it was pushed back to the week after Christmas. We had a great time being together. After Christmas dinner we all went on a nature walk in the pasture behind Granny and Grandad's. It was fun, but oh so muddy. The kids were a mess by the time we got back to the house. This was the first year we have been able to have a real Christmas with David's family since we got married. It was a little over whelming. You should have seen the literal mountain of gifts for everyone. In my opinion it was a little over the top, but still fun. Granny did get the three girls matching dresses. They were so cute.

We had everyone over to our house one of the nights. We had Pizza, I decided to do it the lazy way. After supper we got all the kids together and decorated ginger bread cookies. I didn't think the older boys would get into it, but they surprised everyone and really got into it. Devon's favorite part was eating the icing right out of the bag! :) Then all of the ladies relaxed by having a pamper party. It was so nice to take a little time to slow down and enjoy each others company. (don't worry girls I won't put up any pictures!)

Tori's birthday was on the 29th so she got to have her party with all her cousins. She had chosen a princess theme. Melissa really went all out. She got all the girls a "Little Mermaid" dress and crowns. There was also party favors for everyone. The girls had a blast dressing in all the jewelry and high heel shoes. Thanks Melissa for the great memories.