Silly faces...

Cali loves to say "CHEESE" when the camera is pointed at her and she smiles SO BIG that her eyes are closed and all you can do is laugh. She had Aedan's CARS hat on this morning so I took some pictures. I had to share her huge smile and I kinda love it that she has eyes that shut like mine do when we smile too big. The second one was just a silly face she made while saying "cheese" for the millionth time.

My silly sweet Geoff

Sometimes Geoff does something that is so silly and sweet at the same time. I randomly find messages on my computer screen and stuff. This one was pretty funny. He was playing with Aedan and they were drawing fun stuff on Aedan's new toy thing. Aedan started to do other stuff and Geoff kept drawing on it and when he turned it around this is what I saw:

I had to take a picture before the kids wanted to play with it again. :)

215 degrees

Did you know that steam is 215 degrees? Well, I had no idea until I lifted the lid off my pot of vegetable beef soup Tuesday night and the steam hit my arm. I could not believe how much it hurt! I had to keep it cold for any relief until Geoff reminded me that we have some Aloe gel I could put on it. That was the most wonderful thing in the world at that moment! I had to keep putting it on since it doesn't last super long but it was fantastic! I took these last night just so I could remember it... maybe it'll teach me to be more careful. :)

I had to take the flash off and they aren't very good pictures but here is my burn. The top is a straight line because I had my watch on and it's shiny because I had just put Aloe Vera gel on it.

Stripes & Penguins

For Christmas my Mom got the kids matching sweaters, hats, gloves & penguins from The Children's place. It was so cute and the kids LOVED their penguins! Mom wanted pictures of all the kids together in their outfits which was quite a task! Getting 5 kids of different ages to sit still and look at the camera long enough for even one picture was impossible (and kind of funny). So, here's how it went...

Aedan & his Aunt Maegan

(they are such buddies!)

Cali and her penguin

All the kids:

Cali, Aedan, Maegan, Alexis & Lily

(Geoff was trying to hide but the kids kept moving)

Mom with all the kids:

Aedan & Cali in the snow:

Attempting to get more pictures of all the kids:

(once outside all they wanted to do was run around)

Impromptu photo shoot

We went to see one of my favorite people while we were in Utah! We spent most of the day with Michelle and she offered to take some pictures of the kids in their cute matching sweaters, gloves & hats that my Mom had gotten them. Aedan was all smiles and excitement but was eating chicken nuggets that he didn't want to let go of. He was jumping around so much that I'm not sure how she got such great pictures. :) Cali fell in the snow once and was done. Luckily Michelle got a few before that happened and she also got a few after that I also love. I posted a million pictures because I can never decide which I like most when she takes pictures! She also took a few of them and made them look old fashioned which I think looks so cool!

While she had her camera out she took a few of Geoff and I since we forgot to do that while we were there in October taking family pictures. I forgot to even ask her! So, I put a bunch of those on here too.

Thanks Michelle! We sure love seeing you and your family and always love your pictures!! :)

Aedan & Cali

Geoff & Christy

Christmas Day

Well, we had a great Christmas and the kids had a ton of fun with all their presents. It was extra fun this year since Aedan knew who Santa was and got so excited about anything Santa related. They got some fun stuff this year from Santa that they LOVE. This year we had limited space so each kid had a chair for their Santa stuff. Here are their chairs:

When they woke up, we went to see if Santa had eaten his cookies...

Then it was time to run in and see what Santa had brought!

Aedan LOVES the drums so even though this is way to advanced for him I couldn't resist! Plus... when it's on sale for a great price who cares right? He was so excited!!

He's been asking for sunglasses for months and was very excited about these. Geoff cut off the top of his head when taking the picture but I still love it!

Cali got a couch/bed like Aedan's but hers was Backyardigans and she was SOOOO excited!!

My Mom wanted to use our "Little People" Nativity to tell the story of Christmas this year and it was pretty cute to see the kids watch us tell the story with the little people. I think we'll do it every year now. :)