Christmas Eve

The Infamous "Boat Ride"

On Christmas Eve we went to Shannons so the girls could play with cousins. After we were there for just an hour, we had noticed that Karlie and Kirsten had been missing for a few minutes. We called their names and they appeared in the doorway of Shannons room. Both of them were sopping wet. When asked what happened Karlie replied, "We went on a boat ride and it sunk." This is what we found when we entered the bathroom. The bathtub was left full from an earlier bath, and they had found a box and decided it would be a good boat.  So, they stuck it in the bathtub and hopped in. These kids never stop making us laugh!!!!

Cookies For Santa

Every Christmas eve we always bake and decorate sugar cookies for Santa. This time was a big mess, but a lot of fun. Kirsten was helping crack eggs and dropped one on the floor without anyone one knowing. Soon after Rodney tried to get the flour out of the top of the pantry when it fell and flour went everywhere. Stephanie came into the kitchen to see what had happened and stepped in the egg on her way to the pantry. She was then volunteered to clean up the flour. After the mess was all cleaned up, it was time to bake and decorate the cookies.

The Nativity

As a Christmas Eve tradition we always perform the nativity. Caroline was Mary, Katherine was Joseph, Kirsten was The Angel, Stephanie and Crystal were Shepherds, Karlie was The Wiseman, and Rodney was The Donkey.

The Announcement

On December 15th we learned that we were going to add another one into this mix, Due August 24th, 2012. We told the family on Christmas Eve. The announcement was made by giving them "I am Going To Be A Big Sister" shirts. They were both so excited!! After they opened their shirts, they opened their Christmas PJs and one more present from Aunt Shannon.

New Bunkbeds

For Christmas the girls got bunkbeds. When we got home from Shannons, Karlie was asleep. But Crystal went into her room and too her surprise Santa had left a Bunkbed while they were at Cousins. She was so excited!! Karlie didn't find out until she woke up in it in the morning. But she was equally as excited!