Whoops-Christmas pictures, out of order

For Christmas, we had our annual Christmas cookie decorating party. This year we decorated some extra cookies and took them to our neighbors and sang them some Christmas songs. After the cookie decorating, we took pictures with our Christmas props: scarves, mistletoe, elf hats, etc.

Fish Hatchery and Monster Trucks!

Our friends, The Keiths, had another baby boy and we decided to help out by taking their two year old, Wyatt, out for a fish hatchery adventure. The boys loved feeding the fish and the ducks and having a "picnic" snack. Then later that night, the dad and the big boys went out to Anaheim for the Monster Truck rally. Wyatt's favorite was the yellow one, Tom's favorite was the escalator. =)

Baby #2

We found out just after Christmas that we are expecting Baby #2 on August 30th! Tom is very excited and loved to see the ultrasound and hear the heartbeat. He wants to name the baby Blake, after his friend, but when asked what we should name it if it's a girl, he looked at us like we're crazy and said, "It's a boy one." He loves telling people about the baby in Mommy's belly.

Bass Pro Shops

 Jake and Tom drove down to Bass Pro Shops and met up with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Steve and Great-Grandad for shopping and lunch. 

Christmas in Montrose

We went down to Montrose to see Santa and go for a horse ride down Honolulu Ave. Tom had lots of fun with his Aunties, uncle and cousins. 

Community Group Christmas Party

Our community group had our annual Christmas party. This year it was Come Dressed as Your Favorite Christmas Character. Tom went as Clark W. Griswold, Jake went as Max, the Grinch's dog and I went as the leg lamp from A Christmas Story. We also had our annual Men vs. Women Gingerbread House contest. The ladies finally won with our "Christmas in the Shire" creation. The men were a close-ish second with their ski lift. Good effort, boys!