Bye Sam and Dia

Sam and Dia have the amazing opportunity to go serve in the Peace Corps for a couple of years.  We are so thrilled for them, even though we are going to miss them like crazy.  It was hard to say goodbye.

this is our first facetime with them.  It was so great to see them.

Happy New Year

For New Years we had an impromptu party at AK and Carolyn's house.  There were 3 adults (Carolyn was at work) and 12 kids (Mcartney, Cortlin, Trayle, Haley, Ry, Maissie, Jen, Mac, Logan, Brinley, and the twins).  It may have been a little crazy.  But it was fun.  We had pizza and played games, watched a movie, and ran around.

Jen gets her ears pierced

For Christmas the girls got a certificate to get their ears pierced.  Jensyn was all for it.  She was so brave and did not even cry.  I think she as pretty proud of herself.

Maissie was not quite ready to do it.

Mac went to watch the girls, and found some Mac chips when we stopped to get a snack

Merry Christmas 2014

 Waiting for everyone to wake up is so hard

proof they can be nice to each other

Clark and Tommy

Evan got a garbage truck.  I don't think I have ever seen anyone so excited about a present

All the Lemons got Nerf guns

I think Evan played with his garbage truck for 8 hours straight

Mac got a water hot wheel track.  He wanted to try it out immediately

Christmas Jammies!

Christmas Eve 2013 Henderson style

We were so happy to see the sun and to be outside, we spend a big chunk of Christmas Eve at the park.

 We ended the night by opening one present! Pjs!

Mind Blown

Our Elf on the Shelf is Jingle Jack.  He might be a topic in counseling for our kids later, but for now I love him. I needed him to come to Henderson with us, so he rode on the rear view mirror so he could keep an eye on the kids.  I wish for everything I had a camera when the kids saw him on the mirror.  I thought someone had died.  I heard all this screaming from inside the car.  I thought something was terribly wrong, but no. They were just totally mind blown that he was coming with us too.

Christmas round 1

We were going to Henderson for Christmas, so we had Christmas with the Lemons before we went. 

 Maissie was so sweet and got everyone presents.

 The girls were beyond thrilled to get American Girl Dolls.

 Maissie even got the dogs presents

 And Mac was beyond thrilled to get a train.  He wanted me to take a picture of each side of the train.

He was so excited about the train he couldn't make it in the tub