Dylan's Winter Concert

Dylans concert was about Snoozy Snowflake-a snowflake who didnt want to be a snowflake like all the others but then she learned that all snowflakes were different and special. It was a really cute program! Dylan was fun to watch. He was a little timid at first but then got into it. I had a hard time getting a picture of him smiling! The little stinker! At the end they sang the 1st verse of Silent Night and then they signed it. That was really awesome! He did such a great job with the signing! But man trying to get a picture with him smiling just so didnt happen! Then he kept putting his hands all over his head and in front of his face-it was pretty funny! So here are a couple of pics of me trying to get a good one of him!

The many faces of Dylan---

A Group Picture?

So I thought we would get a couple picks of the kids in thier Christmas finery before somebody spilled something on themselves and they all still looked nice! Well we attempted anyway-you think it would be simple and quick right? Yeah-not so much!

"All right everyone smile!" "Lacey next time look at the camera-Colby where are your smiles?-Dylan put your hand down"

"Lacey look at the camera!" Colby before the skittles.

"Lacey look at the camera!" and Colby after the skittles!

"Lacey please scoot toward everyone else and join the family!" But hey good smiles everyone-well except Colby and Dylans tired eye look!

"Lacey look at the camera!" Oh well I give up! This is as good as we are going to get! A huge hug and a thanks to Abby and her ever camera ready smile! So on to trying to grab a pic of the girls!

"Smile real fast girls!" ok good job-just one more-

"Lacey good smile-try not to blink your eyes!"

and there we go-thats as good as it is going to get this time-and a pic of the boys? Do we dare?!

Yes. Yes, we do-armed with skittles! Tried to get Colby to smile but he really wasnt having any of it! But we got some great shots of Dylan!

and here was the keeper!

Note to self-next time take pics when Colby isnt cutting 2 molars and Bryan isnt holding skittles in his hands!

The Park

We went to the park over Thanksgiving weekend-we were mostly hanging out around the house because Bryan had just gotten back and was still adjusting to the time change. It was really cold and windy but the kids needed out of the house---badly! So anyway, we get to the park and we were the only ones there (big surprise on that kind of a day!) and the kids took off running! Colby was excited to be able to walk around a little. I wish our parks had the rubber flat top like the park we went to in Ohio instead of the stupid mulch!!

After some talking we got the kids minus Colby of course on the tire swing. They were laughing and loving it until Lacey and Dylan wanted to go faster and Abby was like get me off! Dylan and Lacey are more on the daredevil side of things and Abby likes to stay on the safe side but they enjoyed it "with in reason!!" !! The definitely would not have survived with my dad turning the marry-go-round while we braced ourselves against the rails and held on for dear life while begging him to make it go faster!!

Modge Podge

Doesnt Colby look super cute in his winter finery?!! It is actually nice to have mittens on him because then it is harder for him to pull off his hat! And then Abby, Dylan and Lacey crowding around the computer skyping with Bryan while he was in India. There is an 11 and a half hour time difference so when it was 7pm our time it was 6:30 in the morning the next day for Bryan which worked out pretty nicely so the kids could talk to him alot!

We have music on alot at our house and the other day while Abby and Dylan were at school and Colby was sleep Lacey heard the TinkerBell soundtrack come on and just had to have her Tink umbrella-she totally had a blast! She keeps asking to play with her umbrella but I am trying to keep it a "special" thing so it will still be fun when I need to distract her!! I think my fave is the one where she is laying behind the umbrella.

Dylan and Colby!

It is fun to see Dylan and Colby playing now that Colby is a little older and more interactive. Dylan pulled all the big pillows that are in the playroom out an made a little area to play with Colby. Colby loved falling on the pillows. Even when Dylan was done playing with him Colby would walk back and fall and roll all over the pillows and his blankets, then he would come out and go back. It was really funny!

Hello Grandpa!

I totally missed this pic!! My Dad got in from Cali just a couple hours after we got to Ohio so we suprised him at the airport-it was tons of fun! My Dad and the kids loved it! And since they were up way way late they actually slept in! but that was probably mostly because of the time difference more than them staying up late!

An Awesome Laugh!

Abby has the touch to get Colby laughing! She can get his to laugh like noone else. It is so fun to hear them. Abby is such a great big sister. I just love her so much!! And of course Colby is just so dang cute too!!

Ohio Fun!

So my parents are moving to California for a while to take care my Grandpa, Great Uncle and Great Aunt. Not the most exciting news for me but I understand why they are going. So after a rather huge pity party that I threw for myself I sucked it up and made myself get over it. Still not all that happy but it is what it is. Anyway so we went out one last time before they left and my brother and his roommates took over the house. I had a couple friends tell me I could still come out and visit them but that would just be weird to "go home" to Ohio but not "go home"-if that makes sense. Plus what would I do out there with my mom and dad gone-its pretty much why we go, so anyway enough of that. On to more fun things.

Dylan and Abby discovered Legos and they LOVED them! So they might be something we will be getting sometime soon!

Abby, Dylan and Lacey were also addicted to my Mom's DS. They were really good at taking turns. While Abby and Dylan were entranced by the legos Lacey took over the DS-she wouldnt even put it done when she had to go to the bathroom. My Dad got a picture of sitting on the potty playing! She is so funny!

Colby with his snarky face-he was tired of us all telling him that he couldnt have the legos!

The weather was great so we took the kids out to a really cool park for a picnic. I love this picture of Colby-he looks like a little Harry Potter casting a spell-hehehe!!

I love this pic too!! Way cute with my Dad and the Colbster!

Lacey wanted me to take a picture of her "playing" me a song on the music notes!

Dylan, my Dad, and Jeff doing a little disc golf. The kids love for Jeff to throw the discs so they can run around and pick them up-I know they are easily entertained!

It is always tons of fun in Ohio! I was very glad to get out there and dont really want to think about how long it will be till we get out there again.

Halloween!

A little late on this post but we have been a little busy! So here is the crew in their Halloween finery!

This pile looks way bigger in person than it does in the picture! I had to carry their bags because they were complaining that they were to heavy-it was pretty funny!

Here are Abby and Dylan in their parade at school. They both had a great time!

Dylan was in charge of the snack for his party at school so we made these awesome sugar cookies. I made enough so they could have enough different pieces to make 2 faces. They loved them!!