Weihnachten mit Oma und Opa

Oma

Opa

Die Weihnachtsgurke
"The Christmas Pickle"
Caleb was the one who found the pickle and got a bag of Hershey Kisses



Oma's Decorations

Me and Jon

Oma with the kids

Opa with the kids

Oma and Leah are good friends. Leah loves to tease Oma by sitting in her chair.

One of the first places the kids go to play is in Opa's room.

It's full of fun things!

The fish hanging on the wall is actually singing in this picture
"Don't Worry, Be Happy"

And...the best part of all...

The slot machine in Opa's room!

Opa also has a bunch of small tops and toys that the kids love

playing with on his glass topped desk

Christmas--a Picture Memory Book

So, I don't have a lot of time to blog about every detail of our fabulous Christmas this year, so I'll do it through a bunch of pictures and captions. We did have a wonderful Christmas though and we were so glad to visit with a lot of family and friends during the season.

Caleb, Leah, Braydon and Alex on our way to Salem Ponds

The lights

Leah's favorite gift from mom and dad

Caleb on his Razor Spark Scooter from Nanny and Papa

Alex on his Razor Spark Scooter from Nanny and Papa

Gum, gum, gum and more gum!

Caleb and Alex's favorite gift from mom and dad

Hope everyone had a great holiday! We had a lot of fun spending so much time together as a family over the Christmas break. Jon took two weeks off of work so we could all spend a lot of time together. It was so great!

Discovery Gateway

We were invited to go to the Discovery Gateway with our friends, Randa and Eric, and their kids. Our kids love that place and were so excited to be able to go again. They had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures of their adventures.

Caleb

Alex

Kai wall climbing

Mail person, Leah.

Cowboy Carson

Leah and Makayela checking for chicken eggs

(Leah's favorite job at home too!)

Alex wall climbing

Caleb working the cash register at the grocery store

Gingerbread Cookies

There's no better activity to do while it's cold outside and kids are out of school for Christmas break than decorating cookies!! This is the treat Caleb picked for family home evening. We will also be saving some for Santa.

Leah loves decorating cookies!

Caleb did a good job making clothes for his gingerbread men

I don't think Alex really wanted his picture taken.

He did good decorating as well.
It's fun to do activities like this together. There's always a little less fighting in our house when the kids are doing something creative.