Fitz Christmas

Eric was the designated picture taker.  I love him dearly, but that's usually a mistake.  Most of my pictures were blurry, most of the other ones had someone's butt taking up the majority of the picture....and here are the rest.

Eric's momma opening her gifts.

Sweet lady Adelyn.

Brecken being oh so studious

Adelyn opening her Razor scooter.  All three of them have been begggggggin for scooters.  Papa and Grandma got everyone one.  It was the highlight of gift giving.

Uncle Scott got them Boogie Boards.  Another HUGE hit.

We came home with lots of Legos, trucks, scooters, boogie boards, games and a big ride on toy for Lincoln.  The kids were elated with all of their gifts.

Church Christmas Programs

Church Christmas program.  This was the first service for Brecken and Joelle.  I wish I had a picture of the second service.  Joelle didn't look like such a giant.

Please note, the 2nd and 3rd boy from the left.  The third boy, Sawyer, was shushing Jonah.  The whole church laughed.

Aanndd the big kids!  Wow.  They look awesome :)

B and J::BirthDAY

Birthday week celebration!  They got their free treat from B&N.  We went on a Wednesday Adelyn was in school.  Whoops.

Birthday morning!  These cuties are FIVE.  Ugh.

*Mid baking marathon*

They requested "eggs like when we go camping" for breakfast.  So scrambled egg bags, boiled.  So good.

Sawyer came for a visit!

Birthday twinsies = two birthday suppers.  Mac and cheese for Brecken and hang-ga-burgers for Joelle.  Jello and broccoli on the side.

Candles and dessert and birthday songs, on my.

Present time!

Aren't they the cutest?!  Ha!

Brecken and Joelle::Birthday Party

Brecken and Joelle had their birthday party today!  Of course they got to pick their own cakes.  Joelle wanted an owl cake and Brecken wanted a car cake.

Opening presents.  Legos!  Our favorite.

Ohhh myyy....

Joelle was soooooooo excited!   She adores stuffed animals and this was pretty much all she had on her list.  So my mom ordered her a giant pink bear.

Frozen Lego

Brecken got a wolf and some slippers. 

Cake time!

Crazy kids

Crazy cousins

Blowing our candles

Brecken really wanted this box open.  He ran downstairs, grabbed his saw and starting cutting.  It was the cutest, most hysterical thing ever.

Homeschool Field Trip::Homestead Holiday

We had our homeschool field trip at DeGraaf's Nature Center today.  They hosted us for Homestead Holiday.  December 4 and still no snow.

He's telling us all about the different kinds of pine trees.

Using some of the sensory exploration stuff inside the building.

Making candles the old fashioned way.

They had a lot of toys that they used "way back when."  This whole field trip was essentially Little House on the Prairie.  

Story time.

Then we made little bags of potpourri.  We used stuff you can find outside.  Then they got to stamp their bags.

The Christmas Light Parade

We usually skip the Christmas Light Parade that downtown Holland has.  We don't like the cold and we usually have a baby.  Or two.  This year the weather was perfect.

Daddy and his littlest man.  Suckers keep him happy.  Don't judge.

I got these coats for super cheap at Old Navy.  So now we look like a walking ad.  Because then I found one for Lincoln at a garage sale.

They are the cutest.