Daddy Time!

Sometimes, this is what life is all about. 

Relaxing on the couch.

Watching football.  Or golf.  Or UFC.  Or Nascar.   

 

Leyton did not want his picture taken. 

Christmas Goodies

Our professionally decorated cupcakes

The Professionals

Yum!

Paying a Visit to Santa

This was the first year that the traditional visit to see Santa went as planned.  There were no tears, no tantrums, and nothing spilled on the clothes just as it was our turn. 

I guess that means my boys are growing up...(sniff, sniff)

They are very proud of their Christmas lists. 

A brief version of Leyton's list

Scooby Doo movies

Helicopter

Ring Toss game

Lightning McQueen Bike

Transformer

Cars 2 movie

New Cars 2 Cars

Anything Jimmie Johnson

Sing-a-ma-jig

Mario Kart

A brief version of Redding's list

Sing-a-ma-jig

Transformer

Basketball goal (for indoors)

Cars 2 Racetrack

"No baby toys"

A slithery snake

A Fish

A Shark (which he said we could keep in the bathtub)

Hot Wheels

Anything Lightning McQueen or Toy Story

A Scooter 

Sometimes...

You should do laundry yourself. 

When the boys do laundry, they just play.

What can you do?

Gingerbread Time!

You can tell he has already broken into the icing.  That didn't take long!

Cheese! 

(Poor little guy has carpet burn on his nose. 

He went head first out of a bouncy castle!)

The finished product. 

Funny thing though, the candy just keeps disappearing...

Getting into the holiday spirit...

Dennis and Leyton trying to pick the perfect tree...

Time to decorate

The perfect tree.  In need of decorating!

The perfect decorators

Sometimes, there just aren't enough branches...

Giving Thanks

We had a different Thanksgiving this year.  Thanksgiving traditionally consisted of traveling, by many parties.  This year, we had to drive only 20 minutes to Mimi and Geeps house!  Fabulous.  While Granny Shipp, Granddaddy Shipp, Dana, Steve, and Taylor did not get to attend (we missed you guys), Laura and James made their way up.  Also in attendance were our neighbors Yogi, Gill, Lilly, and Irene (Yogi's Mom who was visiting from Holland).  We really enjoyed having them and giving them a real, American Thanksgiving!  Fun Times were had by all!

While I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked (or as many as I thought),

I think you will see that we had a great time!

Leyton and Lilly rolling in the leaves.

Leyton and Uncle James

Leyton's favorite game..."Can't catch me"

Lilly decided to play a game of catch too!

Leyton and Aunt Laura