Christmas Eve

Aside from Christmas morning, Christmas Eve is my favorite day!!! I grew up opening my gifts Christmas Eve night, then Santa came Christmas morning, I kept that tradition going with my kiddos. I feel like if it is all on Christmas Day it is just too overwhelming. My parents come over each year as well as our closest friends Norm and Rachal {aka Nuncle Norm & Miss Red/Fred}...boy oh boy is it a good time!!! This year thanks to Miss Red we had a gingerbread house contest. I will consider this our practice run because it was a bit chaotic and took me a while to make the frosting, so not everyone got to make a house. Next year we already have it planned out better complete with judges and prizes!

We ate, opened gifts, decorated gingerbread houses, sprinkled reindeer food in the front yard, set out cookies for Santa, tucked the kids in bed, then zzzzzzzzzz. Woke up nice and early to see what the jolly man brought and he spoiled them rotten ;)

Miss Red LOVED her lighted flamingo ;)

Papa is a gift!

Nuncle Norn shoved all of his sunflower seeds, sno-balls, and Oreos in his belly!

The boys wished Papa a safe night at work and wanted reports back if he had to taser someone LOL

Just put the clues together and found out we are going to Disney World!

It's getting real!

Hubs loved his autographed Willie Nelson guitar! I LOVE surprising him :)

Reindeer fed...check.

Santa's loot.....

more loot....

and more.

Love those expressions!

Holiday Parties

Brandon and I had soooo much fun helping at both boys holiday parties this year. I think the "theme" for both parties was "see how many silly pictures we can take"....I have tons of silly pics of the kids and adults. We left school early after the parties to start our Christmas break. I love when I get to have all 3 boys at home with me :)

Thanksgiving Feast - K & G

I think I was so caught up having fun that I barely took any pics of Kadon and Garner's Thanksgiving feasts at school.....I know I tried to get pics of Garner, but he would not be still long enough, they were all too blurry. We had fun though and it was a crazy busy day. Each kid had their feast at lunch time, the book fair was going on and 3rd grade had their campaign speeches. Kadon was running for city council in his class and made it! Woot woot!!! We are so proud of him. He worked so hard writing and memorizing his speech, it was 1 1/2 pages long and he had it memorized in 2 days. He rocked the speech in front of the his class and all of the parents....even I would have been a nervous wreck, but he did amazing! His slogan was "Don't be lousy, vote for Krause"....he is just like his daddy ;)

B & Kiki....future daughter in law ;) they already get along so well!

Porter was very excited to see Clifford at the book fair!

Vote for Krause!

Happy Halloween

This year for Halloween we went to one of our most favorite neighbor's house {well they aren't actually neighbors, but in the hood anyway} and had a BLAST!!! Everyone brought food, we ate, the kids ran around and played in the yard, then off for trick or treating!

The Hulk

Our UT football player, which is what my doc said he would be when he was born!

"You won't like me when I am angry!"

Miss Lainey Lu....one of my future daughter in law's!!!

Porter with his future Mrs......Kinley!

Little Luigi! {or as Porter says it "Wedgie"} LOL

Wagon-o-kids and a wagon-o-beverages!

End of Season Ninjas

Brandon was the head coach of Garner's baseball team again this season, the Ninja's. It was a great season...the boys are awesome, half way through the season our team was bumped up to National level because our boys were smoking every body ;) We ended the season with 2nd place and they played their little tails off. We are very proud of all of them!

My handsome baseball stud and the sexy coach!!!

Go Ninja's! It was a great season!

Proud of our little baseball dude....and I snatched a friends baby ;)

We were all so excited the "Nuncle Norm & Miss Red" joined us! {or as P calls her "Fred"}