Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?

Every parent should play with their child in the snow at least once a year.  And if you're lucky, it will only be once a year.  ;)

 But in fairness, snow is a lot more fun with a little boy to help build a "Tall, tall, tall."
Plus, I was really excited to see him all bundled up in snow pants and his winter coat again.  I think it is about the cutest thing ever.  He loved playing in the snow and we stayed out until two sets of mittens were soaked through.  I'm sure glad they came in a two pack!

~ 12 January 2014 ~

All ready for church

The babies looked really cute for church, so naturally we had to do a little photo shoot.

 Roxi is concentrating really hard so she doesn't fall over.

Clearly, her efforts were in vain.  But, these are some of my favorite pictures, because they remind me of when Noah tipped over into Naman.  Apparently my children need to develop the ab muscles.

 And here are some pictures that I am quite certain my mom never thought she would see.  :)

Jandie and I holding our sweet babies.

~ 29 December 2013 ~

The whole fam damily

 It's difficult to get 10 kids to all sit still, look at the camera and be happy at the same time.  So, we tried for the serious face picture, in an effort to get two out of three.

We were able to get a few decent ones though.  (Although between Steven and TJ, I'd say there were well over three million pictures taken this day)

We even managed a whole family shot.  Well done, team.

~ 27 December 2013 ~

The girls

Beautiful girls.  Ylenia, Abbie, Sierra and Roxi.  

Love them.

~ 27 December 2013 ~

Christmas babies

Bearinger and Roxana celebrated their first Christmas in style.  I think both of them had at least 3 Christmas outfits.  Here they are on Christmas morning.  Love these babies!

~ 25 December 2013 ~

A second Christmas? Yes please.

My brothers have decided that traveling to someone else's house for Christmas is entirely too difficult, given the amount of kids they have.  I don't blame them... it was hard with just two kids!  So, the day after Christmas, both brothers came over, so the whole family could spend some time together.  Always a good time.  

Of course, this meant the exchanging of more gifts.  I think it was good they weren't there on Christmas morning... in would have been night by the time we finished opening all the gifts.  :)

 Favorite picture.  Maybe from the whole trip.  Sierra's smile is infectious.  

 Connor was so excited for his Seahawks helmet and jersey from Grandma and Papa!  But he was nice to share it with all the cousins.  I may be biased, but Noah looks pretty dang cute in that helmet.

 Luca and Ylenia

Papa and Grandma enjoying their babies, while everyone opened presents.

But they were good to share the babies with the cousins too. 

And this might be my favorite!  :)  A couple of summers ago, we went camping as a family, and right before we left the campground, Kristin found a rattlesnake (alive!) in the middle of all of their gear.  So gross!  So, a friend of mine found these rattlesnake mugs at the airport in Texas, and I knew Kristin just had to have one.  Alas, I kept forgetting to give it to her, so she finally got it for Christmas, with the stipulation that she use it at least once and she has to re-gift it, she can't just give it to Goodwill.
I wish we could have got a picture of her face when she first opened it and looked inside the mug.  It was priceless!

Merry Christmas everyone!

~26 December 2013 ~

It's Christmas! 2013

Christmas was lovely.  Amazing food, great company, wonderful presents.  Really, so fun.  

Santa was very generous with all of us.  Noah loved checking out his blocks.  He has since been a big fan and always wants mom to build him a house for his Little People, which he also got for Christmas.

Roxi slept through most of Christmas, which seems to be the trend for newborn babies.  :)  Santa brought her a cute doll though, and Noah makes sure she always has it around.

 This is such a fabulous picture.  And by fabulous, I mean awful.  But alas, it kind of sums up Jandie and I on Christmas morning every year.  :)

 Noah acted as Santa's helper and handed out all the gifts.  Notice the sucker in his mouth.  He did not take that out even once, until it was all the way gone.  So funny!  He was a good helper though!

 Little People playground from Mama and Daddy

 and Buzz Lightyear from Aunt Jandie!  Noah LOVES Buzz!

 Betcha Papa can't guess what this present is??  We went with the Hawaiian theme, to remember our trip, and got Papa and pineapple corer and a book about Pearl Harbor.  Grandma got a photo book of all our adventures.

 Jandie won Christmas this year.  She had a quilt made for Davin using quilt pieces that all of his relatives had made when he was first born.  Davin didn't know they had been made, so when Jandie found them, she sent them to a lady to have them made into a quilt.  It really was the most beautiful quilt I've ever seen, and as you can see, the gift had everyone in tears! 

 Bearinger got to open all of his presents once he woke up.  (Sorry Roxi, his parents are nicer than yours.  We just opened your presents for you.)

Bear got a circle of neglect!  And seriously, I can't even believe that he was strong enough at 2 months to hold himself up in this thing, but he LOVED it!  I've never seen a baby so strong.  I'm pretty sure Noah didn't have the ab strength to sit in that until he was at least 7 months.  

Man, this kid is too stinkin' cute!  I just love him.

As always, we took about a million more pictures, but this sums up our morning. :)

~ 25 December 2013 ~