Did we tell you the xmas tree fiasco? We decided to go BIG since this was the first Christmas in our new home and we were ecstatic to have enough room to fit a tree larger than 3ft. Picture a scene right out of "A Christmas Story" (the one where the kid gets bundled up so much that he can't put his arms down). In our case, it was Cali awaking from a nap that wasn't long enough followed by being immediately shoved into too many layers and squooshed into a car seat....we only got to the end of the subdivision before we had to turn back due to our screaming toddler. On our second attempt, we got lost, I had a coughing fit, and by the time we arrived it was almost dark. The owner took us on a 4wheeler into the boonies where we were supposed to look at a 30ft tree from the ground and decide if the top 10ft looked good enough for him to cut down. On the way home, our tree fell OFF my dad's trailer and we proceeded to RUN IT OVER. When we got it home, we then had to use all our might to shove it through the sliding door and then attempt to get it in the tree stand and decorate it with a large ladder. But don't you just LOVE real trees! :)
This year we had a xmas cookie making day with both of our families. Cali is more excited here by uncle Nick being goofy than the cookies, but she had lots of fun decorating for the first time. She couldn't quite figure out how to shake the sprinkles on without jamming the shaker into the frosting each time though. We had some PRETTY cookies this year!
We saw this face quite a few times xmas morning!
Baby's second xmas
Cousins. I'm guessing these boys are going to get my little one in some trouble in the next few years....
The Kinsey annual cookie contest: do you think we made enough? The winners this year: Dylan, Brooke, and my dad
Kinsey xmas at Bill and Al's house
Grammie and Cali doing the newest dance move--the fist punch
