"Thank you Mom I sure like it....Konnor Mom"
Quinn is adorable and Konnor is so proud of him
Our "Create a Drive-In" night out!
He sits way in the back by himself - he prefers this after sitting in the middle with the other two for quite some time b/c he's realized that there are two cupholders right beside him that will hold his food and drink:)
House #1
House #2Let me just tell the story of the 1st picture. Friday after opening all their gifts - I must have been picking up or tending to Quinn and his whiny-ness from not feeling well - Konnor had asked for markers and paper but I didn't have a clue what he was doing. Anyhow, a few hours later Konnor says "Mommy, I have something special for you!" He always does. He is always creating cool and creative things for me and everyone else. However, this one was especially special! A little "thank you" card for the Christmas stuff he received that morning. How cute is that? He did it all on his own - no one asked him to or helped him. As I said before, it's always those little things that truly are the most special.
We were confined to the house again today. After having all 3 boys up much of the night last night - Quinn having a cough that seems to become extremely worse when exposed to cold air (it's been in the 40's here, which yes, is COLD for us) - we really didn't have too many options for today. Thank Goodness Santa brought all those fun games - we were entertained for most of the day. But the afternoon got a little bit crazy! Quinn being clingy as ever for day #3 of it - I had my hands full - and felt as though Konnor and Hunter were getting the short end of the stick. We made a few things, played every game we own - colored, baked more cookies - but that only got us to about 2pm. Finally at about 4:30 - I desperately needed to get them out of the house. We packed up - Hunter in his shorts and cowboy boots - and headed towards In N Out Burger. We grabbed a few burgers and a few shakes - parked in the parking lot - turned on a movie and had a "Create a Drive-In" evening! I'm telling you - they thought I was the coolest Mother in the world! They even got to get out of their seats and mess around in the car for awhile. Lord knows we couldn't get out the way Hunter was dressed:)
That bought us enough time until it was dark and we ventured back out to the Foothills to see a few houses I knew that had an abundance of Christmas lights. The 1st one pictured was insane - these people had lights on every inch of this house - the sides, the roof, you name it - it was covered in lights. The grass - everything. Although any adult would have to say it was quite gaudy, the kids thought it was absolutely the coolest place they've ever seen. In fact, so cool we had to drive by it 3-4 times! They must have thought we were crazy. Up the street from there was the next one - which the pictures don't do it justice but they did a wonderful job. Classy yet really cool for a child's eye. We, again, drove past and stopped several times. Then it was off to one we went past last week but it was raining so much of the fun part of it was turned off - including the trains. I didn't upload the picture b/c I'm sure most of you don't care - but again, this one was classy yet cool for kids. Had a huge train that the kids got to push the button to that went around the front yard and sang. Tunnels - snowflakes in the background on the button and lots of motion stuff.
I'm telling you - for being completely desperate and pulling this out of my tail - this was one of those memorable nights for all of us! They had a blast - thank goodness it was dark b/c by this point in the day I looked like I had gotten run over by a truck - Quinn much the same - and you can see how Hunter clothed himself. I was grateful to say we never got pulled over or that my car never broke down!!!
17 days and counting until Grandpa comes.......
We were confined to the house again today. After having all 3 boys up much of the night last night - Quinn having a cough that seems to become extremely worse when exposed to cold air (it's been in the 40's here, which yes, is COLD for us) - we really didn't have too many options for today. Thank Goodness Santa brought all those fun games - we were entertained for most of the day. But the afternoon got a little bit crazy! Quinn being clingy as ever for day #3 of it - I had my hands full - and felt as though Konnor and Hunter were getting the short end of the stick. We made a few things, played every game we own - colored, baked more cookies - but that only got us to about 2pm. Finally at about 4:30 - I desperately needed to get them out of the house. We packed up - Hunter in his shorts and cowboy boots - and headed towards In N Out Burger. We grabbed a few burgers and a few shakes - parked in the parking lot - turned on a movie and had a "Create a Drive-In" evening! I'm telling you - they thought I was the coolest Mother in the world! They even got to get out of their seats and mess around in the car for awhile. Lord knows we couldn't get out the way Hunter was dressed:)
That bought us enough time until it was dark and we ventured back out to the Foothills to see a few houses I knew that had an abundance of Christmas lights. The 1st one pictured was insane - these people had lights on every inch of this house - the sides, the roof, you name it - it was covered in lights. The grass - everything. Although any adult would have to say it was quite gaudy, the kids thought it was absolutely the coolest place they've ever seen. In fact, so cool we had to drive by it 3-4 times! They must have thought we were crazy. Up the street from there was the next one - which the pictures don't do it justice but they did a wonderful job. Classy yet really cool for a child's eye. We, again, drove past and stopped several times. Then it was off to one we went past last week but it was raining so much of the fun part of it was turned off - including the trains. I didn't upload the picture b/c I'm sure most of you don't care - but again, this one was classy yet cool for kids. Had a huge train that the kids got to push the button to that went around the front yard and sang. Tunnels - snowflakes in the background on the button and lots of motion stuff.
I'm telling you - for being completely desperate and pulling this out of my tail - this was one of those memorable nights for all of us! They had a blast - thank goodness it was dark b/c by this point in the day I looked like I had gotten run over by a truck - Quinn much the same - and you can see how Hunter clothed himself. I was grateful to say we never got pulled over or that my car never broke down!!!
17 days and counting until Grandpa comes.......
3 comments:
Beautiful pictures of a beautiful family. We were thinking of you and praying for you on Christmas....I am sad to see that things did not pan out. Don't ever feel like you can't leave if you get a chance to see your three sweet babies, I would have taken five minutes or five hours. Merry belated and Happy New year, it is YOURS!!! Bless you, Jess
Beautiful pictures of a beautiful family! I am so sorry that your Christmas didn't pan out as you hoped. We prayed for you and missed seeing you--don't worry about stopping by for five minutes or five hours if you ever get a chance to see your sweet boys! Merry belated and Happy New Year's! It is YOURS!!! Hugs, Jess
Cool lights! We went to a house in Crooks that has the lights set up with a song system that you tune in to on the radio. Kade and Mateo thought that was the coolest - Beckett just wanted to crawl around the van!
Glad to hear you guys had a Merry Christmas! And I love Konnor's card - what a sweetheart you are raising!
Love you!
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