Christmas morning

Make a Smilebox greeting i watched this video and cracked up! brooke and scott got drum sets for Christmas and

lainie really enjoyed playing the drums with scott. lanie is terrified of tyler for some reason. watch her reaction to him when he talks to her in this video. it's funny (at least to me!). :)

reading with grampi

it is a tradition for grampi to read Twas the Night Before Christmas. we all enjoy hearing the story and the kids really love it too! after reading, we put out the cookies for santa and then head for bed. this year brooke and scott heard santa's sleigh bells as he passed right over the house. we had been tracking him on NORAD and so we knew he was close! the kiddos sprinted for bed and were out in no time. Christmas is so magical!!! :)

Christmas Eve

we loaded up our "stuff" and headed to gramma and grampi's to meet the rest of the willams family on wed. we had a great night! the guys played poker and gramma made lots of good food. we enojoyed catching up and i loved getting some lainie and emmie lovin'! :)

run rudolph, run!

notice the whip in the above photo

faster, rudolph!

scott, er... i mean santa, is cracking the whip around here (literally). rudolph has been attached to a bean bag (sleigh) and is making the rounds in our home. scott tells her to "GO!" and says "rudolph, you stay with me!" if she leaves the sleigh. it's so funny to watch and we had to take some pics. :) kids make everything so fun!!!

ryan's reindeer run

yesterday we participated in ryan's reindeer 5k run. it was unseasonably warm and most people were in shorts! this weather is nuts!!! anyway, we had a great time....or, at least i did. brooke and scott were not sure about 3.2 miles. they were great at first, but by the midway point, they were done. tyler wound up carrying brooke on his shoulders and had scott on the front of him. i wish i had gotten a pic! i think 1 mi. fun runs are a better race for us. but i was so proud of the kids. they perservered and crossed that finish line!

Christmas presents!

our BIG box arrived from ralph and betty! we always love getting boxes from them. they have "adopted" us into their family and we are so blessed to have them in our lives. scott helped me open the box of gifts and then place them under the tree. betty's gifts are always wrapped beautifully....each one has an ornament on it that coordinates with the wrapping paper. i love the way she spends so much time making our gifts look so special. that extra touch of love she adds means so much! :) scott loved seeing the pretty gifts and then was enthralled with the box and the bubble wrap that was in it! here are some pics of him having fun!!!

scott's performance

Make a Smilebox greeting

scott had his Christmas performance at village this past week. it was precious and we thought we would share a video with you. scott is the last once to speak...and he says, "it all happened in bethlehem late one night, underneath the stars that shone so bright." i figured he would learn the words easier if i put them to a song and so he learned them that way....therefore, he sang his lines at the play. it was cute! :) enjoy....