Kitchen!

It took 2 1/2 hours to put this kitchen together, but it was well worth it. I feel like a real parent at Christmas.

Christmas!

We had a GREAT and BUSY Christmas day! We started with presents and Christmas breakfast at Gramma and Papa Strater's house.

After lunch we headed to Grammy and Grandpa Paul's house for homemade mac-n-cheese (made by Anna). It was delicious and GF (at least for me)! I think Henry and Oliver wore a track in the carpet with their running and chasing. We had a great time!

The boys in their new Christmas PJs

Doesn't Landon look like Steve?

This is Anna fake sleeping. You can tell she is faking because her eyes are open.

Christmas Eve Update

Here are some highlights from our trip so far! We got to spend some time with Henry and Landon. Landon is a great baby, and Henry is good at sharing (especially with a demanding Oliver)!

Maggie arrived early this morning!

Winter fun!

2 Things

I have spent the last 2 days painting! Here are some pictures of our bedrooms.

We had a Christmas party at Kira and Harland's on Friday. The kids had a great time, and it was nice to spend time with our friends before we all travel for the next couple weeks.

Building

Oh...and some nose picking...

You'd think he could actually use the blocks I bought for him, but I guess spices work just as well.

Black Friday Shopping!

We got a GREAT deal on a new TV early Friday morning at Target. We would have never gotten up, but Oliver insists on waking at 5:00 every morning.




Liz, Josh, and Maggie sent us a wreath for our door. Thanks a bunch! It's really pretty.



And here is our finished tree. I don't think Christmas tree pics ever turn out very good, but that doesn't stop me from taking them. Most of our decorations stayed in the box this year because of Mr. Grabberarm, but he has left the tree alone for the most part.

Deck the Halls

We got our tree this weekend! Oliver has been helping decorate and undecorate the tree.

Fire Truck

Gramma Strater sent Oliver a fire truck (kuk!)! Oliver has been riding non-stop all evening. Thanks, Gramma!

Tuesday Evening

This isn't especially exciting, but I thought I would post a few pics from this evening. Oliver is less than thrilled with the toys we have at the house. He spends way more time playing with everything else...canned goods, pieces of paper, the dog bed, coasters...

New House Pics

Things are coming along in our new house. Here are just a few pics of the downstairs. We are still arranging things and thinking about painting, but this is where we are so far.

Dining Room


Living Room




Kitchen

Happy Halloween!

So we are mostly moved in and LOVE our new house. We did take a quick break from moving boxes to enjoy a little trick-or-treating with Oliver's friends, Anni and Belle. Oliver looked so cute as a giraffe (Thanks, Henry!). It was a beautiful night, and everyone had a great time.

You have to turn up the volume on your speakers to get the full effect of this video. Who knew that Oliver liked Metallica?