Saturday, January 7, 2012

New Year's Weekend

We headed to my parents' house for a quick, one night getaway for New Year's Eve.
Matt and my dad played golf and we had a little scavenger hunt for Madison.
Here were the maps she used to find the buried "treasure."

The treasure was buried below the "X" in the dirt. Skittles were a fun treasure to find!
We didn't take many pictures since we mostly just played Phase 10 and relaxed.
But we had to get a few pictures of the new addition Jack, the donkey!
He LOVES carrots and apples.

We also got to see our old friend, Spirit, the blind horse.
Then there were some rocks that begged to be hopped on and off . . .

We're ready for the new year!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Sledding in Roswell

This little girl was SO excited to get to Roswell to see her Grandparents, Aunt and Uncle, Cousins & the SNOW!
Grandpa Heider has a four wheeler and sleds which is all these kids need to have a good time!

Madison's first time on the sled . . .

She doesn't look it, but she had a GREAT time!
Owen's turn . . .
Then it was Daddy's turn . . . He may or may not have broken the sled! ;)
Ethan's turn . . .
A few snowballs were thrown . . .
Then Daddy tried to ride the sled another way . . .
Which was entertaining for us all!

Making Snow Angels
One last try at sledding for Daddy . . . on a shovel!

Uncle Cody's turn . . .
Everyone had a great time playing in the snow.
Then we headed home to a wonderful dinner and presents!!!

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Christmas Eve

After seeing the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks, we all headed home for a quick nap. Then we met up at Red Lobster for dinner. The plan was to look at Christmas lights on the way to Shelle's house but the weather wasn't too nice so we headed right over.
The kids were SO excited to start opening presents.
Tucker makes a great firefighter, don't ya think?
Matt always teases that he doesn't have a towel with his name on it at my parents since my Aunt Bev's embroidery machine broke before we were married. So, I got tired of his teasing and had one of our friends from church make him his very own towel! I think he was surprised!
I'm so happy that Tucker got plenty of play clothes since he LOVES dressing up with Madi. Now it can be as a firefighter and superhero instead of as a princess! ;)
I see many "battles" in these two brothers' future!
Madi and Momma
(with one of my new scarves, both my mom and mother-in-law picked up on my love of scarves this Christmas!)
I told Matt that I wanted to get my mom a headset for her home telephone since that's where she spends most of her time . . . talking on the phone!
When she opened it, we teased her that we got her a job working at Sonic!
We then headed home after a long fun day!
We made cookies and set them out for Santa (by the front door, of course!).
Then came Christmas morning . . .
I love how dazed and tired she looks here. I think it was present and fun overload!
Santa even played the first round on her Connect 4 game.
I think her Mom and Dad were most excited about the walkie talkies Santa brought Madi. We have had so much fun hiding from each other in the house.
Due to the snowy weather, we delayed going to Roswell to see Matt's side of the family until the day after Christmas. But that didn't put a damper on the fun. Many SNOW pictures coming soon!

Monday, January 2, 2012

Christmas Eve Breakfast

We had a big breakfast at our house Christmas Eve morning.

Grandma and Grandpa with the Grandkids
My sister's family . . .
Our family . . .
Tripp and Grandma played hangman during breakfast.
Matt out did himself with breakfast. We had two yummy casseroles, breakfast burritos and fruit. Everyone was full as we headed to see Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Taco Night!


The night before Christmas Eve we all met over at my sister's house for Taco Night!

I had a few games for the kids to play while we were there.
The first was a Candy Cane Observation Sheet. Madi loves to be a scientist and make observations.
Plus, getting to eat the candy cane afterwards isn't too bad either.
Then, we made a game using sticky hands and pieces of paper.
They each tried to get as many papers as they could with one swing.
I was surprised how long and how well they all played this game.
Poor Maci wanted to play too.
It won't be long before she's right in the middle of them!
Waiting on our yummy dinner to be ready . . .