Christmas with Friends

I am starting to realize just how fast Mesele and Abinet are at catching on to things. When Brent and I first tried to explain what Christmas was, they didn't really understand. BUT, after opening a couple gifts...well, let's just say that they understand that part just fine!!

We had a little Christmas party with some friends and Mesle and Abinet were THRILLED to open up a couple CARS characters. They're noisy (thanks jill!) and the boys love them!

We had a wonderful time and I think our boys and their "girl friends" were happy with the presents they opened!

Opening presents was fun, but let's all remember that Christmas isn't about presents. It's the birthday of Jesus and He is the greatest gift of all!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Snow Soccer!

Even after a dump of snow, Mesele and Abinet have trouble understanding that they can't ride thier bikes anymore. They still ask if I can turn on the sprinkler for them so they can run through it or if they can't do that, can they please just use the water guns?

Even though I say "no" to those things, there is nothing wrong with playing a good game of soccer in the snow! The boys loved it (for the most part) and they got a pretty good work out too!

And after using so much energy, Mesele got himself a drink of water!

The snow definately doesn't bother him!!

Winter Fun!

Yesterday we all had loads of fun playing in the snow together. We made snow angels, played soccer, and took MANY pictures. Here are just a few of those pictures and probably my favorite ones of them all! ENJOY!


Yep....you gotta love winter time!

Countdown to Christmas

It's hard to believe that we are FINALLY celebrating Christmas with our own little family! These two little boys are so curious about Christmas, what it means, and why Mommy is putting up so many "pretties" in the house!

On December 1st, we brought out the chocolate advent calendars and tried to explain what Christmas is all about and when it is. I don't know how much they understood, but they listened intently and waited until we got to the part about the chocolate!!

Now I get to hear two pleading voices everyday asking for their daily Christmas chocolate. They know that they have to eat quite a few of them before we will get to go and visit their bestest buds, Gedion and Taye, and also before we will go to Grandma and Grandpa Adrian's house.

I can't wait to see how excited they are on Christmas morning!

**Jesus is the reason for the Season**

Santa's Helpers!

I was pulling out some Christmas decorations today and the boys were "helping" me. For some reason, when they help me the only thing I really end up doing is answering a LOT of "why" questions! When they saw the Santa Hats, they had to ask what they were, why they were red, why it had some white on it, and why one had some green leaves on it.My simple answer......"It's cute, so put it on and let Mommy take some pictures!"

They love getting their picture taken, so I had a break from the non-stop questions as long as I took pictures non-stop!

Elephants in the House!

Last Saturday, we all sat down for a nice breakfast together. After I ate my breakfast, I decided I still wanted to have a Christmas orange. Now...when I peel a Christmas orange, I have to make an elephant out of it.

The boys just loved it! (after we showed them how it kinda resembled an elephant!) Suddenly the boys were hungry for an orange too, and they politely requested that their orange would be peeled like an elephant too.
And you know Daddy.....he just had to be in on the action! (am I the only normal one in this family?!?)

I'm sure that most of you are wondering why I have my camera with me at breakfast. Well, you just never know when you are going to capture that funny/perfect/memorable moment!

Have some fun with your family today! (go ahead....make an elephant. You know you want to!)

Winter's Here!

You know winter has arrived when you can make your first snowman. Yesterday there was enough snow on the ground, and the temperature was just right for Mesele and Abinet to build a snowman!They rolled the snow and ended up with a cute little white man!

I know.....PRECIOUS!