Decorating of the Bears!

In January, the boys' school has an activity called "Decorating of the Bears." This is where each student takes home a bear and decorates it however he or she chooses to do so. They then take it back to school and the children can see all of the different bears that were created. It is cute!

Xavier decided that he wanted a fireman bear and Luke obviously didn't have much input for his. I had a plan for Luke's but Dust insisted that we let Luke decorate his own so my cutesy plan went out the window :)

They turned out so cute and the boys (all three of them) really enjoyed the process!

Home Sweet Home

It was so good to be home! Mimi and Papa stayed with us for a few days and spoiled us per usual. We did some shopping and yummy meals. We were all abttling a cold though, so no swimming this time!

The last afternoon that they were in town, they took us to Flying Bear, one of our favs! I took this pic last year at the same time so I had to snap it again. They've grown so much!

We said a sad goodbye and headed home to spend some quality time with daddy who we missed so much! (Even if it was just 2 days apart :)

Daddy Pile Up

Also, Daddy won hubby of the year! He listened to my description of a desk and chair that I really wanted and surprised me by buying it and bringing it home! What a welcome :)  I love this man!

We had such a great time in Indiana for Christmas this year. We are so thankful for happy and healthy family members. We hope you all had a wonderful season, too!

Indiana Christmas: Part 4

We only stayed 2 days longer than Dustin. He left on Tuesday and we left Thursday. We spent our last two days visiting my sisters, grandparents and seeing Grandpa Bryan one last time!

Hanging with his homies :)

Playing out in the cold!!

Playing with Grandpa Clouse's pup!

Pizza!

Lunch :)

A day at the Stakeman's!

Saying goodbye to grampa!!

Playing with the Brands!

Baby kisses!

Before we knew it, it was time to head home to daddy! There are no words to express how well behaved these babies were on the drive home. They were such good sports and it makes traveling so much easier :)

Stopping for dinner

We made it home in one shot and woke daddy in the early morning to tell him we were home :)