A visit with SANTA!!!

Ok, so after this...I am officially caught up on blogging until Christmas...yes, three more days!  Today we went to South Coast and stood in line with all of the other kids and moms that waited until 3 days before Christmas to see Santa.  Never again will I wait until the 22nd of December.  We waited a good hour to see him.  My sister and her kids got to the mall just 10 minutes or so after we had our turn.  They ended up waiting at least 90 minutes!  We were good at killing time...we watched the train, walked the mall, read books at Boarders, rode the little kids train, paid a visit to See's candy and had lunch!  It was a fun day, but an exhausting one too!  I was a little nervous as to how Mackenzie would do, but to our surprise, she did great!  She walked right up to him and climbed on his lap.  She told him right away that she would like a new baby stroller for her baby and Gavin would like a Indiana play set.  Enjoy the pics!

Having a Little Family Time!

Every so often, the Cousins come to play!  The kids really have a blast and it is so much fun to watch them grow up together!  We wish that they lived a little closer...yes, I know, Aliso Viejo is not that far...but closer would be even more FUN!  The kids all took a bath together... well, in shifts!  A tub big enough for 6 kids is called a spa...or a POOL!

Ready for a Big Girl Bed!

Ok...so, it is just about time for Kenzie to get her new big girl bed.  We ordered her bed from Pottery Barn Teen and they said 3 - 6 weeks for delivery.  Then a week later we got a call saying it had shipped!  I got a little sad that she is, in fact, going to be in a big girl bed starting in just a few weeks. Feeling a little bit sad about the whole thing, I decided that we ought to take some pictures of Kenzie playing in her crib.  I love her crib.  I love everything about seeing her in that crib...the one that used to be Gavin's.  Now Gavin is 5 1/2 and Mackenzie is 2 1/2.  Where has the time gone?  I am going to miss that crib, and I will probably shed a few tears when we take it down.  Not only will Kenzie be in her Big Girl bed, but it will be the end the baby years... there will not be another little baby in that crib...well, not until I am a grandmother.  I plan to keep it for the next 25 years!!!!  So, I guess there is some light at the end of the tunnel....a 25 year tunnel!

Fall Harvest Pictures

Another tradition... pumpkin pictures at the park.  Yes, we took them after Thanksgiving and after our Christmas cards pictures, but it is tradition!  Not taking them was NOT an option!  The kids had a fun time posing with the pumpkins.  Kenzie was a ham as usual!  She is either hot or cold!  She is a love it, or hate it kind of girl.  We got her on a 'love it' day!

Christmas Pictures at the Park

Well, here are a few of the 'hundreds' of photos that we took at the park this year to get the perfect one for the Christmas cards.  It was fun.  The kids did pretty well.  Trying to get 6 kids under the age of 6 1/2 to look at the camera at the same time is very challenging!  I hope that you enjoy the pictures!