Christmas 2013

These are quick, blurry iPhone pics for our Christmas PJ's, but you get the idea... we had Ninjago theme for the boys, Leukemia Awareness/Ninja theme for me, and if you can't tell... Dallas's shirt says "I LOVE when MY WIFE lets me play x-box!" Ain't that the truth ;)

Dallas and I finally got to upgrade our pawnshop tv. Remember his trip to Florida with D? That's when he brought it back, but we forced ourselves to wait until Christmas so that he and I would have something to look forward to. It worked too, even though we knew, we were like little kids with excitement!

The boys loved their Critter Cages, they carried their lego guys around in them for a few days until they figured out they could carry critters in them. These things got worn out... they loved them and played with them all the time. They took them everywhere we went and people were always surprised that critters were actually in them.

Santa's surprise was all the Ninjago Lego guys. I did the "J" and the "E" because they kept asking for a dollhouse like I made for the little girl a few months back. They have had a lot of fun on these too. I just need to make an "H" for their friend Hagen, because it's always a fight when the 3 of them try to play on them. I-yi-yi-yi....sharing is SO challenging!

These were our homemade ornaments this year! I had a blast with these, and Dallas helped a ton with the Auburn ones :) I didn't get these finished until after Christmas though so it'll be fun to bring them out again this year and hear the boys talk about the Ninja Knowles' :) 

Work doesn't go on hold very long around the holidays, so we were back out to Barraterre before too long.

Lizards are the most fun to have in these, but they put their fair share of hermit crabs and spiders in them as well. And a few other bugs that we aren't even really sure what to call.

"This is [Joss & Emit]. [They are] good little monkeys and always very Curious."