Oh, how they grow!

We put our tree up today and when I put out the kids 1st Christmas pictures, they wanted me to take a picture.  It is amazing to see how much they have changed and grown.

Kya was 10 months old for her 1st Christmas and today she is 7 years old.  She has a lot more hair now, but I still think she pretty much looks the same.

Seth was 5 months old for his 1st Christmas and here is now 6 years old.  He was such a calm baby, but boy has he become quite the active young man.  All boy!!!

Elsie was our youngest Christmas baby, being only 6 weeks old.  Now at 5 years of age, she is full of spunk, charm and cuddles.

I think I will have to take similar picture when they turn 18 years!  I was saying to Wayne while we were decorating the tree that my favorite part is pulling out the ornaments the kids made at school/church and reliving the memories from each year.

Thanksgiving Day 2012

Thanksgiving seems to be a pretty difficult day for us these past few years and this one was no exception.  On Wednesday, I made the pies and rolls, so the only thing I planned on doing on the actual day was make potatoes and get the kids & myself ready.

Instead, our water heater had other plans for us.  The connector hose broke and we ended up with a partially flooded basement.  No bueno!  Luckily, Wayne was able to get it fixed, but then when he went to turn the water back on, the hose behind our toilet decided to leak and he couldn't figure out how to get it to stop.  Ugh!  We turned the water on long enough for me to make the potatoes and for all of us to get our showers.  Then we turned the water off, figuring we would deal with it when we got back home, and headed on down to the in-laws house where we had a great time.

We arrived just in time to eat and then did our traditional pictures, had desert and visited for a bit.

Cousins!  My kids love their cousin Erica and even though she is 13 years older than Kya, she is great with them and takes the time to play.

My in laws have a  gorgeous view from their back yard.  So we always take a picture outside.  It will is also fun to see how the kids change each year with the same back ground view.