Soggyland

We headed off to Legoland yesterday to use some free tickets that Papa had scored. Right when we got there (at 10am no less) Drew decided he was hungry. Of course he was :)

One of the few pictures I was able to take because the weather got cold and rainy pretty fast. Ethan and Luke with a lego Santa. One of these boys is too cool for this picture, care to guess??

Raquel was the sweetest. She spent the majority of the time being Drew's buddy. He dragged her up a million rope climbs and slides. She even was a "babysitter" to a random little girl who decided to tag along on the play structure.

My little artist

Luke has a huge love of Star Wars. Since Daddy has been in Oklahoma visiting his grandma, we have decided to make it a true Star Wars room. I think he is a fantastic artist, so we decided he should make the artwork for his room. How do you think he did....?

Super cute, huh?

Drew's favorite present

This was one thrilled little boy. Santa brought EXACTLY what he asked for. One small problem....Drew wants to sleep in it.

Drew and Luke were playing today and I heard Drew say "Come on Luke, lets go to the locker room."

(and yes, he stuffed his little pajama body into that uniform as soon as he got it)

...and more Christmas photos...

When we arrived at Momo and Papa's it looked as if Santa had already came....oh wait, I think he did, he now just wears turtlenecks and answers to the name of Momo. Yep, she went CAH-Razy this year! Luke could not believe it. Spoiled, spoiled kids.

Drew did a running/hug/collapse thing when Uncle Matt arrived. He was very excited to see him.

The clan of cousins.

Raquel, Lila, Ethan, Luke, Drew and Jett

Um, since when did they become college kids?

Luke was in heaven.

Raquel, who got Drew his favorite gift of the night, a football. He barely opened any other presents.

Our family.

Lovely little Lila.

And Jett, who spent the majority of the night focused on one toy. Batman. He loves himself a caped crusader.

holding on tight

In the million of pictures we were taking on Christmas Eve, I spotted this. Drew holding on tight to his bestest buddy.

Merry Merry Christmas!

We are enjoying the gluttony of toys and chaos. Drew is thrilled to have gotten a football helmet and Luke is in LOVE with his walkie talkies from Rin Rin and Uncle Sean. I have many more pics to come....

But here are my boys, in a rare moment of total love. They had just opened their gifts from each other...Star Wars toys and a scooter.

And the four us. We haven't been all together in a long time.....and Matt made a surprise appearance (he wasn't supposed to get in until much later). I think that this was Momo's favorite present. All of her family under one roof.

My little artists

The boys have been busy working on some Christmas crafts. In the past we have taken Luke to the Dollar Store and let him buy for everyone on his list. Well....we decided that the family is sick of porcelin dogs and clowns so they are getting a home made gift.

Drew is hard at work. Although about halfway through the project he asked if he could paint himself. I credit this to Miss Danielle, his teacher, who makes painting a "whole body" experience. :)

Oh how I love him.

Luke's projects are so stinkin cute...I will post some after Christmas. He did a great job.

Same boy, years ago.....(seriously, wasn't this yesterday?! how did it go so fast.......?)

Not the ending we were hoping for....

The Broncos made it to the CIF Finals...a huge accomplishment! The day began with this..... (watch all the way through)

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Yes, that is John. Yes, he has a huge "B" painted on his chest. And yes, he did that in front of all the students. Oh....and yes, he apparently has some deep love for those Broncos :)

Unfortunately, the cheer was not quite enough to pull off a victory. We lost to those nasty Puma's 7 to 13. And the worst part, if we would have won we would have been playing for the state title. :( Oh well, there is always next year, right?!

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This is how the boys had to spend the majority of the game, in a steamy little tent.

because of this......total downpour.

We can't wait for next year....especially Drew who is practicing his "handoff" every night.

Snow...in California?!?

Well, kinda. Our kindergarten team had snow delivered as a surprise to the kids and to cap off our Polar Express extravaganza! Of course, John brought over the boys after all the kids left so they could enjoy the fun too.

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Drew was hard at work with Amma....

on the cutest little snowman I have ever seen...

He was so so proud of this. In fact, he woke up this morning wanting to go back and visit him (I decided not to tell him that the big kids played with the snow after he left and his lil snowman was crushed).

Oh and please appreciate Luke's elf hat. He HAD to be an elf because he had heard that all his teachers were going to be dressing like elves for their party (I think this was when he was supposed to be napping). Rin Rin told him that she had an elf hat and she quickly moved up the ranks to a favorite person.

Thanksgiving Fun

I am finally getting around to posting some Thanksgiving pictures.

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The two people that I am the most thankful for...

Nothing like outdoor races (how bout that tongue Luke?)

Best of buddies

Drew, totally appropriate toy choice for Thanksgiving

Momo, cheers-ing to Papa's good health! :)

And Drew with his favorite uncle... (you will have to ask Luke about this)