Every year Santa makes a visit through the city before Christmas. Drew had to get a hat for the occasion…
thanks for letting me take your picture there little buddy
waiting and waiting and waiting…..
i think santa literally laughed out loud when he asked Drew what he wanted for Christmas and he said Reggie Bush and Drew Brees wearing a white shirt…
…..until next year……
Even though Christmas seems like a million years ago I am finally getting around to blogging it. We continued many of our same traditions……with the first being Christmas Eve at Momo and Papa’s house….
and Momo’s tradition of matching pj’s…
…and every year we have a pic of these two loving on each other…..
our newest addition…..little Ruby Ann
we also have to force the kids into family group shots……as you can tell, Ethan loves this tradition….
love them. 
Rin Rin’s little family
and our little family
my two favorite boys
Josh and Nikki…..and little Benjamin who will be making an appearance in May.
wow…..36 years of wedded bliss?! :)
Momo and Papa and crew……(nice face Drew)
before we let the kids open presents, we require a group shot. never successful but done year after year….
the one thing that Drew really wanted was football guys….specifically Drew Brees wearing a white shirt. Rin Rin came through.
More football guys
and Luke was thrilled with all his Star Wars gear. But the best present of all was Momo and Papa’s gift to the family…..Disney annual passes (and a vacation there the following week) To say the boys were excited would be an UNDERSTATEMENT 
Christmas morning…. Luke’s kinder gift to us
Coming down the stairs to see Santa’s loot
Total excitement!!
More football….
….and more Star Wars 
a little bit of quiet time before we head off to Uncle Wade and Aunt Mel’s
and spoiled again….this time with dueling light sabers and guns…
which of course meant wars against Daddy and Uncle Wade (for the record, I am not sure who had more fun…..kids or adults….)
Love Drew’s face on this one….total victory!!
Every Tuesday is Luke’s share day. The majority of the time he brings a toy or picture….or quickly runs to my room and grabs something out of my purse if he forgets :) Well he has been asking for weeks to bring Drew as his “share” On the day before Christmas break I had brought Drew to spend the day and Luke finally got to share his “favorite thing” :)
It was seriously the cutest thing I have ever seen.
The kids had the option to ask a question or share a comment. The majority of the comments were, “I like your brother” or “he is cute” :)
Drew was a bit embarrassed about it…BUT loved the attention
Luke asked Drew if he wanted to say anything…..Drew said “football” of course. "
The good ol Broncos made it to the CIF finals again this year. Luke decided to bypass the festivities this year and hang with Ethan…of course, Drew would never dream of such a thing. He lives for the pigskin action.
….and pretending he is a big boy the whole time…..
Kaiden and Nolan, tailgating before the big game
Our tailgate
The crew of kids getting pumped up for the game (little did they know that we had hours to go…)
Drew and Sidney….no clue what the face is about
a bit better…..
finally…..and by the way, he was obsessed with the blue and white hair and tried to refuse to bathe for days
when we finally made it inside we still had 82 minutes till game time…
National Anthem
Almost ready for kickoff
The mighty little Broncos didn’t come away with the big win. :( After the game here is a pic of John (very blurry) with Cory, a player he is very close to.
Derrick, Daddy and Drew….we will have to cheer on Derrick in Utah now
……until next season……..
