Christmas

We had the most wonderful Christmas! We spent Christmas Eve with my parents & brother & Christmas Day with Mike's whole family. My Mom, Dad & brother all came out to Mike's parents house for a couple of hours & it was fantastic.

Here's Jett & Chloe on Grandaddy's tractor, the tree with all the gifts Santa delivered, Bogey with his new toy from Santa & Jett with a Tonka from us.

Jett & the Christmas Tree

Audree's House

The last week we've been spending time at Mike's niece Audree's house to help out with the kids while she's recuperating.

Here's Jett with his cousins Chloe & Baby Nicolaus.

The Great Outdoors

Here are Jett & Daddy at Dog Creek & our neighborhood playground. No kid, or Dad for that matter, loves being outside as much as my boys.

We take Jett to Dog Creek & he throws rocks into the water for as long as we'll let him. This last time the only way we got him to leave of his own accord & not on Daddy's shoulders is that we told him we were going to Grandpa's for dinner.

That worked so well that it will definitely be tempting to use even when it's not true, but of course we won't.

More Kansas Photos

I can't even express how much I love & miss our family back in Kansas.

It makes me almost cry to see Jett & Payton surrounded by all their cousins & great aunts & uncles & especially Grandma Great. I know the kids love & miss everyone, too.

My Grandmother's Milk Glass

My Grandmother gave me some beautiful Milk Glass vases which I have prominently displayed in my family room's built-in.

We cannot wait for her to visit from Kansas so she can see it for herself.

We love you Grandma Great.

Around the House

Here are a few new photos of Jett at a neighborhood park, by our Christmas tree & on the couch.

And yes, I know those look like girl's pajamas. The blue doggy pj's on Land's End's website looked like they were for boys. They're warm, they fit & it would be really hard to make Jett look like a girl.

Hi Grandpa ~ We love you!

The Birthday Boy

Jett is now three years old!

We had a wonderful party ~ Cars themed, of course ~ with lots of friends, family & seven kids plus baby Leigha.

Jett got lots of new books & toys & had so much fun playing with his friends.

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving but since I was so busy running around like a turkey with its head cut off I only took photos before & after ~ not during.

We had 16 at our house & Jett was so exhausted from playing with his cousins all day that he fell asleep eating a banana at about 6:20pm. He slept until after 6:30am the next morning.

Here's Jett asleep in the chair & our house beginning to look a lot like Christmas.