Christmas!

The kids made Christmas so much fun this year! We spent Christmas Eve with my family.  We had dinner and opened gifts. Luke took a couple of minutes to get excited about opening presents, but then he was loving it.

Abbie got a cabbage patch baby from Grandma Bars, and boy does she love it.

 She knows just what to do.

Christmas morning was fun. The kids had all the practice they needed on the night before, because Luke was ready! As soon as he saw all those presents, he ripped into them.

Christmas day we went to the Dawsons.  We had lunch and exchanged gifts. Luke and Abbie had so much fun with their cousins and their new toys. We are so blessed to be surrounded by our family at this time of the year. 

Carruth Christmas party

We had our Carruth family Christmas party the other night. We always have our traditional crepes for dinner, and played games with cousins and aunts and uncles.

The men were all watching the game, Jed, my Dad, Jay, Luke, little Luke, Blake, Matt, Ben, and Brent. Either Ben couldn't take his eyes off the game, or he was hiding his pink eye.

Abbie, Luke, Jenna, and Katie. 

Birthday Girl!

Well, our little girl is ONE! I can't believe it, time flies. One years old is my favorite age... no more bottles, they start walking, they eat all the food big people eat. I feel like they get a little easier. We had Grandma Sharla, Grandpa Larry, Grandma Barb, Grandpa Jay, and uncle Eli come over for some birthday cake. Abigail didn't really get too excited about opening gifts, or blowing out candles, she just wanted to eat cake!

I tried to get her to blow out the candle, or at least acknowledge the cake, she just didn't care. Luke was more than happy to blow out the candle. He kept singing... to you day, to you day (his version of happy birthday)

Abbie had such a great time eating her cake, and Luke had fun playing with Abbie's toys (he says they're Luke's toys) Abbie is such a sweet little thing, she's so happy and loves to play. My kids are the bright spot of my day. I don't know what I'd do without them.

Gingerbread house

We finally got around to family night, Ben's had finals this week, so it's been hectic for him. I told Luke when Dad got home we could build a house. As soon as Ben walked in the door, Luke led him to the kitchen. Luke didn't know what the house building was all about, but he was sure excited about it. The house fell apart, but the kids loved it anyways.