Christmas fun

This Christmas season went by entirely too fast!!! The fastes year yet since the twins were born. But we did TONS of baking and had a blast all month long! Here is a glimpse into our fun :)
Decorating the tree :)









We went to see the santa train one night!



We had a fun night checking out the lights with friends :)




I love how cozy the house is this time of year! So does my sweetie pie :)


We took them to see Santa for the 3rd year in a row. The first 2 years they were great. They didn't smile but they didn't cry either :) This year, we talked about it all day before we went and both were excited and said they would tell him what they wanted. Well, we got in line and Kaden started crying just at the sight of him! Kaden is my little tender heart and he's very sensitive...he is still petrified of characters at D-Land. So, he was weary of Santa, way more this year than last! It took about 10 min of talking to him to get him to do and then he ended up being so big and brave :) He gave his biggest smile that he knows how and my heart swelled just thinking about how brave he was trying to be!! Such a sweet little guy. Kaleiah wouldn't crack a smile, staying true to form for year 3 :)




We made our first gingerbread houses! They had free reign on how they wanted to do it and they loved it! Such sweet memories made!












We did lots of baking this month you loved helping, so much!!!

snow

Last year for our Christmas card pics (and for fun), we drove up to big bear which is just a few short hours from our home on the beach (I love that we can play in snow and in sand in the same day if we want to!) and had a ball. The pictures were so sweet and still to this day some of my VERY fav's (currently still have 5 framed a year later). To see those pics look here http://twopeasinherpod.blogspot.com/2010/12/snow.html

We had such a great time that we decided it would be our annual tradition. So last week we headed up hoping to get some cute shots to choose from for our Christmas card. Well we got up there later than we hoped, right at nap time to be exact) and it was about 20 degrees colder than it was last year. So the tired, hungry, FREEZING children were not a picture taking mood. Kaleiah actually was miserable after about 5 minutes. I had all sorts of props and cute ideas and I didn't get to use a darn one. Kaden was happy to be in a new environment and even though he was cold, he wanted to play in the snow. We snapped a few pictures before Kaleiah started melting down and I had to take her back to the car for warmth. We got ONE family picture. I got a few of them playing and one of my husband and I and that's it! I was so beyond bummed. Days of planning, all morning packing up and a 2 hour drive and only 10 minutes there. But I couldn't keep them out there, torturing them in the cold wind :( I can't blame them anyway, I HATE being cold and add being tired and hungry to it and that's pretty much my hell! So we chalked it up to just another adventure and memories made. We're planning on going back up next week to just play and hopefully go sledding :)

K&K:
I'm crazy about your daddy! After 10 years together, he still sweeps me off my feet. Hope our love is your first and most important model of marriage, sacrifice, compromise, commitment, trust. We are FAR from perfect but I pray we are setting the best example we can for you. Keep Christ as the center of your marriage and you can't go wrong.

Merry Christmas!

daddy's b-day

Aquaruim

On Veterans day Nana and Papa asked if they could take you (us) to the aquarium, a place we have ALWAYS wanted to take you! You LOVED looking at all of the colorful, different kinds of fish! Your favorite (and mine!!!) was the sea otters! They are soooo cute and you loved watching them swim and play! There was so much to see, we could have easily been there all day but we were there for about an hour and a half and then we all went to lunch :) It was a special day, you love spending time with Nana and Papa and it was fun to go somewhere new, too!









such a great pic!