Christmas

So far behind on my blog I thought I might try to catch up this week. We spent Christmas with my Dad and had a great time. On Christmas eve we went to my Dad's wife's brothers house for dinner and then sang carols by the piano. That was such a fun tradition to participate in and we were very grateful to be invited. As I ruined all of the cookies last year I didn't do any this year.Doug and I got a new camera which Doug is super excited about. The kids had so much fun playing with their cousins and being with family. The Dude got a guitar that he has wanted forever, the princess got a new bike, the Napster got an mp3 player and Cutestuff got a couch she can sleep on (which she loves) from Grandma and Grandpa. Getting together with family is always so much fun.
After Christmas my cousin and sister came home with us. One day we went down to town and the girls decided that they wanted to do build-a-bear for their birthday so everyone made a build a bear. I have to say Megan's was very cute. It was so much fun.

Napsters birthday and party

Hard to believe that the Napster has turned six. We had a small family celebration at teh rec with an ice cream cake. She wanted to wait to have her party at the rec center. Her party consisted of 45 minutes of gymnastics and 45 of swimming. It was just her and her friends at the gymnastics part and she had a great time. The gymnastics studio is incredible and the kids favorite part is jumping in the pit. Unfortunately we didn't realize our card was almost full. Bummer! Swimming was also fun for her and her friends. Cake time was a little crazy as Cutestuff kept trying to eat the cake before it was cut. She got a lot of cute things and best of all she had a great time with her friends and family.