Family Pictures: Christmas 2006

Enjoy! I think I look really cheesy in some of these, but thought I would share them all anyway. Besides, you're my friends...you wouldn't laugh at me, would you?

Fort Rapids

We met our good friends at Fort Rapids Indoor Waterpark for a couple days the week between Christmas and New Year's. We stayed in one big suite and had an incredible time.






The waterpark was packed (just like Andy thought it would be) but the kids seemed oblivious. I think they had the most fun on the yellow slide, although Jonathan enjoyed riding the big slides with Chris and I.




We had a great time outside of the waterpark too. The kids enjoyed playing with all the toys Brooklyn's family brought, both families ate well at Red Lobster, and the adults enjoyed playing games after the kids went to bed.


Tears were shed when we had to go our seperate ways...I love you all so much! Let's do it again soon!

Jonathan's First Performance

Jonathan did a great job in his first ever performance during this past Christmas season. He and all the other children involved in our Church's Wednesday night FROG program sang carols for the audience wearing their FROG t-shirts. You should have seen me taking pictures and video. I was so proud of him!



He even got to stand by his good friend Hannah. After their performance everyone was invited into the gym for cookies and punch. Yummy! What a great night.

Happy Birthday Jesus!

We made our second annual Happy Birthday Jesus cake. The boys' favorite part was licking the beaters. We certainly didn't need the cake amidst all of the other sweets, but I like the boys to remember that we celebrate Christmas because it's Jesus' birthday...everything else is just peripheral. Jonathan wanted to let Jesus eat a piece of the cake and didn't understand why we couldn't take it to Heaven for Him. I don't know about you, but I think that might have made Him smile.

Ninja Bread Men

This year, we decided to make a special kind of cut-out cookie. Jonathan overheard Chris and I talking about gingerbread men and thought we said ninja-bread men. We had a good laugh and Chris decided we should really make them. The boys loved them. The only down side to our ninja-bread men was their black frosting. By the end of the cookie, your teeth were completely discolored! I think we might have to make ninja-bread men cookies a Christmas tradition (at least while the boys still think they are cool).