Christmas in the Ayr

We celebrated Christmas in Mt Ayr over the weekend.  We had a big meal Friday late afternoon, it was delicious! We also played some minute it to win it games, some were pretty funny to watch. Didn't get pictures though.  Saturday morning was opening gifts. We draw names with adults and cousins draw names as well. All the kids were so good taking turns opening so we could enjoy seeing them open their gifts.

 

 

annual 'twas the night before Christmas reading.  kids are old enough now they read the book.

 oldest and youngest granddaughters

 Anna brought paper lanterns back from NC. They were pretty cool!

 Nana buys them matching PJ's

 Hannah got a new sleeping bag

 Haydn got new school supplies to play school

 



Christmas Morning 2014

Girls got up at 7:00 AM.  We headed down to check out what Santa brought us. We must of been on the nice list, we got some great gifts!

 

Hannah checking out her stocking

 Haydn's stocking

 Haydn got a new water bottle from Hannah

 new microphones

 new art supplies!!

 new AGD stuff!

 new luggage!

 

Christmas Eve

We headed to 3:00 mass.  We got home and had our annual appetizers for supper. This year we had buffalo wings and homemade pretzels. We played a few board games and watched The Christmas Story.

 

 

 

 

 

 



 our Christmas tree selfie

 Haydn spreading her reindeer food

 Hannah

Christmas with Grandma

We celebrated Christmas Saturday night with Marcia. Adam, Natalie and boys were here also. We missed Geoff, he had to work, but was able to talk to him. We started the day off by going to Sky Zone for the kids to jump some energy off! Later in the afternoon we hit the pool at Adam's hotel. We had a delicious supper at Marcia's. The girls got some great gifts!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thing 1 and thing 2

Bridget, Amy and I hosted a baby shower yesterday for Joan and her twin boys that will be arriving in February.  The theme of the shower was Dr Seuss. I wish I would of taken a picture of the full food table. We have a cute red/blue balloon bouquet too. Joan got a lot of nice gifts to get her started with the boys. The girls and I can't wait to meet them in a few short months.

 

 

 

 Bridget, Amy, Joan and me

 

Jingle in the Junction

I took the girls down to Valley Junction tonight for Jingle in the Junction. It was a lot of fun. We only got cold standing in line to ride horse drawn wagon ride. There was ice cravings, live reindeer, balloon artist, Santa and Mrs Claus. We enjoyed walking in and out of stores. Valley Junction has some really neat stores. 

one big Santa

 pretty cool to see live reindeer

Haydn's Music Concert

Haydn had her music concert last night. The them was Americana.  Everyone was to dress in red/white/blue. Each child had a speaking/playing xylophone/group singing part. Haydn rocked her speaking part!!  She loves to sing and really enjoys her music concert every year!! 

Haydn's speaking part

 

Olivia, Macy, Mackenzie, Haydn and Ellie

Olivia, Haydn and Mrs Biegger

no more booster seats

for the 1st time in over 11 yrs we no longer have car seat/booster seats in the van! Haydn has graduated from a booster seat! YAY!!  My girls are no longer babies!! 

411 Graduation

Hannah had her 411 graduation today.  For the past 6 weeks she has been talking about drugs, alcohol, bullying, internet safety and so on. Every student got a 411 t-shirt as part of the class. They all wore them today. It was a great assembly. Glad I was able to support Hannah today. Along with the certificates there was a spokeswoman from Puppy Jake talking about PTSD and how they train dogs to help soldiers coming back to deal with trauma they encountered serving our country. It was very interesting hearing what all the dogs go through. It is a 2 yr program for the dogs alone to learn how to help their new owner. The dog is truly their new owners right hand man!! 

 

 

Hannah receiving her award

 Principal Williamson

 whole class

 Hannah and Shea

 

Halloween at Jester

I took the girls to Jester this afternoon for a "spooktacular" party. It was a lot of fun. They had pony/horse rides,wagon rides, face painting, crafts, scavenger hunt, hot dogs, cookies, s'mores, hot chocolate and a night hike that we didn't stay for.

Girls actually got to ride the horses they ride in weekly lessons. It was so fun to see the horses dressed up too. 

 

cowgirl and gymnast

Freckles as a hippy horse

 Lucy-in touch with her hawaiian side

 wagon ride

 Sunny- girls ride him during lessons

 Haydn riding the pony Dottie

 Hannah riding Brownie the pony