A Little Bear Family Christmas

On the Sunday before Christmas, we attended church, ate out for lunch and then enjoyed opening gifts as a family. Kieran and Kiptyn were so excited to see all the gifts under the tree when they woke up on Sunday morning! I couldn't wait to watch the kids open their special gifts from us!

Mommy wanted a picture of the three of them in front of the tree first--you can tell the boys just wanted to get this picture over with and get to those presents!!

Chloe was so excited to open gifts--she really liked the paper!

Every girl loves new clothes!!

A Dreamlite for the boys to share in their room!

New Digital Cameras!

Kieran asked for a new Leapster Game for Christmas!

An Iowa Hawkeyes jacket for Chuck!

Chloe's New Little Kitchen!

She liked the baby on the front of the box!

Mommy got new cozy, soft socks!! Love them!!

If you asked Kiptyn what he wanted for Christmas, he would say, "John Deere Christmas!" He got his John Deere!!

Christmas Time!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

 

 New Shirts from Grandma and Grandpa...

 

 Making Gingerbread Houses (Say Cheese!)...

 

 Singing (?) in the Church Christmas Program...

 

 

 Making Holiday Goodies for the Neighbors...

 

 Watching the snow fall outside...

 

 Being creative during 2 Snow Days!...

 

 Celebrating Christmas and opening gifts with friends...

 

 Baking and decorating Christmas cookies...

 

Whew!! We've had a full December and I feel like we've only just begun! We're looking forward to celebrating Christmas with our families and the memories that will be made!

Merry Christmas!!

I'm Back....

Hello again!! I'm back from my little blog break--it wasn't actually that long of a break, but long enough. I had to decide whether or not this blog was really worth my time--and now $! I know, crazy right?! It's not breaking the bank or anything, but still! Does anyone really read this blog? Does anyone really care what my kids do? ( I know you do, Violet!)

But, here I am again, typing to you and sharing pictures with you. I missed my blog. I like my blog. I hope you do too! Comments are welcome!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with my family! It was a relaxing 4 days at my parents house and great to see family on Thanksgiving day! We took pictures, of course, so here you go:

Our family with my Great Grandma Loree

My grandparents with some of their grandkids and all of their great-grandkids!

Five Generations! We are so thankful for pictures like these!!

The Seems Family

 

The Seems Family with my Grandpa Lloyd

 

9 Months Young!

Chloe turned 9 months old last week! Wow! She had her 9 month check-up today and she's doing great!

 

She started crawling a month ago. It started as an army crawl on the belly...

 

She quickly moved on to an "off the belly, I can go much faster" crawl...and pulling up to things on her knees....

 

 Within a short time, she was pulling up to things on her feet!

Can you see in this picture that she stands on her toes?! Ballerina in the making...

She loves to play with the Little People house....

and watch the world go by outside!

 

She is a joy to have in our family and we're looking forward to her 1st Thanksgiving this week!

Family Photos 2012

If you were to come into our house and look at the family picture wall, you would now know that we have THREE children and not just TWO! We finally got some "professional" family photos taken with Chloe in them!

Trick or Treat, Smell my Feet...

Here are some pictures of Halloween to start your November!!

 

Batman, Spiderman and our KU Cheerleader!

Batman without his mask!

GO KU!!

Kieran and his friend, Jaxon!

We trick or treat on our street and the cousins come too!

Group Picture!!

The Bowl of Temptation!!