Happy New Year!

Happy 2016 from our family to yours!  2015 was a busy, fun year for our family and we can not wait to see what the next year will bring.  Each year seems to be going by quicker than the last so Ryan and I are trying very hard to be present in our daily lives!  I explained what New Years Resolutions were to the kids and they each had one: Landon-to whine less -Kadence-to stop talking back -Kenzie-to not cry at gymnastics and dance.  I was pretty proud of their grown up responses! :) 

We decided to kick the New Year off in the pool!  We had a relaxing day and were able to spend most of the day with Ryan, too! May God bless you all in 2016!

Last day of 2015!

Unfortunately, Ryan took in house call on New Year's Eve so we had to party without Daddy!  Since the kids had all been fighting bugs and we didn't get to do all of the fun things we wanted to over break, I decided to let them stay up until midnight to celebrate.  I let them all choose things to do to stay busy! Earlier in the evening we made a trip to Barnes & Noble (along with the rest of the Fargo metro) so the kids could spend their gift cards from Grandpa Ken and Grandma Debbie.  The kids had so much fun picking out their own things!  They each chose some new books so we spent some time reading our new books!  We also played A TON of games! So fun!

I made a giant blanket bed on our living room floor and after some coloring we turned on New Years Rockin' Eve!  The kids loved the music and we had so much fun being silly.  I had made snacks per their request-chex mix, puppy chow and rice krispie bars.  Apparently, we LOVE cereal.

I was shocked but we all made it to midnight and were able to say "Happy New Year" and smooch one another.  Kenzie just didn't understand where the ball went when it dropped?  We all snuggled together and slept on the floor ALL night long!  I'm so lucky!

Pukesmas?

 This pretty much sums up the end of our Christmas celebration.  It always seems as though our family gets some type of illness around one major holiday every year.  Unfortunately, we usually share it with those we love and everyone ends up sick.  Oh the joys of 3 young children!  I am pretty sure we had a Norovirus and spread it through the entire house of people for the Strasburg Christmas very quickly.  Yikes!

Hopefully this will be our bad bout of the stomach bug for the year!  Tis the Season!  Stay healthy! 

Merry Christmas!

 Merry Christmas from the Strasburg's!  Happy Birthday Jesus!  

Strasburg Christmas.

We had Christmas with the Strasburg's this year and had a lot of fun (aside from the illness).  It was our first celebration at Gary and Sue's house in Harrisburg.  With warmer than normal temps we were able to spend some time outside and just had lots of fun!  We went bowling, played cards and dice, ate lots of delicious food and had a lovely time sharing some nice gifts.

We went to a lovely Christmas Eve service and everyone dressed up so nicely!  The girls loved wearing their Christmas dresses again!

We had a chance to drive through Falls Park and admire all of the pretty Christmas lights.  We got out long enough to peek at the colored water and snap a quick picture.  It was pretty windy (see Jessie's hair) and we were not dressed warm enough.  It was fun to look at lights around town since we used to always do that with my Dad when I was younger!

Yet another fun Christmas celebration in the books.  On a side note, this is how we now ravel with a packed car!  Poor Landon was a tad hot!

Kenzie's Preschool Program

Kenzie had her first school Christmas program at preschool today!  She is pictured above with her two sweet teachers Miss Liz and Miss Ashley.  She was so excited for her program and was glad to have extra family members in town to watch!

They started out their program with the Lord's Prayer which was adorable.

They sang a couple songs and had a lot of fun!  We frosted cookies and had juice and snapped some pictures before leaving.  I was such a proud Momma!

 Kenzie and her best friend Kendra.  They sure know how to be silly!  Kenzie sure adores Kendra!

 Kenzie was very excited to have her cousins Annabelle and AJ and Grandma Debbie and Auntie Jilly come watch her.

While we where at the program Grandpa Ken was at school with Kadence doing some Gingerbread House making!  Thank goodness he was able to step in because the events were scheduled at the same time, of course. I think Grandpa had just as much fun as Kadence!  

Baller

 Landon has been having a riot playing basketball this year.  It is his first year playing an organized basketball league with practices and games.  He has improved so much already and loves being part of the team!  I really enjoy watching basketball games and look forward to watching him in the future!