Landon and puppy under the tree. Braxton and Landon wanted to put a bow on the doggie.

Merry Christmas. Puppy has decided to make her new napping place on the soft tree skirt under the tree or maybe she is waiting for Santa :)

Madison putting up some ornaments.

Braxton helping Makenna put on some ornaments. You may be wondering why we have a roll of toilet paper on the side table in the living room.......Braxton was working on his art drawing that he had to do.....learning about shadows and shading.

Landon hanging up his ornaments on the tree.

Makenna getting all nice and cozy for an afternoon nap after our big Thanksgiving feast. We all had to relax and watch a movie while all the food settled in our tummies.

Madison made a pilgrim hat in school and she has been wearing it ever since. Makenna was playing in the hat and glove container (the things that keep kids entertained right) and wanted to put this hat on. Madison made puppy an Indian hat with a leave she got outside. Happy Thanksgiving!!

The back view of Braxton's turkey napkin ring. Notice Braxton is still in his pj's. Both he and Landon will probably stay in their pj's all day. Needless to say they are enjoying the vacation from school.

Braxton's turkey napkin ring.

Madison made some turkey napkin rings for our Thanksgiving dinner.

Landon and the turkey he made in school. Gobble Gobble.

Friday in school, Madison's class had a Thanksgiving feast. She is very proud of her pilgrim hat.

Makenna mixing up some brownies. She got the box out of the pantry and said " Brownies" So, she helped me mix them up.

Happy Birthday Braxton!!

Horray it is Braxton's birthday!!

Braxton's untraditional birthday cake.

Braxton's very untraditional birthday cake. Braxton's favorite cookie in the whole world are snickerdoodles, so this year we decided to make some cookies and surround them with 12 cupcakes ( leave it to Braxton to figure in some type of math, he turned 12 this year, hence the 12 cupcakes.) We all went out to dinner and then went to Target and let him pick out something. He picked out some Star Wars figures. This sunday he will be ordained a Deacon, he is pretty excited about it.

Madison the super hero

Madison the super hero girl (as she calls herself) Madison cut out these 3D glasses off of the danimals (yogurts) got the string and stapled them together (I did have to switch around the staples, she had the pokey side facing her eyes, probably not a good idea) she got her blanket and used a hair clip to clip it together and she has been running around the house this afternoon saving the day.

Makenna in the pile of clothes.

Makenna on the pile of clean clothes she just got out of the dryer for me. Makenna thinks it is fun to help me get the clothes out of the dryer for me (don't know how long this will last :)) then after she puts them on the floor for me to fold she likes to lay on them. She will usually go grab a story book and lay down and read. Then the girls help me fold them, it is a pretty good system.

The girls glued to the TV.

Madison and Makenna in a TV trance watching Max & Ruby.

We like to buy jelly bellies in bulk. Yummy!! Tonight when we got back from the store and Michael was refilling the container they went all over the place.. after some laughter I grabbed the camera and took some pictures.

Makenna picking up the jelly beans as fast as she can and shoving them in her mouth.