Audrey's First Visit to Santa

Well, Audrey's first visit to Santa went about as expected, as the picture shows...

Audrey Christmas Program

Audrey's school Christmas program was this week. It was so cute! Everyone met in the gym about 6:30 Tuesday night, and we were out of there by 7:00. It was short, sweet, and wonderful - just the way programs for their age should be. :o) Audrey's age sang Jingle Bells, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, and Silent Night. Audrey didn't do much but looked a little freaked out, but it was still so fun to watch her get up in front of 300 people with her peers and put on a cute show!

December 2010 Events so far

December has been a busy month so far. We had a celebration for Grandma and Grandpa Nichol's 60th wedding anniversary, combined with Grandpa's 80th birthday celebration and Kellen's blessing at church, not to mention my anniversary coming up, Christmas, and Audrey's birthday. December is a jam-packed month!

Grandma and Grandpa's celebration was great. My aunt Marie flew in from Kansas for the occasion, which means that my grandparents were able to have three of their four kids here for the big day! I know that meant a lot to them. For dinner we had a roast, potatoes, green bean casserole, and a big beautiful cake! I took several pictures which I will post below.

In addition to those pictures, I will post a few from Kellen's blessing day, and some from decorating the Christmas tree!




Audrey sitting by our "tina" (that's what she calls trees right now).


Daddy and Audrey decorating the tree.


Me, Aunt Marie and the kiddos.


Me and Aunt Marie the day before she flew back home.


Mom and Marie.



Audrey playing with a disposable camera.


Karlin, Angie, Shaydynn and Lundynn at my house after Kellen's blessing.


Our 4 family. My poor son looks like a little alien!


Rocking Kellen.


Grandma and Grandpa Nichols opening their anniversary presents. 60 years!!


Audrey looking super cute!


Shaydynn looking super cute!



Grandma and Grandpa looking super happy!


Grandma and Grandpa with three of their kids - Bob, Diane, and Marie. Lance couldn't make the party.


Grandma and Grandpa with four of their eight great-grand children (and one grandchild).


Grandma and Grandpa with two of their ten grandchildren.



Audrey and Shaydynn playing.


My mom and Grandma. I caught mom sneaking a bite of something! :o)


Sisters Shaydynn and Lundynn.


Bob holding Lundynn. She looks a little nervous. :)


Aunt June feeding Kellen a bottle.



Grandma and Grandpa about to cut their cake.

Aunt June and my mom!


The anniversary cake!



Aunt Marie and Grandpa.


Marie cooking away for the party.



Kellen snoozing.

Darryl was watching Karlin play the Wii.



Karlin playing the Wii.


Audrey watching Karlin play the Wii.


Grandma rocking Kellen.


Grandma and Grandpa and Kellen.

BIG DAY

Audrey had a big day today - she went potty in the toilet today!!!!

Happy Holidays

We took Audrey and Kellen this week to have their "Christmas/New Born/2 year" pictures done. I love the photography studio that we take them to - usually they get us right in and have us in and out fairly quickly. This year, however was a little different. Our appointment was for 5:00 pm, but we sat around and sat around and finally started our pictures around 5:45. By then both Audrey and Kellen were hungry and tired of sitting around, so the photo session was a little rough. Kellen was pretty grumpy all the way through, and Audrey was extremely restless. But, we managed to make it through the pictures, and they turned out pretty cute. I am attaching a couple of them to this posting. The picture of Audrey and Kellen together is absolutely hysterical! Kellen looks like he's watching a scary movie or something!

I am adding a few more pictures that I took as well.












Audrey giving Daddy a great big hug after getting home from work!



Kellen all wrapped up cozy warm in his blanket, enjoying his binky.



Daddy and Audrey relaxing on the couch.



Audrey holding her brother - she's not too sure about the situation.



Kellen's usual "grumpy" face.



Audrey dressed herself - pink pajamas, a pink onsie over-top, and moose slippers!



Chillin' in her creative outfit.