Breakfast with Santa

Mmm, juice and pancakes...

Ok, they aren't that great.

But that's not what we're really here for.

It's the Big Guy.

I marched right up--

I needed to tell him I wanted lots of

Paw Patrol toys

Beckett wants a football

Much to Mom's embarrassment,

Wes asked for a bag of money

Jack?

He was undecided.

Made for a great picture!

Happy Holidays!

Jammie photos

Well, we didn't get them taken

this year in time for the Christmas card,

so we better share them here.

It took about an hour,

but we think we got a few good ones:

And just for fun,

we should look and a few

from the past years:

2012

2014

2016

2018

Wow!

We're definitely getting bigger!

Oh, the memories...

Jack's Tween Birthday

I had so much fun at Top Golf last year,

I decided to make #12 a repeat event.

Let's get to golfing!

We all had a go...

Me

(with a little coaching

by Uncle Adam)

Austin

Kayla

Tuck,

boots and all

and maybe a hand from Dad

Beck

Weston

Even Dad joined the fun

Uncle Adam

could really hit them out there

Mom played

Must have done something right

Papa

Aunt Michelle joined in,

even with her bum knee

We even got Grandma to play!

She'd never done it before,

so Papa gave her a few pointers

I think she likes it!

It was a fun afternoon,

hanging out with my cousins

and family

We had some lunch

and some fancy cupcakes

Birthday photo!

And of course there were presents

But really and truly,

I was just excited to hang out with my family

Good day.

Thanks for coming, everyone!

12 is starting out great!

Getting festive!

Our tree is up!

And at Mom's direction,

we donned our ugly sweaters

and went to Mom's resident Christmas party.

We got to eat dinner with Ross the Boss

and his family

and meet Emily and her family

(but we forgot the group photo).

There was a lot of kid-filled fun

and the grown ups could actually

talk a little

(there were 8 of us kids).

After the party,

we couldn't help but drive through a couple

of the neighborhoods

to see all the lights

We love this time of year!

76 Trombones...

Ok, so not really 76.

There are actually just 3 of us in the 6th grade band.

But we did our best to

put on a good show!

Which, of course,

had to conclude with ice cream