Laurel's Birthday Celebration

 Continuing my tradition of bringing the kids a treat for their birthday, Laurel got a large hamburger cupcake!  It was massive!  The store called it a cupcake, but really it was a mini-cake.

She opened presents from her family on her birthday and celebrated with friends the following day.

Laurel wanted to host her first slumber party for her 9th birthday.  We went to get pedicures first with 4 of her friends.

Then it was back to the house for hamburgers, games, presents, brownie sundaes, a movie and hair train!  The girls did great at sleeping, which is the most important part of a sleepover to me!  We fed them pancakes and bacon the next morning (after they woke up at 8:30!) and sent them home.

Christmas Break

 This year's Christmas break was perfectly timed with a full week of vacation before the holiday.  We spent the first day of vacation going out to eat with our good friends from church who happen to make up our Life Group and then seeing the new Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

The kids asked to host a cookie decorating party with friends from church so we invited a bunch of people over to our house for pizza lunch and cookies!

Christmas Eve brought new jammies and books for the kids at Aunt Sarah's house.

Christmas Day was beautiful and sunny and full of new toys and games to entertain us for the day.  One of the most fun games the kids got was a laser tag set.  It was a hit for the whole family!

Uncle Jacob, Aunt Lisa, Molly, Ellie and Leah came to visit for a few days on the 27th.  We went ice skating and spent the time together playing games and running through the house.  It was so nice to have them here!