Christmas in Idaho

We started out with Christmas Eve at G&G Hallenberg's. While we were there we sang happy birthday to Elijah(he was not a good boy so he didn't get to go to McDonald's with a friend like he wanted...)Then on Christmas the boys woke up at 5am...NOT HAPPENING...so they went back to bed until 8(much better)Then we went out to G&G Davenports house to see them and for them to see Gwendolyn. Thank you everyone who gave us gifts!! We LOVE them all!! Merry Christmas!!

We didn't have a 7 or 7 candles...Elijah being a math wiz got a kick out of this!

Uncle Horace doing the Birthday spanks!
Thanks G&G Thomas!!

Ohhh how I love having a girl! So cute!

LOL....LOL I laughed sooo hard when I saw this! This hat ROCKS!!! Thanks mom!

Thanks for the Roaster G&G Davenport!

Grandma Hallenberger I love my bread maker!!

Here we are making our beloved Heavenly Hash....My arm was killing me!!

Adeline enjoying the left over Heavenly Hash...we think she had a little to much. After this she was running around the house singing....this lasted for awhile!

More Stuffs.........

Our first snow of the year....the boys just HAD to play in it. They didn't last long!

ALLLLL 4 of them!
Addy was posing for Dad in Gwen's car seat!

Ahhhhhhhh

We were making surgar cookies!

Yummmmmmm

Elijah had his Christmas concert last night. The boy next to him is his buddy Jon.

Santa's on the roof top roof top......

More of Gwendolyn

Addy loves her little sister!

Gwen is about 1 1/2 inches longer than Adeline was....she has longer skinnier fingers, legs, and arms....not to mention her dark hair....WEIRD!!

Dad and his girls!

She's Here!!

I will have to say I was nervous for this delivery because I have never been induced before from cold turkey. I went to the Dr. on Tuesday and I was barely a 1 and 50%. So I went walking and to my kick box class on Wednesday and that got me to a 2 and 60%, that was reassuring! They induced me with a gel that usually won't put you into labor. It put me into early labor then he broke my bag of water and 1 1/2 hours later here she was! She came so fast the Dr. actually missed the delivery and these 2 nurses got to deliver her themselves! The one with the dark hair, she is still a student and this was her last day before she graduated so it was exciting for her! LOL I guess it would be.....

The Family in all it's glory! LOL

Gwendolyn Irene Hallenberger

8 pounds 9 ounces 22 inches

I asked the nurses if they had bows and this is what she came back with!! I love it!!

Here she is with her DARK hair!! All the others came out with blonde, so this is exciting!

It's begining to look at lot like Christmas!!

We were having a LAZY day last week...I mean LAZY, pj's, TV, food, that's it!! So After awhile I decided to try and be productive for my kids so we made Christmas Tree ornaments that I saw in a magazine. The kids didn't want to decorate them(less mess for me!) but they had a great time putting them together!

Here we are decorating the Christmas Tree. It was cute to see Adeline so into it this year....she LOVED putting the ornaments on and would sing Jingle Bells and dance along with the Christmas music that was playing!

We put the tree up one night and decorated it the next night when Robert got home from work and for that 24 hours Ian was consistent in telling me that he wanted to put the star on the tree. He was soooo excited when that time came!

Thanksgiving Weekend

WOW we had a jam packed weekend! We had 2 Thanksgivings the first one was at grandma Christopherson and the second one was at G&G Hallenbergers. Lots of good food and family! Then Heidi threw me a shower on Saturday at my mother-in-laws house. Thanks for a great time and good food!

Elijah had to decorate a Turkey for school and this is what he came up with all on his own! GO BRONCOS!!!

Hallenberger grand kids(only a few of them)

Adeline was sooooo proud of her Christmas tree that she made. She carried it around showing everyone. Finally I told her she could eat it and you should have seen the look on her face. I don't think she knew she could eat it! Needless to say it was gone shortly after!

Hallenbergers doing their thing.

There I am in all my fatness! 2 weeks to go! Yes we are all prego in this pic!

Thanks for coming and for the gifts!

Adeline turns 2!!

It's true Adeline is TWO!!! She was soooo happy it was her birthday. Everyone would tell her happy birthday and she would get a HUGE smile on her face and start to sing the birthday song. Glad you had a great birthday big girl! We love you and are glad you are part of our family!

My mom sent a gift and we got it a couple days early and she kept asking, "My birthday? Open please?!" So she was excited to FINALLY be able to open her gift!

What we have been up too.....

So I made home aid rolls the other day that were SOOOOOO GOOD!! I am so proud of myself. They didn't last to long either!

I got into making a pie today and the kids wanted to paint....

Then they wanted to help me so I let them play with the extra dough...who knew that could entertain them for as long as it has!!

We went and got Elijah from school and he wanted to join in.