Blogging by Jason

Well, I only make a blog post about once a year so I thought that I would do my 1 post before the year is up. I had the privilege of hanging out with Brody and Kaylee this weekend alot by myself. Emily was working at our church all weekend so I got to spend some quality time with the kiddos. It was alot of fun and I came away from this weekend having learned alot so I thought that I would share them with you. First off, I learned how hard it is to get everything ready to get out the door to go somewhere. Now, I am the one who hates being late and always likes to have everything ready to go the night before. I am used to getting things ready when Emily is here and letting her know the countdown of when we need to leave, but having to do this alone was a whole different story. The things my wife does to get everything ready each and every day I think I kind of take for granted such as:

The dreaded diaper bag- huge diaper bag that I usually complain about being too big and too many things in there happened to not be big enough for me this weekend.

Fixing Brody's hair. Somehow I can't seem to make it look as good as the way mom does it and Brody let me know that this weekend. He said to me in the car "Daddy, I like it when Mommy fixes my hair cause you don't fix it right".

Fixing Kaylee's hair. Not only do you have to fix a girl's hair, you have to put a bow in it and somehow keep the hair fixed as you slide a bow on. Then 15 seconds later she pulls the bow out and smiles at you

Getting lunch or dinner ready- OK, so I we came home from Church on sunday and Me and the kids sat down to eat Lunch in which Emily had already prepared for us that morning. All I had to do was put some rolls in the oven. Emily made it so easy for me and I really appreciate it. I say all this to say Thanks Emily for doing everything you do!! You really take care of all us kids and we love you for it!

This past weekend was a blast and I really enjoyed it. I know that Brody and Kaylee had fun. I have posted a few pics from the weekend. Enjoy!!

This picture is of Brody being his silly self. I was trying to put Kaylee down for a nap and he found all her bows and sunglasses and was playing with them. When I came out of Kaylee's room this is the way he looked. :)

Kaylee dressing up like a reindeer:)

Brody acting like a reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh

Brody and Kaylee on the sleigh together. It is fun to watch Kaylee cause she follows Brody everywhere he goes.

Thanks for the great weekend!

Christmas in Silver Dollar City

This past weekend we were able to go to Branson one last time this year. It was exciting to go to Silver Dollar City this time because they have all of their Christmas lights up and Christmas specials. We went with some of Jason's family and had a great time with all of them! The picture above is of Kaylee and Brody all bundled up because it was really cold outside!!


i was most worried about Kaylee with the weather being so cold. However she did great while we were there and really enjoyed looking at the Christmas lights, playing with Brody and her cousin Lilly, and sleeping in mommy and daddy's arms while we walked around Silver Dollar City. :)

Here is a picture of Jason holding Kaylee while she is fast asleep. For some reason she did not want to take her naps in her stroller! I think it was because of all the layers she had on and it was a little uncomfortable to sit in her stroller. So Jason and I traded off holding her while she slept. Needless to say our arms got a great workout!!

Here is Lilly and Holly on one of the kiddie rides. It was fun seeing Lilly experience the rides for the first time. I am sure as she gets older she will like them even more!

Here is Brody ridding the elephants with Jason's cousin Kristin. I think he had a great time on this ride!

At night they have a parade that goes through the park that you can watch. It was fun for the kids to experience and look at all the different floats and people in the parade. Here Kaylee and I are waiting for the parade to start. She is all bundled up and wrapped in a blanket to keep her warm. As you can see I am propping her up on my leg because by this time my arms were shot from carrying her around all day!!

They have a very big Christmas tree that lights up to music. This was one of Lilly's favorite things to watch! Here are Ryan and Holly watching it with her.

Of course Brody loved the light up train in the parade!

This little boy just loves this place and talks about it all the time! I love that he enjoys it so much and will have lots of fun memories there!

A couple busy weeks!

Before Thanksgiving my sister, Eric, and Drew came in town to visit. My sister and I went to a fun Christmas Party at my church- it was nice to be able to get out for awhile and spend some time together just the two of us... well and everyone else at my church! :)

I was able to watch Drew while my sister and Eric went to look at a furniture shop in town. It was fun to be able to spend some one on one time with him since both my kiddos were asleep. We played, ate and I got him down for a nap. :)

Here are all the kiddos playing at my parents house. This is a really cool toy that all three of them liked playing with.

Kaylee had a good time on "Trigger" my dad's old rocking horse.

Before they left both of the little ones were getting a little tired and fussy. So I bounced them on the ball and they both enjoyed it. :)

Brody was on the floor showing Drew how to play with this toy. I think it is cute that they are playing together. We hope and pray that they will be good friends one day! We had a great time with them while they were here! It was fun watching all the kids play together!

___________________________Thanksgiving________________________

We spent the Thanksgiving Holiday with Jason's family. Before Thanksgiving Jason's Dad had to have surgery to remove a tumor and ulcer they found. So during the surgery Drew and I (Heather's husband) watched the kids. Here Lilly and Kaylee are having a really good time looking at some books. It was a lot of fun being able to spend some time with Lilly and Luke ( one of our new nephews). I think Lilly and Kaylee had a good time playing together, they would follow each other around and play with whatever the other one was playing with. :)
Jason's dad's surgery went good and although the Tumor is cancerous they got it all out and he is recovering at home. They are going to meet with Doctors to see what happens next so please keep them in your prayers!

Here we are trying to get a pick of the babies (Luke and Traber). I think this picture is funny because Kaylee really wanted to go and touch one of them!!

Brody and Lilly had a blast playing together in Grandma and Grandpa's tent!

Here Lilly and I are coloring one night before bed.

Here are Jason and I holding the babies. I am holding Traber (Jeremy and Brandy's son) and Jason is holding Luke (Heather and Drew's son). It was our first time meeting Luke and we loved being able to spend a lot of time with him while they were here. One night Jason and I watched him while Heather and Drew went out and about for a little while. It was fun being able to do that since they live far away.

This picture is funny because Kaylee is looking at the adds for black Friday. It is a tradition in Jason's family to check out the adds on Thanksgiving and see if there is anything worth getting up before the sun comes up for. Kaylee seemed like joining in on the fun. I am sure it was heartbreaking to her when I told her we were not going shopping at 4:00 in the morning! :) One day little lady........

I think this is a cute pic! No they are not twins, Luke (right) is only a couple weeks older the Traber. I am sure there will be lots of fun times ahead with them being so close in age. :)

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with our family and are so glad we got to spend it with all of you!