Christmas!

Sawyer loves to carry his cars around in the baby stroller.

Avery and Kendall helped make cookies for the neighbors.

Reagan fell asleep like this and it freaked me out when I came out from putting Sawyer down for a nap!

Jellystone park did a hay ride through Christmas lights. Santa was there!

And Yogi bear who terrified Sawyer but he warmed up to him by the end.

Kendall loved the hay ride through the lights!

They also had a craft and game for us!

Grandma Engstrom sewed the kids Christmas pillowcases. So cute!

(Sawyer didn't want to pose for the picture, but he got one too)

I signed Reagan and Sawyer up for a medical study to test out a new medication for eczema.

They had to get a blood draw and Reagan freaked out and cried a lot so afterward they gave the kids a teddy bear to cheer them up. Reagan told me she would do the blood draw again if she can get another bear lol Thankfully, that's the only one they have to do! 

We go back every week (ish) for a month. I'm really hoping it helps their skin and that they qualify for the year long study if it does so we can keep getting the medicine.

We did a 500 piece puzzle of Prague. 

We had our Shephard's dinner by the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve.

The kids love it!

Only shephard's fare here

The kids are finally old enough to do the gift exchange!

Avery had Reagan and got her a squishmallow.

To say she was excited was an understatement!

The kids were so into the exchange and it was so sweet to see how grateful they were.

Helping Sawyer open his present from Kendall.

Some noise-making ball machine! He loves it!

Dad had Kendall and gave her critter catching supplies.

Mom had Avery and gave her more books from the Warriors series.

She loves reading them and tells me thank you every day!

We went over to our friends for games and to act out the nativity. Kendall was Mary.

Santa came!!

Top of the stairs picture!

Santa brought the Uma barbie Kendall wanted!

And a scooter for Avery!

And too many Twix!

(It had to be Santa because Mom would never buy this!)

Avery got a carrier to attach to her bike for her pets.

The madness! So fun!

Trucks for Sawyer!

And a winter coat!

Reagan loves her new xylophone

Swords for fighting!

Tyler got a guitar

It was a great Christmas!

A few days later a friend invited us over to play on their new zip line.

Sawyer liked the trucks they had.

Our neighbor took the kids for a ride around the block on his motorcycle.

They couldn't get enough!

Kendall lost another tooth!

It got really cold here so we tried out the new electric blanket we got from Tyler's work party.

Family night lesson in front of a crackling fire!!

Is there anything better?

We took the kids on the animal safari for one last fun thing before they went back to school.

The emus were nice!

Sawyer got brave and fed the mountain goats!

We sneaked in some lettuce for the giraffes!

We went in the gift shop and Avery wanted to adopt every pet.

A gorgeous view on a beautiful day!

Pet some goats

Did a mini hike. How cute are these kiddos?!

Tyler let the kids drive and they liked that as much as feeding the animals!

They come right up to the car!

On the way home we treated the kids to a paletas. It was a super fun family day!