Christmas is officially over...

for our family! We did it! We made it through 6 Christmas gatherings this year ! Our last was spent in Loup City with the Dorsey family (immediate and extended). We rang in the New Year at the lake house with 1 degree temperatures. We toasted at midnight, smooched, and sang Auld Lange Syne. New Years Day we had the Dorsey X-mas party. Harper did a fantastic job in Great Grandma Georgie's annual Christmas program. She carried the candlestick. I ended up being in the program holding the wreath because there weren't enough great grandchildren. But, next year there will be enough great grandkids... because my sister moon is having a baby!!! Yep, that's right.. Aunt Kandra in the HOUSE!!! I am super excited for the girls to have a cousin around their age....

Yay for 2011!! Happy New Year! 2011 will be great...

Pictures from X-mas Eve day at the Kings:

Cousins (Ian with his thumb in his mouth and Owen between the girls)

Grandma Kathy with Liv & Owen
Aunt Kayleigh

Christmas Eve evening at the Wimmer's house:

Harper playing dominos with the men

Liv with cousin Grant

photo op

sweet drooly girl

opening presents.. this is a girl with no nap for the day:)

*more pics to come from our other gatherings;)

5 down 1 to go

Merry Christmas to our friends and family! Wishing you a year full of LIFE, LOVE, and true HAPPINESS:)
Love,
Lateaf, Kandra, Harper, and Liv



We have a total of 6 Christmas family gatherings this year, not including our own little gathering between the four of us. (which we did the Sunday after X-mas) WHOA that equals A LOT of presents and a busy holiday season. We had one the weekend before X-mas, two Christmas Eve, two Christmas Day and one more to go on New Year's day. And thats not counting a drop by to Lateaf's cousin where we ate quick and exchanged gifts on the way out of Lincoln Sunday. I am EXHAUSTED not only from all the family gatherings but if you work in Pediatrics and especially Child Life, you know that Christmas is busy accepting donations, organizing toys, holiday parties, etc. I feel like a bear...full and ready to hybernate for winter. One more to go and I just might do that:)

Jolly Ol Saint Nick

We did the whole sit on santa's lap thing this year. We didn't take her last year because she would have totally flipped then. This year was a mild case of the scaries. She has been talking about sitting on his lap for days. A couple weeks ago we tried to go to Bass Pro but it was CRAZY. We ended up at the mall. She was excited in line, but when the time came she was nervous with no smiles. The picture was taken right as she put her lip out and almost started melting down. They snapped the pic and I scooped her up. She left Santa saying "I sat on Santa's lap." Liv was just bright eyed and taking in all the stimulation. Another memory made.

Ginger Bread House

Last Thursday we made a Gingerbread House. This was a first for everyone involved. I think Harper's favorite parts were sniffing and licking the walls of the house and eat the candy and icing. Liv was a bystander and was getting in a fight with her rattle. For some reason whenever she has a rattle type toy, its starts out all good and then it gets ugly. She ends up cussing at the toy until its out of her hands and then she's back to happy girl. She's too funny....

It's colorful though...

This is what happens when you've had a long day at work and a busy night at home with 2 little ones. I forgot that I was boiling the new binkies I just bought and ALL the other ones around the house besides the ones in their mouths...

Thank goodness the fire alarm works! I told Lateaf that I was just testing it:) He says "there are other ways to do that honey" Ahh...typical Kandra move.