Cookies With Cousins

 Ryann ADORES her cousins. Especially Carter! Where you find Carter, there too you shall find Ryann! She is silly.  We made some sugar cookies and invited Matt & Jocey to come over and let the kids decorate them, it was lots of fun.

Aunt Jocey Boston Carter & Ryann Frosting Cookies

(Notice the Icing Pouch in a Certain Someone's Mouth haha)

 Boston LOVED decorating Cookies!!!

 

                                                                                            Mr. Carter

Will's Christmas Tree he's so Proud of                         

       

       

       

       

     

  These are my sweet baby boys
 <--Ryder Ray
        and
Rome William

Born eight weeks apart, they are so cute together! Ryder is so tall and Rome is so small that they stay about the same size all the time. It is so fun having babies the same age as Jocey!!! Rome really enjoyed his fist sugar cookie!!

Oh how I wish this picture was better quality.  Ah!!! It captures perfectly my DIVA QUEEN. Miss Thing has an attitude the size of LA! She refuses to keep all of her clothes on, hence only the mini skirt. Did I mention she eats at least one otter pop a day??? I swear, every hour on the hour I hear, "Sickle??" I just love her.

Poor Bebes...

My Poor Little Poopsies had croup right before Thanksgiving, and our Dr. recommended we take them outside to breath in the cool air to help settle the inflammation in their little lungs.  Needless to say Rome did NOT enjoy this, and sweet Ry couldn't even stay awake for it, so she snuggled up to Aunt Nat and fell asleep!

Christmas in Midway

The Polar Express

 

Brummond Fam

 *A Few Magical Moments*

 My Little Carter

Yep. That's My Kid....

 Ryann's Experience with Santa HAHA

 Rome's Experience with Santa:

"I don't know about you......

 ....Oh you're gonna give me a bell!? Then...I Love You!!!"

Is there any place on Earth I love so much as Midway.....No Way Jose!!! Will & I went on our Honeymoon to Midway, so I can't tell you how excited I was that Will's parents decided to have Christmas there! I love the little Swiss village, the unique architecture, and the mountain views are to die for! We only got to stay for 2 nights, but it was worth every second.  Jim & Sue (Will's Parents) wanted to celebrate Christmas with all of us & they paid for us all to go for a ride on the Polar Express.  Of course my babies are still too little to fully appreciate the magic of it all, but they had a blast!!! It was such a fun memory to make! Nana & Papa gave all the kids little Santa hats before the ride, this is our attempt at a picture:

 Ryann and Rome ADORED their soft blankies from Uncle Mike

 

And they LOVE their Disney Movies from Nana & Papa on a weekly basis!!!

 

But I'm pretty sure the best gift of all was a tiny bell from a man in a red suit, to a very grateful happy baby boy.

 

Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving this year was so much fun.  And a tad stressful.  Why you ask? Because I was in charge...of making Thanksgiving dinner! There is so much that goes into the whole meal, holy cow.  I think this year it really set in how much my mom and aunt really put into each and every Thanksgiving before this one.  But, I am proud to say, everything but the green beans turned out wonderful!!! And how ridiculous I am, that I didn't even take one picture of the PERFECT turkey I made??? BLeh. Oh well~ I took pics of the fam & the pie, that's all that really matters right? This year I am most grateful for my beautiful family, wonderful new home, and that my family is not crazy..........as we used to be!!!!!!
             

                                                                 Rome's First Thanksgiving

                  Dad, Hal, Ryann, Trent & Nat

Rome ADORES his Uncle Trent------------------>

Britt & Chauntelle

Us

<---My Beautiful Lemon Meringue

My Sad Pumpkin Pie that I accidentally flumped a potatoe onto! :(  ----------->

                Natalie's Perfect Lattice Apple Pie!!!

Yeah, I think the Crocker's & Crane's are Related ;)

  No Holiday is complete without a round of GIANT JENGA!!!!