Happy 1/2 Birthday Daddy

We were excited to surprise Seth with the news of his half birthday when he got home from work.  We had dinner and half of a chocolate cake.  We were all glad that it was Daddy's half birthday...we'll take any excuse we can get to eat chocolate cake :)  

Mommy's Little Helper

 Hannah is becoming more and more of a little helper around the house.  

Here she is "helping" me cut out coupons.  She loves cutting with scissors...so this is a favorite activity!  

Helping to put her clothes away.  

Our Christmas Tree

Seth was nice enough to have the tree all set up and ready to go for us when we got home from our Thanksgiving weekend.  The very next night we had ornaments out and were getting the house all ready for Christmas.  This little girl was VERY excited

Isaac loved playing with the ornaments  

 she spread them out this year..she even wanted them up high

 me and my crazy kids  

 oh how I love them!  

 now wait a second...that's my spot Hannah grace :)  Lots of kisses to be had under the mistletoe :)  

Merry Christmas!  

Thanksgiving

 Thought maybe I should post our thanksgiving pics before Christmas got here :)  We had a wonderful time celebrating Thanksgiving and all that we have to be thankful for.  We spent the weekend with my family...my sister and her hubs were kind enough to host us for the weekend, as well as the whole family for Thanksgiving dinner.

Here's my little pumpkin ready for some turkey  

Story time with Uncle Seth.  

 Nana and Ethan

 This is how the gentlemen, ladies, and farmers ride times two...a good workout for my legs :)  

 Seth Michael and Isaac Michael  

 Uncle Adam let the kids sit ontop of the refrigerator.  Uncles are way too much fun!!

 Speaking of fun...Auntie Beth made sand art creations with Hannah 

 Hannah was very neat about it

 Here's her finished creation

 I just loved watching the kids play together in their jammies each morning.  Here the boys are reading books on the fireplace..precious.  

 My little Isaac is really starting to enjoy books!  

 ...even if they are upside down.  

 It's becoming tradition to take in the Christmas tree festival if we are there at Thanksgiving.  We had fun looking at all of the trees.  I told Hannah to pick her favorite and we would take a picture in front of it.  She wanted her picture with this snowman tree.  

 And since it was Buckeye game day..we had to get a pic in front of the Buckeye tree too!  

 If Isaac could have told us, I'm sure he would have picked this bird tree...he LOVES birds!  

 Hannah and Nana checking out the trees 

 Hannah loved this train  

 and Ethan loved watching the dancing bears.  

 and just as we were about to leave we spotted Alvin and the Chipmunks..what fun!  

Loves to Climb!

This little guy loves to climb...any.chance.he gets.  He loves to climb up on Sissy's stool and pretend to wash his hands.  How do you get mad at this face?!  :)

Who me?  Get down?!  

 Being a big boy is so much fun!

Helping Daddy

 After one too many times of people having difficulty getting out of our bathroom we decided that it was time for the door handle from 1950 something to go.  This seemed like it would be a quick easy fix, but nothing is ever like that when you are a homeowner is it?!  :)  Seth ended up having to drill another hole in the door...but now we have a nice new doorknob...and no one gets stuck in the bathroom anymore.  Hannah loved watching and helping her Daddy. 

Milan's Birthday

 We had a great time celebrating Milan's birthday with her.  She is such a special girl and we are VERY thankful for her friendship.  We have loved watching her grow over the past couple of years.  She is full of personality, loves people, and is growing in her love and understanding of God.  What a sweet little 4 year old!  

Julia made rainbow cupcakes...they were so fun!!

 The theme of Milan's party was violins.  She's been interested in music lately.  She got this violin from Paige and a student violin from her Grandma.  Hannah enjoyed trying out Milan's new violin.