Annual cookie baking

We've been having an annual baking day with my mom for the past few years.  I mean seriously, who doesn't love to bake cookies?!  Always a blast and the girls love it too.  This was the first year Ava came too, such a fun tradition we've started!  Girls were super smiley for pics when we got there.

Shadow wanted to be in the pic too.

Nona jumped in too.

Ready to get started!  First cookies were sugar cookies, an all time favorite!

The girls really worked hard.  I'm surprised how long Ash and Ava lasted.  Mya could have gone longer, she loves baking and arts and crafts so that didn't surprise me.

Ava and Ash were very good at putting the sprinkles on the wreaths.

Mya added the red hots.

Twisting out some more wreaths.

Silly girls

mid-decorating the sugar cookies.  SO MANY SPRINKLES!

MMMMMMMMMM

Yummy wreaths.

peanut butter with Hershey kisses

The line up!

LOL!!!!

Getting a little leg workout in.

And Ava hopped on too!

Thanks for the cookies, memories and fun times!  Can't wait til next year!

Dupree Tuesday/Christmas

We have a dinner with the Dupree gang every other Tuesday.  I seriously love that we do this.  We live so close and it's silly that we didn't start this sooner.  So cute seeing the kids play and it's nice for us adults to spend some time together too. 

A little wine always gets the party started!

So, our house is basically all girl stuff, sorry Willie.  But he makes do EVERY TIME and always seems to amaze us with the gems that he puts on and comes downstairs in.  He'll absolutely want to kill us when he gets older and we whip out these pics, but he loves it now!  Poses and all!!!! 



Meanwhile, in the kitchen.....

Present time for these kiddies.

Still in costume, but added a cape and mask.

lol

Twister is always fun to play.  Not that they get it....

...but jumping and tossing yourself is fun too!

LOVE!

ANDDDDD, Ash takes Mya down.

All in love.

Thanks for an awesome Tuesday night, as always, Dupree crew.  Love you guys tons.

PBA Christmas

I think the same thing happened last year.  We went from one party to the next, same day!  December is full of holiday parties, I don't mind at all!  After our friends Christmas brunch, we headed straight to the Highland Park PBA holiday party.  Always a good time and so fun watching all the kids with Santa and running around.

These 2, bonding so much lately.

Time for presents.  Ash ran up and ran back so fast, I didn't even get a pic.



Mya sat on his lap and smiled :)

lol, all the cops with Santa.

Some of the kiddies.  Ash got that Frozen shirt from Thomas and had to put it on IMMEDIATELY!

cuties

Ash jumped on the chair next and was CHEESINNNNNNNNNNN!

These 2 are freaking hysterical together, EVERY SINGLE TIME!

Thanks for another fun year Uncle Joe and Aunt Mary.  Love you guys!  xoxo

Friends Christmas 2014

For the past 5 years we've been getting together with some of our friends and their kids.  Crazy to think that 5 years ago, it was just 2 kids, Reese and Mya.  Kel was prego with Gracie at the time too and Rach was about to get knocked up with Willie, lol!  Now, 5 years later and we've got 8 kids (going on 9)!  It's so fun to get together and see the kids play.  Love you girls (and guys) and all our kiddies so much.  Thoroughly enjoy this holiday tradition and I know the kids do too.   

The big girls.

Tried to bribe the kids to smile with the promise of gifts.  Ky didn't care!  Poor boo, this was the only pic I got with her in it.  

I need to photoshop Ky in one of these.

The 3 older sisters.

I just can't take this pic.

Love them so much.

I wish I had a video of when Brookie opened these my little ponies and kept screaming in joy, "PONIESSSSS, PONIESSSSSS!!!!!"  I love it!

Ash and Lily about to break it down.

Ash and Auntie Char

With my cookie

These 2 are so on the same page, it cracks me up.  They are literally the male/female versions of eachother.  I love to watch them.

cutie pies

3 of the 4 littles.

Will is a human playground.  

Reading some books.

Willlllll

With my girls.  Love you 3 so very much and am so blessed to have you and your families in our lives.  xoxo

Some of the girls wanted to jump in too.

The hotties!  lol

Mom, look Kylie and I have matching jackets.  That's enough to snap a pic of those 2 cutie pies.  Will wanted to jump in too, lol.

STOP!

BFF, from the start....like I'm talking 3 months old!

Under one of Eric's amazing palm trees.  Can we move in with you guys?

So much fun, so many memories.  Next year there will be one more, sweet little Jacob Anthony!!!!  Willie will have another dude!