Only 7 more days!

I'm so excited for Christmas! I am done with all my shopping and I finally sent out our Christmas this week. I posted the pictures that didn't make the Christmas cards. I couldn't believe how hard it was to take a decent family picture. Dylan had his school Christmas program on Tuesday they acted out the story "The Night Before Christmas". This school is amazing and they do such a great job of involving all the kids regardless of their abilities. It's so cute to see all the kids work so hard and it really brings you to tears. Happy tears ofcourse. Or maybe it was just me. The way they did it was that different older kids took turns reading lines from the story and other acted it out. Such as hanging the stocking by the chimney with care, and for the visions of sugar plums some kids dressed as candy and sugar plums danced around the kids who were nestled in the bed. One of my favorite part was the kids who were the "clatter" they had drums and made all sorts of noise. I thought that was so creative. Dylan's class were the 8 tiny reindeer on the rooftop.
Also this week we went to the Pediatric Therapy Clinic's Christmas party and the boys were once again able to visit with Santa. I think Santa has a pretty good idea of what they want by now.
Well, I don't know if I will post next week or not. I guess it depends on how busy the day is. My parents and little brother will be in Chile. So we will spend Christmas alone. Then on Monday we are going to Panama City to visit with most of Ken's family. Ken's older sister and her family are driving from North Carolina and his parents are flying in from California. Ken's brother lives there so we will only be missing Katie who is serving a mission in Arizona. We are excited to get together with them and will have lots of pictures to post. So until next time...
We wish you all a Merry Christmas!

I love this one and would have used it for our greeting card, but
Ken wouldn't let me. I think it's funny. Both boys were pitching
fits not wanting to smile. What's sad is that this was the second
shot! Usually you get shots like this after you've tortured you
kids for 20 minutes.
(Thanks Dad for being our photagrapher.)

Another try at a family pic. 

One of our outside shots. I liked this a lot, but Ken said
his eyes were too closed. 

Dylan's school put on a Christmas program and acted out
"The Night Before Christmas". These are the children all nestled in their beds. 

Dylan's class were the 8 tiny reindeers. Look at my boy leading the sleigh.
They all did a great job. 

Towards the end of the play my little reindeer was ready to be let out of his
chair. They had been backstage for a while. 

On Wednesday Dylan's Therapy office had their Christmas
party. Santa brought little toys for all the kids in therapy. 

Jordan and Santa. 

It's rare for Jordan to want to cuddle, so it's worthy of
a picture. 

Happy Birthday Jordan!

I couldn't wait 'till Sunday to post these pictures! Jordan had a great first birthday and his party was so much fun! Enjoy the pictures and have a great week.
*To all the family waiting to see baby Bryan, his first published pictures are at the end. He's so cute!( Mom and Dad seem to be doing great too, parenthood agrees with them.)

Cake for breakfast? It must be Jordan's birthday! 

Make a wish! 

Humm...what do I do with this?

He didn't like the cake, but he had lots of fun playing with it. 

This is where most of the cake ended up. 

Look at all those gifts! We left them out to see what Jordan would do.
He went straight for the ballons under the table. 

Opening the gift from Grandma and Grandpa Bradley.
Thanks for the handsome outfit. 

Dylan picked this little telephone to give to his brother. Jordan loved it. 

All of us at Under D' Sea, where we had Jordan's party.

Dad was spinning them. 

weeee...... 

Jumping with grandpa. 

It was so much fun playing with the bubble machine. 

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Anna popping bubbles. 

having so much fun! 

Bubbles!!!