our annual ladies night / favorite things party! this year’s theme was wedding/bridesmaid dresses! 
mine didn’t quite fit so scott helped me get creative
he even drew a nice little lace up detail on the tape
al and i before heading out
sitting around the dinner table in our elegant attire
so fancy
we had to do the stair shot
Kole family Christmas festivities
decorating cookies at Grandma’s
the finished product
and the grandkids with their stockings
yum, an apple!
now on to gifts from each other 
passing out gifts
such a nice bag
helping his cousin out
look at this…
waiting patiently for her next turn
pokemon
hugging grappy
Our little elf (buddy) was up to some major mischief this year!!
he threaded string through the cabinets in the kitchen
oops, he got trapped outside
zip lining on some christmas lights in the living room
now that naughty elf tp’d the tree!
uno with
snow angels (sprinkle angels)
taking a little nap in the kleenex box
fishing in the toilet
Getting ready to set up the tree
setting out our ‘Little People’ nativity set
goof balls!
‘helping’ papa
ornament time
they love finding ornaments that they’ve made!
getting the tree skirt just right
ginger bread man syd made
cute little tug boat
syd posing by a fave ornament
a nice cat
putting the star on top (it was syd’s turn this year)
and the ritual of putting on the size 18 mo santa suit
posing with owens gingerbread house
so cute
the mantle…trying to figure out how i want to decorate still
enjoying dinner one night by the lights of the tree
putting cookies and milk out for santa
they left it outside because they were scared of santa coming into our house, so we told them we’d tell santa to leave their gifts outside and then we’d carry them in
santa came!!!
getting up together and checking out what santa brough
so sweet
look at all this cool stuff!
opening up their ‘together gift’
ping pong paddles?!
what could it be?!
a game table was sitting out on the porch for them…mama and papa couldn’t get it in along with everything else santa left and we had to carry in. it’s a multi game table …it flips for pool, ping pong, shuffle board, bowling, etc…
watching papa open his gifts
a new hat
look what owen made for me!! this cool barnwood box
and syd made this awesome towel holder for our bathroom
papa bringing in mama’s gift!
so cool! he made this for our pantry
trying out his new target
dressup
new toys
