Build-a-Bear!

Grammy and Papa gave each family money to do something special for Christmas. We decided that instead of buying our boys a present, we would use their money to buy Build-a-Bear gift cards. They've been wanting to go for a long time and it seemed like the perfect gift from Grammy and Papa. We even recorded Grammy and Papa's voices to put inside their bears.

We carefully documented our day at Build-a-Bear so we could share it with Grammy and Papa.
Here are the pictures:

So excited!

They both knew what they wanted to choose right away.
Isaac chose a koala bear and Trev chose a puppy.

He's in heaven! :)

Me with my cute boys
(They really are cute...even if they refuse to smile normally for pictures!)

Isaac stuffing his koala

Giving it a squeeze. :)

Warming up his little heart

Trevor couldn't get over how cool the stuffing machine was.

It was finally his turn!

Making sure it was just right. :)

Washing his new puppy

Time to dress their new pets

Thanks, Grammy and Papa,
for helping us to have this wonderful experience together.
We love you!

Fireworks!

Getting caught up... :)

My brother and his family came into town after Christmas so we spent the week hanging out with them. We did some eating out, activities for the kids, shopping at Last Chance, and lots of just being together. We had a great time! Before they left town, we were able to celebrate New Year's Eve together with all of my siblings and their kids. Just before midnight, we took all of the kids outside and let them do some sparklers. Then the dads lit some bigger fireworks for the kids to see.

Here are some of the kids, lighting their sparklers.

Poor Isaac was very nervous...
we could barely get him to come outside.

Trevor-EXCITED

Isaac-TERRIFIED

The last one of the night was a doozey!
As you can see in this video, it surprised all of us...

Jameson Family Christmas

My brother and his awesome family came into town after Christmas, so we did our Christmas party/gift exchange when they got into town. There are SO many of us, but we have the best time together. Here are a few pictures from our night:

This is most of the crew. :)

Trevor got this sweet Wolverine mask.

And Isaac got Spiderman.
Aunt Linsey must know how much these boys LOVE to dress up!

I guess these goofy dads love dressing up, too. :)

With the help of a friend, Grammy and Papa were able to give these books to each family. It was neat to have them be a part of our night, even from the other side of the world.
(One more Christmas and they will be home!)