~Bocce Ball. It's an Italian game where you throw a ball at another ball. Still not sure how to play it, but it was really fun! ~On Tuesday we went into the city and TOTALLY geeked out and did a Segway tour around downtown San Francisco. Twenty minutes into it and you forget that you look like a major tourist with the helmet and bright green vest, and you are just having a BLAST! It was really one of the coolest things I have ever done in the city:) ~The whole gang. Don't we look like Segway pros?!
We had a little visitor at our house last night! The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of ben ten watches and barbies danced in their heads! It was a very Merry Christmas for the Willardson Family:)
~Thanks Grammy for the cute pj's! ~Max is SO stoked it's Christmas! lol! ~Great-Grammy helps decorate cookies:) ~Mmmmm...those look yummy!... ~This was shot 56 out of 79. WHY WON'T KIDS COOPERATE??? ~Grammy kisses are the best! ~We ran into Santa later on that evening. He was pretty sketchy, but the kids didn't seem to mind!
This year marked my mom's 3rd annual Christmas Cookie Party! It was so fun for the kids to open their new Christmas pj's and frost sugar cookies! We had X-mas music playing, the fireplace going (until Van made a b-line for it and that was the end of that!)and the tree all lit up! It totally got me in the festive mood and really got me excited for Christmas. This will be Vanners first Xmas and I think it's gonna be a good one! Merry Christmas!!!
This is Nick. He is an elf. An Elf on a Shelf to be more specific. He watches your kids throughout the day, taking notes on their behavior. Using 'Christmas Magic' he flies to the North Pole every night and reports to Santa if your child has been 'naughty' or 'nice'. He is 'magically' back in the morning and in a new spot. This is freaking genius....Now what to do for the other 11 months of the year...Any suggestions???? lol!
~My beautiful Mom and Grammy! Two of the best cooks you will ever meet:)
~This takes SKILL!
~Mia, Ruby and Haley. They are only months apart from one another and love being together! We wish Haley lived closer:(
~The cool table:)
~Stephen, Mom and Me
~Becker and Brettie!
~Didn't my Grammy make the tables look so beautiful!?
~I am thankful for sleeping babies:) And awesome hubbies!
~My mom and Grammy INSISTED that my sister and I both bring 10lbs of mashed potatoes EACH! We had 3 full bowls left over after dinner! Lol!
~I think Grandpa has had enough!
I loooooooooove Thanksgiving! I don't love the sitting in traffic for 2 1/2 hours to get to thanksgiving dinner, but it was well worth it:) This year was the first time in many years we got to spend Thanksgiving with my family. It was so great having my Grammy there from Texas, my Aunt Rebecca from NY, Jess and Haley from Boston and all the others who traveled from near or far to get there! I am so grateful for such a wonderful family who TRULY loves to be with one another!
~Just LOOK at that turkey!!! It was AMAZING! ~Mia's paper says that she is grateful for her family! Awwww..... ~Each child in the class got up and said what they were thankful for. Mia was grateful for the Earth. Kinda random, but that's my Mia:) My little blue eyed Indian.
It was really fun getting to see Mia at school and help out with the kindergarten feast! Mia got to be an Indian, and they re-enacted the Pilgrim/Indian story and it was sooooo cute! Then they got to come inside, say what they were thankful for, and sit down for an amazing Thanksgiving feast! Seriously, the food was DELICIOUS! So thankful that I get to be Max, Mia and Van's mom:) Life is good!
My sister has to be one of the most talented people I know! She got her BFA years ago and claims that since she has had children, she just doesn't have the time to paint anymore. So children's faces have become her blank canvas. This is just something she does for fun, and the kids LOVE IT! Just wanted to share.....
~Our little mans first Halloween. He was a leopard. ~Out before the night even began! ~My sister and her cute family! ~Cousins ~My in-laws Tom & Val aka Mana and Popop! ~Action shot. Seriously. Could not get them to stop even to take a picture!~The loot. Super fun Halloween this year since we had both sets of grandparents there to join in the festivities! We went trick-or-treating in my sisters neighborhood and started the night off with some good ol' fashioned chili and cornbread! I don't think I had to stop walking the entire night because my kids were SPRINTING from one house to the next, so by the time I reached a house they would already be running to the next. Let's just say they each got their own weight in candy and then some:) I have enjoyed eating it very much.