For Grandma, Grandpa & James....

Here's the things they got today when we went to the store. I thought you might like to see them. Sydney's shoes are the same ones. They still had 2 pairs left.

They are all smiles!

Thank you Grandma Shawna, Grandpa Dennis, and James!

Gingerbread House

Here's the pictures of the girls and Andy making the gingerbread house last week. It was officially eaten today, partly by the dog..... Anyways they really enjoy doing this every year. I'm starting to think Andy likes it more than they do. He's the one who kept pestering me to let them do it. :o)

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Christmas 2010

The tree was trimmed and full of presents underneath.....

The Stockings were full and hung by the chimney with care......

The girls were tired, but ready to open gifts.

With presents in hand, the fun commenced.

Sydney....

Kassie....

and Madeline all enjoyed opening their gifts!

Then came the big one...

A NEW TV for each of them!!!

Then the thank yous......

and the stockings with the boys!

Merry Christmas from the Happy Ketter Family!

Kassie's Christmas Choir Concert & Santa

So Kassie, my little performing artist, had her Christmas concert last night. They sang all the traditional holiday songs, and afterwards they handed out hot cocoa to wash down the goodies they were selling at the bake sale. How quaint. Then after that, Santa Clause came out and all the little boys and girls (who wanted to) got to sit on his lap and tell him how they wanted to clear out Mommy and Daddy's bank account what they wanted for Christmas.

Madeline and Santa

Kassie and Santa.

Sydney did not want to participate in the joy of Santa. She was all "Bah Humbug." Guess she's too old now. Hmmm, I wonder if she'll get what she wants then.....

All I Want For Christmas....

♫♫ Is my two front teeth. ♫♫

LOL.

You have the song stuck in your head now, don't ya?!?

Hee hee....

Madeline just lost one of her upper front teeth.

Now she's missing 2 front teeth. One up, one down.

She just laughed and said, "Now, I have 2 holes in my head!" :o)

I suspect the Tooth Fairy might be stopping by tonight!

Christmas Tree Decorating

So today, as planned, we got to work on decorating this years Christmas tree. I purged all my old ornaments this year (we donated them to Goodwill) and bought all new ones. We also bought new tree lights that are LED and they are in the shape of snowflakes! They went along perfect with our new star/snowflake tree topper! Anyways, check out what we did!

While decorating the Christmas tree, I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus....... ahem. I mean Daddy.

Madeline is proud of her work and our beautiful tree!

Kassie, joyous as always, loves to decorate.

Oh yeah. Sydney is having a ball trimming the tree!

Our finished tree! Isn't it beautiful!

I'm so excited for Christmas!

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Lookie what I did! While we won't decorate the tree until Monday, I took the liberty of putting up the stockings and getting a new star for the top of the tree since the old one is done-zo. Oh yeah, I also wrapped a few presents I had already bought. Hee hee. I can't wait for Christmas this year!!!

Adventures in Christmas Tree Hunting

And so it was. Today we trekked out to our favorite local tree farm and got this years Christmas tree. It was a tough decision on which tree we would take home, but in the end I do believe we made the correct choice. Here are a few pictures we took on our journey.

All the girls are ready to cut down a tree!

Sydney is always the little goofster trying to hide the saw....

Madeline hugging a tree, Kassie petting one, and Sydney staring at them. I don't know which child is crazier! :o)

We found the tree! Now for the fun part... choppy choppy!

The owner of the tree farm was so impressed with us finding such an awesome tree. He was amazed with how good it looked! (They normally pick the best ones and cut them down first to sell at the stands.) He said we got the nicest tree there. (We knew that already, lol.) The last picture is of Andy and the owner checking the rings on the tree to see how old it was. They counted 13, which means our tree is a teenager! :o)

I love how our family always makes something so simple into an awesome adventure.

So that's it! Now, Andy and I both work this whole weekend, so we won't even get the tree decorated until Monday. When we do though, I will surely post the pictures!

Boots

The girls got boots! Lovely, warm boots.

Can you guess which boot belongs to which girl?

Sydney got grey ones....

Kassie got dark brown ones.....

And Madeline got light brown ones....

The girls love their boots!!!

Thanksgiving '10

Things I am thankful for on this wonderful Thanksgiving day..... (in no particular order) Football, Food, Friends & Family. Of course, there are many more things I am thankful for. Those are just the ones that stand out today. ;o) I hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving and I hope you are just as thankful for the things you have, as I am!

Our traditional Thanksgiving feast....

And our Happy Family....

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Hello Snow.....

Me & the girls.....

Cars.....

Trees.....

Madeline eating the snow.....

Kassie in front of the tree.....

Sydney making snowballs.....

Andy looking thrilled.....

Parker confused by all this white stuff.....

The girls.....

And me..... enjoying the first snow of the season.