Christmas 2011

Hurray for Christmas! We enjoyed many parties and get togethers over the holidays this year. Also with finding out we will be adding a lil man to our family was very exciting! Christmas Eve we spent with my family this year since we all had different church times on Christmas Day. We had our first "ugly sweater contest", which we think was a hit. Becca won in that event, she even had doilies on her sweater, Nice! We also had a white elephant game, and that was alot of fun. Later that night we went home and the girls were as gitty as ever, they were so excited! I just love seeing them so happy! We had talked to them about opening presents after we got home from our 9:00 church, and they were fine with that. So off to bed after putting out milk and cookies, and the "magic" santa key (since we dont have a chimney), and then some magic happened. Christmas morning we got all ready for church had a wonderful sacrament meeting and went home. The girls could hardly stand it, so we let them open a few from us, since we got them clothes, and got them changed for the day. We were all so hungry at that point that we put off presents for a bit and made a big yummy breakfast. By the time we got done with that it was almost noon. The girls were so patient, I was impressed.
We opened presents and let the girls play for a while. It was nice to relax and enjoy that time being home. Later that night we went over to Grandma & Grandpa Gerritsen's house for a nice dinner, and more presents. We had a great time being surrounded by family those few days! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

Christmas family photo

At Grandma & Grandpa G's house

Andy has been wishing for a little man to join the family, looks like he got an early Christmas present!!!

Decorating for Christmas

The girls had fun decorating this year, they pretty much took control of decorating the tree! We only had to move a few ornaments......didn't they do a great job!

Snow Day!

Last week we had quite the snow storm, Heidi was so kind to go shovel for us. The girls were dying to go out with her, so 8:30 in the morning they were out playing. We made them some breakfast and hot chocolate and took it out to them, Brooklyn thought that was the coolest thing ever! They even made the cutest little snowman out in the backyard--which is SO fun to play in now that we have grass back there!

Addison's Indian day

At first, Addison had a hard time going to preschool, it has been nice for them to have some fun things planned to help her get there! Recently they had Indian Day, and the teachers paint up the kids faces and give them bows and arrows. Next week they will have a little Thanksgiving feast-which they all bring a little snack to share. I am so glad Addison loves preschool now!

Halloween time

It's been a while since I posted last, not that we haven't done some fun things...but we are expecting Baby G #3 and have been a bit on the sick side. I am a little over 3 months now, and hoping this will all end soon so we can enjoy the holidays! For October we had some fun crafts for the kids, carved our pumkpins, and had a few fun parties for Halloween and home and school. It's November now, and I am so ready for the holiday season, but first I'll recap the fun we had in October! Addison had a fun preschool parade and they all sang us some songs, it was really cute. Brooklyn had a party at her school, but no parade so I didn't get any pictures of her. We also went to my sister Cindy's work-Discover Card- they had a fun trick or treat night for the kids. On Halloween we took the kids trick or treating, they had a blast....too much candy, but fun!



Brooklyn and Addison painting masks and pumpkins




Daddy and the girls getting ready to carve pumpkins




Brooklyn painting her pumpkin




Addison painting her pumpkin




Brooklyns pumpkin all finished




Addison's all done too!




Me painting my pumpkin




Daddy's "U" of course- he painted the "U" red after




My cute cowgirl before preschool




The scary witch all ready to go!




Addison at her preschool parade




Preschool teachers with Brooklyn and Addison




We went to Discover Card's trunk or treat




Brooklyn and Addison with their cousins
Parker and Brayden




Mcgruff was there to talk about trick or treat safety




Our family dressed up for our Halloween party




The "Evans" crew



School is in session

We had two big first days this last month. We had Brooklyn start Kindergarten and Addison's 1st year of preschool. Brooklyn loves school! Her teacher is Miss Farmer, and she has some great friends in her class. She has already brought home homework, done a fundraiser, and been a great student. I asked her what her favorite part of school was and she said "going to the library"! She can't wait to read, so that doesn't surprise me at all. Addison started preschool last Friday so has only gone once. She has looked forward to that day for along time. Even the drive to school she was so excited, but getting there she had a rough time. I think it hit her that it was HER turn. That used to be Brooklyn's school, and now its Addie's. She cried for a bit, but her teachers said she did awesome! We picked her up and she said she had fun, and wants to go back! We'll see what next week brings. I am so proud of my girls and their accomplishments, and can't wait to see what the year will bring!