christmas is over???

i can't believe it - it is over! i hope everyone had the best christmas ever & enjoying the post-holiday activites! this christmas was fabulous - by doing the 12 days of christmas around here we have been in christmas mode for a while (i know i left many of you hanging & i did not report the last days of our 12 days of christmas - SORRY! it was awesome - lots of fun times - i just couldn't keep up with the blog as we were so busy). i thought about trying to go back & post the other "days of christmas" activites (after the fact) but it seems so anti-climatic & i am really just needing to move forward NOT backward (in so many ways). so, maybe next year - i will better a better blogger - hey, i get some slack as i am new to the blog word - HA!

i tried to take christmas eve pics with the kids in their new pj's. A few comments on this traditional photo that we have taken every year: 

1. once kids get a certain size - it is hard to find christmas pj's that coordinate with baby sizes. 

2. toddlers don't do well taking a photo way past their bedtime when all they want is their bottle. 

3. mom doesn't care too much about this photo as she use to.

santa was very good to us - the kids were so excited with their wii (as we knew they would be after all the effort that thing took to get). we all had fun breaking in all the new games - guitar hero is my favorite. i was looking forward to playing it with steve once we put the kids to bed BUT i fell asleep on the couch watching them play before ANY of the kids went to bed (i must of been a little tired :) i knew we'd all enjoy the wii but didn't think brock would be so entertained by it. he LOVES it - when we play he grabs the tv remote & dances the whole time (it doesn't matter if we are playing guitar hero or boxing - he is dancing - so cute & so exhausting for him (which is a bonus in itself).

keegan got her PINK guitar - she wanted it to have crystals on it. So, i got some adhesive clear jewels & put them all around the edges. it is really cute. 

anyways, my house is a mess & i just want to do nothing but hang out with the kids. i should clean up & put all the christmas decorations away but that will just have to wait until i get the motivation to do it. we have had a house full of kids for the last couple days. it has been super fun & pretty loud. below is a pic of jake & a couple of his buddies.