Christmas (Finally) Part 1

I am really slacking with my post. After Christmas I started nursing school and haven't really had time to update. So I will probably post a few post to let everyone know what has been going on with the Adams family!

Christmas was amazing. The kids had the best time. Emily was just head over heels this year! She thouht Santa was the coolest person ever! She talked about him non stop. She really got the concept of who Santa was. She also told all about Christmas being Jesus's birthday. She learned a lot good stuff at pre-school!
Here she is at a birthday party where there was a special guest :) All of the kids were so surprised. Also there is a picture of her and her best friend Jake. His parents and Brent and I are really good friends. Emily and Jake have been buddies since Emie was 3 months old and Jake was 8 months old. They are in the same pre-school class too. The Ziegler,s also have a little boy named Joey and he and Mason are 1 1/2 months apart. They have a very sweet 5 year old named Elizabeth too. We love the Ziegler family!

Emily's Pre-School Program

Emily had her first Christmas program last Friday at her preschool. Her class has been practicing all month. I can't imagine 2 teachers trying to get 17 3 and 4 year olds ready for a program. God bless them! They told us we could get there at 10:15 to get seats. They program didn't start until 10:45. I got there at 10:20 and it was packed. I tried to get an isle seat so I could get some good shots of her walking in but that didn't work out so well. Brent didn't come with Mason until right before it started so he didn't have to sit to long. Brent's parents and Aunt came to watch too. A lady sat next to me who had a little baby that was about 3 months old. Mason was totally infatuated with the baby and kept wanting to touch the baby and say "awwwww." Well when I told him no he had a melt down. Brent's dad scooped him up and took him out! Fun stage!I found out later they watched from the back of the sanctuary. I was glad grandpa got to see his girl!

They program included Emily's class, 1 other 3-4 year old class and then 2 classes of 4-5 year olds. The first group were Reindeer and sang really cute fun songs. The second group were Elfs and 1 little boy was Santa. Then Emily's group was last. The little boys were Shepard's and the little girls were Angels. They walked in 2 by 2 to the song "Mary did you Know." I LOVE that song. When Emily walked by she was holding a little girls hand who saw her mommy and got sad. We heard Emily say to her "It's ok don't be sad I am here." I just thought that was so sweet. She is such a loving little girl :) The kids did SO much better at their Christmas program then their Halloween program. Pretty much all of them sang and did their little motions. Right before the very last song Emily finally spotted us in the audience! She had a big smile. Then she tried to get down and when she realized she had to stay up there she got her sad face and didn't want to sing of perform anymore. The last 2 pictures below you can see in the one picture she is really excited and the next she is sad. Over all she did a great job and we were all so proud of our little angel!

Deck The Halls

We put up our Christmas tree this year the day after thanksgiving like we do every year. We took that tradition from my side of the family. It's so neat when you get married how you to take traditions from both sides of your families and make your own! The kids had so much fun decorating the tree. Emily did an awesome job. She even spread them out all over the tree. Mason liked it as well but has a hard time not touching them. Both of the kids think they are toys that they can take down and play with. He broke a bulb of mine from when I was younger yesterday. He thought it was a ball and threw it across the room. I was sad but couldn't be upset with him. He just a baby and dosen't understand. He's doing a lot better.

Everyday Emily is asking me if it's Christmas?? She is so excited this year. She really get's the whole Santa thig. She said when she meets Santa she is going to ask him for a Buzz, Woody, Jessie & Bullseye. She was playing in her playroom earlier and I heard her singing. She is learning songs for her school program. She was singing a song I have never heard before but it was so sweet. She was singing "Happy Birthday Jesus, Happy Birthday Jesus." It was such a sweet sound.

I am so excited about Christmas this year!!!

A Years Difference

What a difference a year makes!


Christmas 2008

Christmas 2009

I wish I could just freeze them! So they wouldn't get any bigger.

Give Thanks

I hosted my 1st thanksgiving dinner at my house on Wednesday. Since Brent had to work on thanksgiving I decided we needed to celebrate thanksgiving a day early so he could be included :) I made all the fixins. Mashed potatoes, stuffing, turkey, rolls,mac-n-chesse, pecan pie and pumpkin pie! My new sister in law, Lindsay, brought a apple pie her families rolls & a pumpkin roll. Brent's mom made greenbean casserole. Everything was amazing and I was so happy that we got to all be with each other. It really made me miss my parents and Matthew. Even though they weren't here we were all thinking of them.
Today we went Brent's aunts house. She is the sweetest woman and makes the best Thanksgiving feast!!! I have a lot to be thankful for this year. I am thankful for my loving and amazing husband who loves me and our kids more then anything. I am thankful for my 2 beautiful healthy children. I am thankful that we have food on the table and that we are able to have a nice roof over our heads and that we can put clothes on our children. I am so thankful for our amazing family. Our parents love and support us so much! They are all always there even though some live far away. I am thankful for my health (at least today). And I am so thankful for a loving and forgiving God who has blessed me SO much! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Random

I don't really have a lot to say today. But I did want to post some fun pictures! So enjoy the pictures instead of listening to me babble!

Happy Halloween