Christmas Festivities

We started off by going to Illinois to celebrate Christmas with Nick's Grandparents in Goodfield.  Here are the  "waibel" clan with Great Grandpa and Great Grandma.

 Next was Christmas with my family.  12 grandkids for my parents:)  Lots of stocking stuffers!!

 Ellie got her VERY FIRST doll.  She loves to give the baby lots of slobbery kisses on her face.

 Liam got exactly what he asked for.....a BIG combine.

 I just had to throw this great picture in here.  Isn't my sweet niece Liberty Adorable??  Big blue eyes just like her daddy AJ.

 On to my grandparents christmas.  We sadly don't get to have everyone here since the Jan clan live in Haiti and Dan and Tess in CO.  Miss you guys:(

 We then moved on to Nick's family Christmas.  Yearly tradition is to have an appetizer meal.  Such good food each year.  Sadly I wasn't feeling very good that day.

 Mom Waibel has lots of santa hats so of course everyone got to wear one.

 Elijah got himself a good ol fishing pole.

 Liam got a handsome looking hat:)

 Ellie got the little booties she is wearing from her Aunt Karis ....she really wasn't sure about Tucker the dog though!!!

 And last but definitely not least, Caden got exactly what he wanted too.......a CAMERA!!!

Fun times had by all this christmas!!  (our family christmas to come in another post)

Naughty Little Boy

Please tell me eveyone has a child (or two, three or four) that decides writting on walls or furniture or in our case a door is something they think they can do???????

 Thanks to the magic eraser(that Ive had for many many years, since this is child number 3)that thankfully, with a lot of scrubbing, I was able to get the marker off.

Not a very happy little boy though:(

8 months old!

Really???  8 months old already??  Time is sure going fast. We were in the midst of Christmas celebrations when I realized that it was her 8 month birthday:)....so I set her in the nearest chair and took some photos.  No hair bow but oh still so cute:)

                                                                    SO BIG!!!

No Time

Being we are having our little family christmas tonight, I don't have time to post the MANY posts that I am behind on.  Including Ellie turning 8 months old.  Yes, I got her mini photo shoot on the day of her turning 8 months, but no time to post.  So this one quick shot of her from TODAY will have to do for the time being.  Her VERY FIRST pig tails courtesy of daddy:)

Merry Christmas!!

Elijah-10, Caden-7, Liam-3, Ellie-7 months

Worn

 

Not sure why exactly, but today this song just won't leave me??  My heart is going out to all those kiddos who are "worn".  Not even sure why, but my heart is feeling for those Haiti kids. Little faces keep flashing before my eyes....Why Haiti??   Im praying for those orphans today.

 

Wow....not sure what this is all about??  Maybe someday I'll know??

Leon Waibel Christmas

This past saturday Nick and I hosted the Leon Waibel Christmas.  Usually Marcia and Gerry host it, but I asked if it was ok if I did it to give mom a break.  It went over great, we had a wonderful evening and as of now, I hope to host it next year too.

 Dinner time!!  We enjoyed some wonderful Ham Loaves that Mom W. made.  Everyone pitched in and brought one or two items.  Such good food.

 The kids table....plus Elijah, Caden and Avery sat up at the bar(in previous picture).  The adults sat in the dinning room.

 Grandpa Leon and his Great Grandchildren.

 Of course I had to throw in a couple other pictures too.  What do you think.....enough toys surrounding this girl??

 Nick is traveling this week so I let Caden pick out our dinner for tonight.  He chose Sloppy Joe Buggy's.  They were a hit and the kids thought they were so fun to eat.  Good choice Caden!!