Lake Lanier Fantasy of Lights

After finishing our gingerbread houses we took the kids to Lake Lanier to see the Christmas Lights that night. That was our first time there and we liked it a lot better than Callaway.

Daddy is letting Kaden drive us. If Patrick sees this picture he will not be happy.

He had a blast driving and Keaton did for a little while too but my picture didn't come out too good of him. Luckily we were only going about 5 miles an hour:)

They had a ton of stuff to do there. They had a fair with all the rides, you could roast marshmallows, ride ponies, they also had a little petting zoo. Unfortumately it was freezing cold that night so way too cold to be out there to long. We let the boys ride the ponies and then went to get warmed up.

We had hot chocolate and funnel cake while we watched a short play on The Christmas Carol. Luckily that was indoors. The kids and adults had a blast!

Gingerbread Houses!

We have a tradition going for the past three years that we make gingerbread houses. Usually we do it on Christmas Eve and I usually have Patrick's kids do one too. Since we were having more family in town this Christmas I decided we just better do it before hand and not scare off my mom's family. With 5 boys making gingerbread houses it can get a little crazy and messy!!

Kaden is getting things going and he didn't want ANY help!!

Keaton's house was full of "shooter guns". Definitely a boy!

Grandma came to help and join in the fun! I usually just make them out of graham crackers but this year I found a kit to make a village of them so we all had a different shaped house.

Kayla hard at work. She didn't want me to take a pic because she was in her pj's and her hair wasn't done. Yes, we've reached that stage!

We had a blast making them and eating tons of candy in the process.

Thrashers!

We took the kids to a hockey game over their Christmas break. With Jason getting the free tickets and the cnn center food so close it is cheap entertainment for us!!

Kayla with her bff!

We're ready to see a good fight! Love it when they fight!

They ended up losing that game but we had tons of fun anyway.

The boys favorite part is whenever the thrashers score fire shoots out of the mouth of the thrasher hanging in the stadium.

Way, Way Behind....

Kaden's Preschool that he goes to had a breakfast with Santa! They got to visit with Santa, get their picture taken, eat all the pancakes, sausage,bacon,fruit that they wanted, and then they had a bunch of fun activities that they could do. It was for the whole family to come and have fun.

They got to decorate a cookie!!

They had face painting and everyone else seemed to go with a Christmas theme Keaton wanted Spider man so that is what he got.

Nice web! Kaden could not be talked into getting his face painted.

He made a Christmas card instead and was very proud of his work!!

They had someone making balloon animals for every kid. The line was like a mile long and it definitely was the fave. I imagine that guy was good and ready to be done after three hours of that. By the way don't pay attention to my background!! I'm having issues with changing it. Jo- help I think I deleted something:(