Christmases times five equals pure amazing fun and delightful exhaustion

I took over 500 photos this month. I am going to share a few with you. Chris, Ara, and Buster watched as Owen and I decorated the tree.

Or napped a bit

 I have a similar photo of Ara as a baby looking at this snow globe.

 Super sassy hilarious babe of mine.

The crew at The Doctor's Office made it up to knotty pine lanes for some midday bowling and celebrations. It was the first of many bowling parties I hope!

We wore ugly sweaters and did a white elephant gift exchange. Pretty sure Dr B's wasn't intended to be an ugly sweater originally:)

One of the best photos from Thanksmas.

 These kids!

 VERY hard to get them all looking AND with decent smiles...

 We had breakfast in jammies as usual, and let the kids romp around.
 The yellow ball was a huge source of delight for kids and adults. We let them brawl over it.
 A new tradition was started with one of the kids taking the adults photos. It was pretty funny to see all the outtakes.

 By a stroke of luck we didn't have colds so Owen was able to hang with Jack for a bit.

Christmas at Wynt's with Dad and Lori.

 Papa!

 Christmas cookies with Nana.

 Ara loved eating the frosting plain.. and the sprinkles... yikes!

Just a cute photo of Ara riding a toy around the house

 We got guzzied up for Chris's work party at Thunder Valley Casino. Thanks to mom we stayed out until 1:30! We dined, drank, danced, and had a midnight snack out in the world. Love letting loose with this man.

 Christmas cookies~ an annual tradition with Nana

We went to look at lights in Cameron Park with Zo and Jac. There is a great neighborhood we drove through a few times. The kids were WILD in the car without buckles. Owen jumped up and hit his head, and the girls were fighting over who was going to stand where.

 The look on zoey's face!

This month FUN was on tap flowing freely!

Season of Birthdays

Well after attempting to upload photos twice for this post I abandoned it and here I am a week later. Our computer needed a tune up and my car is in the shop right now. If Chris and I had our way we would be getting massages every other day. We are making it on little sleep, as these babes seem to coordinate their waking. I'm really curious if all kids are this way? Most parents I poll reply that theirs sleep much better but that they are still exhausted. Hmmm. The blessing about these days *years* is that they are absolutely bursting with love, happiness, and laughter. So there is the mania in it all.

Here goes my third try at uploading photos! (it ended up taking over an hour...Our computer is not doing well with multi tasking)

Baby Jack's birth story started with me hanging with my girls! Wynt and Dave went to Costa Rica and I wanted to have those girls to myself for a while. We had a blast I wish I had more time with them.

We tie dyed shirts in the garage! It was the first time I had done that since girl scouts. So messy and creative, just right!

Jac went into labor around 5am the morning I was with the girls! Elise and Ava didn't start school until 9am so I met up with the lovely neighbor who was going to have them after school and dropped them off with the family so that I could rush over to the hospital. I made it around 830 and he was born at 9:04! I missed having the girls for another hour in the morning but this was a one time opportunity!

He is a healthy boy and Jac labored for just a few hours. AMAZING!

Happy 35th Birthday, Wynt!

 Let it go on repeat on the girls Kareoke machine.

 Dance party

 Happiest of days to my sis! We had a ball getting massages, going to lunch, and spending dinner together.

 This one! She turned 60 this month. We had celebrated in October by taking her to Capitola for 2 nights but on her real birthday we had a family dinner. She is just gorgeous!

So blessed to have such wonderful women in my life! Court's birthday was in November but I didn't get to see her on her day. Her and Marsh had a road trip to Sonoma so she had a good day. I just adore my ladies!