Goodwin Gang

Christmas Eve Before Bed...

We stayed up wrapping ALL of the presents before we could go to bed... I was tired of wrapping so I started decorating the boxes instead!!! I think they were cute and Kevin just laughed at me...

These are the kids after opening their xmas pj's... They were so excited that the next morning was Christmas!!!

Again with flashing the signs!

Emmy didn't know what was going on... Granny & Grumpy got pj's from the Goodwins too!!!

opening 1 present xmas eve...

Christmas around the house...

just a pic of our family room at the new house... I'll have to post more pics of this house later...

We bought these curtains 3 years ago and have never had the chance to hang them anywhere yet... YEAH!!!! I do love them... and the VERY TIRED EYE CANDY in the background!!!!

Our kitchen all tied up in bows!

I really love this ribbon... Granny is the ribbon lady and gave this to me last year!

A Gift for the Grandparents....

We spent weeks putting together a special present for Granny and Grumpy this year and it was sooooo worth it! Within seconds of receiving them Granny was already tearing up, true to form! I knew they'd love it the minute I heard the idea from a friend of a friend!!! Kaitlin & I made these jars over a couple of days time span... and we tried to give them a bit of personality and flare to match their recipients! Inside the jar are memories, qualities, etc. their children and grankids , each written like a little note individually, that we all admire or remember about them or times together! Granny of course read all of hers within days, or maybe even hours! I think she read Grumpy's as well!!! I wonder where I get this NO PATIENCE gene from?!?!?!?!?

Christmas Eve...

I love xmas eve! We hosted at our house this year and it was a blast! Italian sandwiches, family, a fun gift exchange game and more! Tawna even brought some of Frances Mowers traditional xmas eve Lake Arrowhead Cheese Dip!!! That stuff always seems to disappear super fast... this year I think Kaitlin ate more than her share!!!

A few more Random December Pics...

Lauren visiting Santa!

While we were out xmas shopping and Kaitlin was in charge Lauren got ahold of a black sharpie and drew smiley faces all over the sliding glass door, the back block wall, and the play cars in the back yard that her & Emmy ride in. So, Kaitlin & Lauren had to clean them off!!! They both learned a lesson that day!

Lauren adds a few decorations to the tree...

Emmy out to lunch with the girls one day wearing her cute reindeer headband that Daddy got her!

A Visit to The Cabin...

French fries are a main food group for these two...

Grumpy and the gang...

Maddie girl!

Emmy all bundled up!

Playing in the snow on the deck! This was a fun and short trip and we hope to go up again soon. We had good food (of course!), played games, watched movies and Grumpy took us on a great walk around their neighborhood and showed us where their lot was and how the runway/airstrip goes right to his future garage! He can land and drive his plane right into their hanger at the future cabin! AWESOME!!!

Random Pictures from December...

Kaitlin's Christmas Dress...

Our Handsome Little Man...

Maddie Girl all Decked Out...

Lauren Pearl...

And... Emmy! Later at church she threw the biggest tantrum EVER out on the concrete sidewalks for about 30 minutes in this beauty!!!

The kids scarfing down mac & cheese after church...

Emmy playing dress up...

Lauren in another one of her strange get-ups...

Maddie with her Body Mask she had to do for her latest book report. It's the main character in her book... Kaitlin helped draw the bird!

Kaitlin in a shirt we made for her to wear on game days for her volleyball team. She did a great job with all of the art work and the back looks fabulous too!

Emmy partaking in the "sweet nectar" or "black death" aka: coke!!! Kevin, Lauren, and Emmy are addicted!

Playing some ball in the backyard...

Emmy with her friend in the theater watching a movie...

Aurora!

Cinderella...

Kevin prepared this gourmet meal for Emmy one day... Peas, Cheetos and Banana! YUM!

We moved, yet again, over Thanksgiving weekend and this is how we "contained" the 2 little girls one day while packing up the trailer!

Daron's always throwing out the gang signs and Lauren loves to be cool with him!

Chance and Faith came to spend an evening with us and this is him crashed out after hours of fun at Aunt Taya's and Uncle Kevins house!

Faith & Maddie...

Good Times!!!

Christmas Concert...

Daron & Maddie had their concert and sang awesome Christmas music! Daron had a solo/skit part and did great too. I like to hear the kids sing, but the music director drives me INSANE and I'm thinking after 3 years of going to this concert, with all of it's craziness and RULES (all you fellow parents of kids at the same school know what I'm talking about:)) about paying the kids to skip it next year!!! It will just be Maddie because Daron will be in junior high with Kaitlin, so I told her she'll get $5 if she'll consider ditching it in 2010!!!

Thanksgiving in Heber...

We(our mini family) spent Thanksgiving in Heber with Granny & Grumpy, The Mowers, The Jarvis', and Grandma & Papa Harmon. We had great food and good times!!! It was relaxing and lots of fun. The girls made pies, and lots of yummy eats, we went over to Bison Ranch across the highway and fed the horses, the kids ran circles around the deck outside & played with moon sand (thanks to Aunt Jade) and we ate till we wanted to burst! Then Kevin and I got a much needed nap before getting on the road home that day!

The girls at Granny's kitchen bar in their cozy footed jammies! Emmy did not like to be tied in...