Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread house making on Christmas Eve with Grandma, Grandpa, and Riley.













Grandma and Kaitlyn were partners. The jelly beans on top are Christmas lights. Kaitlyn made a strawberry garden in the back.




I helped Alyssa but truthfully, if you can't tell, she did most of it all on her own and she was so proud.


Grandpa and Bryson were a great team.

Check out the Christmas tree with the star and the bed and so many more creative ideas.

#4 Purdue

We took Bryson and Kaitlyn to a Purdue's Men Basketball Game!

Chicago with the Prices

The Prices live in Texas but were in Chicago for a few days visiting family. We met up with them at the Museum of Science and Industry. It was fun to catch up on old times from graduate school!!!Julianne, Carlisle, Dacia, Alyssa


Alyssa and Riv

Bryson and Amelia practicing driving a submarine.



Kaitlyn and Frances in the submarine living quarters.







As you stood on the lights it played like a piano keyboard.

Finished Product

We picked up the finished pottery projects - they turned out really cute.




Kariana also made chocolate pretzel snowmen with the kids - they were cute and yummy.

Merry Christmas Kariana

Kariana moves away in one week! It still doesn't seem real and seriously I don't know if any of us are going to survive - we have had so much fun these past 9 months and she has spoiled us rotten. We wanted to do something special for her for Christmas so yesterday the kids and I took her to a pottery place. The kids each painted something that they can keep in their own rooms and then Kariana painted a cookie jar and had the kids put their handprints on it for her to take. It takes a week for them to get fired so I will have to post a picture of the finished products. We love you Kariana!