Saturday, December 23, 2006

Merry Christmas!

We celebrated our "family" Christmas today before we leave for WI tomorrow. Kayla's trying out her "mini-boppy" from G/G Varner! Maybe this will make tummy time more bearable . . .!


Yes . . . this is an "Elmo" flashlight -- I know, what will they think of next!


The plan was to open gifts after Joshua's nap -- the bummer was that I (Lisa) was catching a quick nap when he woke up, so the poor boy had to wait for Mommy to get up. I know -- it's pathetic!


Pure excitement!


Our first Christmas with two kids! Joshua's showing Kayla the intricacies of working the drill!

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Kayla as baby Jesus!

Isn't she angelic? Our Christmas Walk Thru was tonight and Kayla was baby Jesus for the last half of it. We (Mommy and Kayla) had a REALLY rough day, and I was very skeptical that she would "perform well" -- and lo and behold she was fine the entire two hours. Oh me of little faith!


For some reason, this is the perferred holding position when Bryan holds her . . .hey, whatever works!

I don't know why these get out of order. Oh well. Kayla was right there next to the live sheep. It was very emotional for me as I thought about the reality of our Savior being born in those circumstances.



On a much light note . . . Joshua and I made sugar cookies this week. Well . . . actually . . . Betty Crocker made the mix, but we had fun choosing which cookie cutter to use and which sprinkles to use. Joshua even personalized them (while I had my back turned) by putting one fingerprint in each cookie!

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Kayla's One Month!

OK . . . for whatever dumb reason, I can't separate these pics . . . so, the top picture if Joshua trying to pull the stickers off of the ornament that he just put the stickers on! We (Mommy and Joshua) had fun painting and stickering!

The bottom picture if of course Kayla -- she is one month old today! And no, I did not try to get her hair to stick up -- it does that naturally!

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Another day . . .

Joshua's really enjoyed his "bricks" -- or should I say knocking down his bricks!


Kayla's first bottle -- thank the Lord she took it just fine!!



Say AH!

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Joshua's Birthday cont'd

We pretty much spent the entire week celebrating Joshua's birthday here and there. This beautiful rocking chair was handmade by John and Lucy Snow -- one of the pastor's on staff -- it is amazing!


Joshua's checking out his new tent from Mommy and Daddy. Best part is that it collapses in 15 seconds!


Kayla's first pair of jeans! I am LOVING the pink! 3 week, 2 days old.



Putting more ornaments on the tree! This one is special becuase it has 2004 on it -- a gift from the Wellers. They gave us a "date night" this week and babysat the kids -- it was wonderful!


Happy Birthday from Grandma and Grandpa Varner -- the dump truck even talks!