Random pics of the week

This week we had a housefull. Mark and Stacie and the kids came to visit. Saturday night was the Xmas parade which is a bunch of neighbors that get together and decorate their cars and throw candy out the windows as they drive down each street. This year Ryan helped decorate a friend's car and they threw us candy. Next year I am making the boys help me decorate MY car so we can participate. Sunday Adam and Jenn came over with the girls and we had brunch and opened up the gifts the kids got each other. I think the definate big hit was the walkie talkies that Aunt Jenn got Austyn....Adam and Mark were wishing THEY had some. :-O On Monday we loaded up the kids to see Santa at the mall. Now MY kids had already seen Santa twice but we went anyway to just hang out and yes, Ryan finally got a picture with Santa. Ali was at a party and AJ had hockey so no teenagers. The mall was a mad house which was to be expected I guess but we still got to see Santa and everyone but the little ones did great! Ok, so this kid I just had to get his pic! At first we thought he was working there....but then we realized he was there to see Santa just like us. I would guess he was around Ryan's age.

And last but not least, do you feel like this sometimes? This is Jack a few days ago. I was cleaning up his room, getting it all ready for him to go to bed, when it suddenly got quiet and I walked out into the hallway and this is what I saw......