Gingerbread House

I found him on the table just eating away.

Happy Holidays!

Some Cute Pictures

Naomi and Julius

Another snow storm.

Family Picture

Just the five of us.

Me, Ken, Naomi, Julius and iPad.

That's right.

Ken got me an iPad for Christmas.

{jaw dropped}

I got him some new sweatpants.

Didn't clarify the limit this year I guess.

Oh well.

Luuuuuuuv the iPad by the way.

But Julius is pretty sure it was for him.

He calls it the hey-bop.

Or more accurately "my hey-bop".

Not sure how iPad translates into that.

All I know is I can hardly use it because Julius is always on it learning his numbers and letters and other great things. Not bad I guess.

Christmas

We spent Christmas Eve evening at the Ojuka's house.

We went Christmas caroling around the neighborhood and Julius sang along to every single song for the entire song. Not a word came out of his mouth but he was singing!

We ate dinner.

We watched "While You Were Sleeping"...an Ojuka family Christmas Eve tradition.

Jada and Naomi

Julius all settled in for movie with Aunt Adri, Aunt Emily and Uncle Justin.

Ken and Naomi

We slept at our house but went back to Grace's house in the morning to see what Santa brought!

Naomi on her first Christmas morning.

{5 weeks old}

Julius loves to sing and dance so we got him this awesome DJ "mix" board...so he can mix those nursery rhymes with some smooth beats.

And it provided fun for the whole family.

Julius...almost 2 and a half years old

Grace, Lydia and Naomi

Aunt Adri helping Jada and Julius make gingerbread houses.

Like I said...fun for the whole family.

The Mizukawa's Visit

Our family with my sister Jenny and her family.

Ben's birthday party

Naomi and I went in to get Julius up one morning and he wanted sister to join him in the crib...so cute.

Jenny with her newest...Paul.

{about 3 months old}

Julius with Uncle Ben..who he adores!

Paul

Paul and Naomi.

Yay for cousins the same age!

Sam, Ken and Julius

Sam & Julius

Paul

Paul and Naomi

Jenny and Naomi

Snow Storm

We got hit with a pretty big snow storm right before Christmas...it was beautiful!

Julius and his cousins had fun playing in it one morning.

Seth

Julius & Leah

Seth, Leah & Julius

Seth

The Annual Cookie Party

Every December our friends the Robinsons have a cookie party.

They make dinner and everyone who comes brings cookies then we exchange and everyone goes home with a variety of yummy treats.

We also decorate sugar cookies .

Such a great idea and so fun...mostly because it's so fun to catch up with good friends!

Michelle & Cisco with Julius, who absolutely loved all the attention he got that night!

Clyde & Janice

Nicole & Julius

My sister Jenny & her family were supposed to get into town the day before this but had horrible travel problems. Fortunately they still made it in time to come by and visit.

This was the first time I got to see their newest little guy...Paul.

He was born in September and is #5 for them.

What a cutie!

cousins

Seth & Clyde