CHRISTMAS

Max and I decided this was our best Christmas by far. We just felt so complete with Faith here and the kids were so thankful and happy. We just spent tons of time with family and didn't worry about cleaning or dishes, ect. We just played with our kids and it was so nice.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas too!

Just the girls

Traditional Santa visit at Cableas. I didn't get one of them sitting on his lap because I was handing off Faith to Santa.

Kelton at one of many of his wrestling tournments. That is all he has been doing this fall/winter so far.

Aunt Amy and Uncle Adam spoiled the kids as usual.

Opening xmas jammies

She LOVED them! Sissy got ones kind of similar too.

Watching big sis play her leapster...or as G calls it her pink DS ;)

Making cookies with mama to put out for Santa!

Santa always gets his milk in the good ole boot cup!

CHRISTMAS MORNING!

Showing mom and dad how good she does on her new scooter. Of course she had to have her pig santa brought go in the basket.

Faith and her little lamb in her stocking from Santa

My Babies first Christmas

Big Bro got some boxing gloves...it was making me so nervous so I made them go downstairs

Faithie Drew with her fun jumperoo. She is still a little small for it but she was still so cute

Our little spoiled princess in her room with her TV mounted and all her toys on her bed. She loved it all though!

2010 Christmas Card

Since these things are so expensive and after sending 60 out and I am sure I left a bunch of people out...I thought I would send it blog style!

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season!

My little poem incase you cant read it off the card:

The Philpot Clan

added one more that wasn't planned.

What would we do without Faith Drew

With her curious eye's she just watches us on this crazy ride.

She is a fighter but yet so danity

and is the angel of this family.

Oh how we love our Amazing Grace

When it comes to her brother everything is a race

Such a big girl this year

With dance class, school, and being a big sister!

Although she is growing before our eye's

She has yet to leave her raspy voice behind.

Then we have our Big Bro

Nothing makes this boy happier

than to fish, hike, or shoot some cans

I do have to say he is turning into his old man.

He has a big job with two goregous sisters

and keeping away all the little misters

Trying to juggle homework, school, and being an example

are some of the things he is trying to tackle!

December is oh so busy but so much FuN!

The Great Elf Hunt

12 days to Christmas Countdown

Gracie got a letter from Santa's Elves this year that she has been so good that she has earned herself a great elf hunt. So each morning she gets a clue on her stocking. Then she has to figure out the clue and go find the prize for that day. She has loved it so much and is pretty good with these clues. I thought Kelt might be a little old and we dont have him all the time but he says to me, Linds will you email Santa and ask him if I can have a hunt. LOL So even though I know he knows better I made him a hunt and took all the stuff over to his moms. He is so funny. So here is where we are at so far:

On the 6th day of Christmas my Elf Friends sent to me

6 Geese a mounted

5 Wedding Rings

4 Bird Houses

3 French Toasts

2 Snow Boots

and a prize in the tree....

Toast clue...so her prize was by the bread :)

Getting so BIG!

Happy St. Nicholas Day

We get St. Nicked every year from a special someone...they knock on the door and run and leave us a bunch of stuff for the kids and goodies. The kids look forward to it every year :)

Gracie playing with her gifts

This is what I get when I leave Faith home with daddy! LOL He used to do the same thing with Grace. I dont really get it...when she has drawers full of jammies and he acts like the only thing he can find is his socks :)

The kids caught wind from their cousins that if you put your boots out on the porch Santa's elfs will put a prize in them. HMMMM I found this at like 10 at night and was like ok prize anyone got any prizes handy...LOL

Christmas Cookies!!!

Faith with brothers Elf. Ok so another situation where she is left with dad and I come upstairs and find this :)

My little Angels....

Faith's 3 month pictures