2014 Holiday Season

Well, I seem to have a hard time keeping this blog updated, so here is a run down on our holiday season.

Thanksgiving: We spent the holiday back in Iowa making the rounds between Courtney's parents house and my mom's house. As always we enjoyed our crazy busy time with family.

Mom and I doing a little birthday celebrating: 

Our visit to the North Pole to see Santa: We took Gavin to Bass Pro again this year to see Santa. He did an awesome job.  He went right up to Santa, sat on his lap and asked for "treats"! LOL He seemed to really enjoy the candy cane Santa gave him.  

Christmas: We spent Christmas this year at my Dad and Kim's up in Nebraska. It was very nice and relaxing Christmas filled with good food, lots of goodies, and of course lots of love and laughter. 

All dressed up in his new "Peacoat" for church. 

Some "Pinterest" Holiday appetizers I made and our cranberry and mint holiday cocktails.  

Christmas Morning: Santa brought some good stuff!!!! Of course he went right for the chocolate and the treats.

Santa even came for Gunner! Lucky dog.

Playing in his new "Hunting Blind" 

Enjoying some Hot Cocoa on Christmas morning. 

Getting all bundled up for gator rides!!!

Enjoying some delicious sugar cookies that he helped his mother make! 

Celebrating my Dad's birthday Christmas night! 

The Friday night after Christmas my parents watched Gavin so we could have a night out in Lincoln. We meet up with Courtney's sister Vicki and went to a fabulous little martini bar and wine bar.

Hunting Trip to the Farm

A few weekends ago we headed up to Nebraska so Courtney could go hunting with my dad and Kim while Gavin and I kept the fort down! As always it was a great weekend filled with gator rides and tractor rides. We even got to do a little timber hiking as we were tracking a deer that Kim shoot one morning.

Gator Buddies

Timber Buddies

Timber Selfies

Kinda blurry but Gavin loving his tractor ride!

Playing Catch Up!!!!

Well, I just realized I still have not posted our halloween pictures!!! I can't believe it has been a month since I have last posted. Ok, so here is a recap of our halloween week!

George and Dixie came to visit the weekend before halloween and it was perfect timing for carving our pumpkins! George did an amazing job carving a witch...which he did freehand. I carved the spider. Courtney (the great husband that he is) carved the pretty pumpkin to complete my pinterest wish and Gavin....well he played with the pumpkin guts! 

Later in the week we got to celebrate halloween at music class with Traci and Andy and the kids. 

My dad and Kim had sent Gavin some special halloween cookies in the mail. So, to say "Thank You" I had Gavin put on his costume and we sent them a video of him opening his special halloween package.

Halloween morning was complete with a "spooky" breakfast: Ghosts, Spiders, Bats, and a Pumpkin!

Finally Trick-or-Treating!! This was Gavin's first year actually trick-or-treating and he loved it of course. After every house he would run down the driveway and say "next house please". This year we went trick-or-treating with some friends/neighbors. It was so cute watching the older girls hold Gavin's hand and help him up to the house. 

The kiddos! 

Mom Selfies 

My cute little Fireman!