Kayla's School Christmas Party

The kids played songs on colored bells that correspond to a musical note and Santa came with presents.

Kayla Lost her First Tooth

Kayla had an extremely loose tooth, so Allen brought home a dental tool to pull it out. She has already lost another tooth that wasn't as ready to come out, but Brayden threw a shoe at Kayla's head to speed up the process. I'm sure you can feel the sibling love.

Graham Cracker Houses

We made graham cracker houses with the Eller family and Miller family. Doug Miller even lived in my home town and was in the good old Merced Third Ward.

Spencer really liked eating candy all night.

Kayla and Kaytee Eller made a house together and the others girls - Toree Eller and Theiron Miller - wanted to be in the picture too because their house looked like a tornado.

Kayla and Kaytee with their house and Brayden in the background.

Cologne Christmas Market

The Cathedral is in the background but you can't really see it and our camera battery died so we couldn't take any more pictures.
This is the Weihnachtsmarkt boat - the christmas market boat.

Allen thought this was a cool view.

A British lady took this picture for us. She came to Cologne to see the 9 Christmas markets.

Our kids loved this ride. Spencer cried for about 10 minutes after we took him off of it and put him in the stroller.

Kayla on a pink scooter.

The incredibly gothic cathedral.

Funny Pictures

Here's Kayla with a Christmas stocking on her head.
Brayden had to have a picture with Kayla's stocking on his head too. His head is too big for his stocking.

Kayla wanted me to take a picture of her dancing. This is how it turned out.

Spencer's big cheesy grin!

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Our kids loved getting out the Christmas decorations. I bought plastic ball ornaments this year, so we wouldn't have so many problems with broken glass ornaments. I am really glad I did because Spencer doesn't exactly understand why I don't want him throwing them all over the house. The bright red bows are actually no longer on the tree. I replaced them with bows that are more dark red or burgundy. I like how Kayla stayed in exactly the same pose and is in all of the pictures.

Laundry Basket Fun

Who knew that laundry baskets and pillows could be so much fun!