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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Since we've been home...

Since we have been home we have been trying to get back into routine.  The boys have also spent a lot of time playing with all their new Christmas presents.  They are disappointed that we haven't had more snow yet, but I'm sure it is coming!!!  They have also been dressing up in a lot of costumes.  Here are some pictures of our sweet and silly boys….enjoy!!!

We stopped to see my friend Rachel and her family on our way back to Ohio.  They moved to Springfield, Ohio this past summer and we miss them a ton.  Here is a pic of the boys hanging out…
Landon gave us one last Christmas concert before we took all our decorations down.  He did such a great job…we are so proud of him!!
We got a little bit of snow one weekend and the boys were so excited.  They played in it until they were frozen!  
Keegan got a new puppy, Flippy.  This is Flippy and his dog house that Keegan made him!
 Landon with one of his new lego sets from Christmas that he built!
 Landon figured out how to take selfies!  Here are a couple of my favorites that he took...

Landon also loves taking pictures of his brother.  Here are a couple pictures he took of Keegan. 

 We started a new tradition with my family at Christmas this year.  Each family has to make something for another family.  My dad made us a bird house this year.  We hung it when we got back!!
 Another silly pic of Keegan with his Sesame slippers…Elmo on his feet and Cookie on his hands!
 This is the boys blasting off in their spaceship.  This was my view of them one night when I was upstairs!  Too funny!
 Keegan showing us his new 3D Paw Patrol puzzle that he put together...
 Not sure who this mustache man is supposed to be, but he sure is cute!
 All dressed up for church...
 Keegan told us that he wants to be a chef when he grows up.  He and Big Puppy were practicing one day in the basement with their kitchen!
  A couple bath time pics of Keeg…what a ham!

 Keegan's class was learning the letter P this week and had to take a snack for their picnic.  Daddy made him a Paw Patrol bag to take his snack in...
 Do you know who this is?  Even though Matt bought this to wear for Halloween, Keegan is the one wearing the tuxedo and Count head in this picture.  He looked adorable, but he couldn't see anything! Landon helped him get all ready!
After a costume change, Keegan was a firefighter and Landon was Spiderman!!
 These two pictures are before church today.  I love them, especially this first one where Keegan is looking up at Landon!

 Keegan found the stuffed animal at Trader Joe's today while Landon was at choir.  There is always something hidden and the boys always try to find it!
Okay, we are officially all updated again! Hopefully your new year has started off as well as ours!  Take time to enjoy all the wonderful blessings in your lives.  We are beyond blessed to have these sweet boys and cherish every minute we get to spend with them!

New Year's Eve

When we are in Illinois, we normally spend New Year's Eve with Jeremy and Cindy. This year we continued our tradition, and headed to Downs.  Mom and Dad joined us too and we had a great time!  We ate way too much food, played some games, had a dance party, decorated sugar cookies, watched the ball drop and toasted to the New Year!  Our family spent the night and we left to come back to Ohio the next morning.  

 The kids played a lot of basketball.  Here is Landon posing by the hoop...
 And Adelin...
 The kids decorating sugar cookies
Dance party in the basement...
 Keegan won 1st place at the dance party!
 The kids doing "Cheers" with their sparkling grape juice.  They didn't even notice that Cindy photo bombed the picture!!!
 Cheers!
 Matt took a selfie of all of us...
 Our silly boys...
 The Bruce's...
 The McQuality's...
 Grandma and Papa with the kiddos...
What a fun night!  We hope that all of you have a happy and healthy 2016!!

Christmas in Taylorville

Since we missed Christmas Day in Mattoon with Matt's family, we met up with everyone later in the week in Taylorville at Lori and Tim's house.  We didn't do a good job at all with taking pictures there, but we had a blast.  We ate lunch, opened presents and played some games!

 Santa brought all of us some money for Christmas.  Here are the boys showing us their money!!

Landon hugging Great Grandpa and telling him thank you for his presents.
 And hugging Great Gramme too!
I forgot to post this one earlier.  The boys liked to trick us into going into the back room at Rod and Dixie's and then capture us to put us in jail.  Here is Dixie, trapped in jail.  That is Keegan giving us his "mean" face!!
Taylorville was our final Christmas.  We are beyond blessed to have such wonderful family and for all the presents we got.  Thank you so much to everyone!

Christmas in Lincoln

We headed to Lincoln on Dec. 27 to celebrate Christmas with my side of the family.  My immediate family and Aunt Missy and Uncle Kevin's family celebrated at my parents house.  It was different this year and definitely sad not having Granny and Grandpa with us :(  We reminisced about them and played Russian Rummy for Granny and we know they were watching over us!!

We did soup and appetizers for lunch and everything was delicious!  Kayla made a sausage and crescent wreath and Cindy made a Christmas tree with rolls stuffed with mozzarella cheese!!  
 The whole gang getting ready to open presents...
 The other side of the room…Uncle Kevin, Mom and Aunt Missy
 Aunt Missy got Keegan and Chloe the game "Pie Face".  We all had a blast playing it multiple times that day.  I don't have any pictures of us playing the game because we just took videos.  We might have to try to upload some of those for another post!!  Here is Keegan after he opened it!
 Adelin got a Barbie that can have sparkles in her hair
 Jeremy opening his present
 Dad getting ready to dig into his present
 Cute pic of Kayla and Jake
 Matt and I
Becky and Tyler showing us their gift
 Landon teaching Ade how to play the piano…too cute!
The Riggs' side of the family had to work the next day so they left that evening.  The 10 of us were all off work the week between Christmas and New Year's so we all had a sleep over at Mom and Dad's house.  We had a blast.  We put all the kids in the back room on the couches.  They loved having a sleepover.  Look how cute (and tired) they are!!!
Ade lost a tooth during our Christmas festivities so once everyone was up and we checked what the Tooth Fairy left, we all had breakfast.  The Bruce clan went to Springfield so Becky could give haircuts to Cindy, Adelin and Chloe.  When they got back, we had Christmas with the 10 0f us!
Here are the grandkids...
Our family
Jeremy's family…
The kids and grandkids…
Mom & Dad with the grandkids...
Mom & Dad
The grandkids getting ready to open stockings...
Keegan got a new sleeping bag...
Chloe got a new game…Disney Eye Found It
Adelin got some Legos
Matt and I showing off our new clothes...
Jeremy and Cindy showing off their presents...
Silly Face by Keegan
Thank you to all of you guys for another wonderful Christmas…great tines with family!!