Christmas Eve

We celebrated Christmas Eve with the family.  Julia, her new boyfriend Nate and Ethan came over to celebrate with us.  They had fun decorating ginger bread houses and Christmas cookies.  The boys love spending time with them and had so much fun doing cookies and gingerbread houses.  We had pork tenderloin, califlower and cheese sauce and potatoes for dinner.  We decided to open some presents early so Julia opened hers because she was leaving that night to go to her mom's house and then heading to Iowa to spend Christmas Day with Nate's family.  The boys had such a fun time handing out and creating new memories.  At the end of the night we spread the reindeer food on the front lawn and left out Christmas cookies for Santa.  

Christmas Eve Eve at Gibson's Italia

We spent Christmas Eve Eve at Gibson's Italia.  This is one of our favorite restaurants in the city.  The restaurant has great food and the views are amazing.  We love this time of year and enjoy creating new memories with the family.  The last photo melts my heart...Daddy and Grayson cuddling.  Grayson normally does not come into our bed, but that morning he woke up and had a bad dream so Daddy invited him in our bed.  lol  

Julia's 22nd Birthday

 Celebrating Julia's 22nd Birthday

We went to Kim's house to celebrate Julia's 22nd birthday.  She ordered pizza and cake and we all had fun celebrating Julia.  She has a new boyfriend, Nate, and we really like him.  She met him at a karaoke bar and has nothing but great things to say about him (he made a song for her on his guitar, takes her to nice dinners, orders her flowers and treats her like gold).  He manages a hotel in Iowa City and is from a small town in Iowa.  They seem like they fit very well together so we will see what the future holds for them.  He's almost 10 years older (she's 22 and he is 31), but since Craig and I are 13 years apart it's hard to judge.  :)  We are so happy that Julia is head over heels in love with Nate.  We had fun celebrating Julia and can't  believe she is graduating from college in 5 months.  We are so proud of her!

  

Christmas at Macy's

We went to Macy's to visit Santa and have lunch with Ally.  We had a great time at Macy's for the Christmas experience. We had lunch on the 7th floor and then headed over to Union Station for the Polar Express  

Polar Express

Oma and I took the boys the to Polar Express at Union Station.  They had a great time and even got some souvenirs to remember the fun trip.  What a fun memory and one that we will all remember forever. 

Little Beans Christmas

We had fun meeting Santa at Little Beans Cafe.  They had a great setup which included food, cookie decorating and free time play as well as meeting Santa.  The boys had a great time!