Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years! We had a ton of fun and great time with family. Sawyer really enjoyed Christmas this year and all the activities that come with it. Jack was just happy to have hands to hold him. : ) Here's a look at just a few of the things we've done.


Baking cookies with Granna means helping with everything! Rolling dough . . .


Putting on the sprinkles . . .

And watching the cookies bake. This boy loves the kitchen and helping with anything and everything!

Not really anything to do with Christmas, but he just looked so cute in his bath, I couldn't resist!

Daddy showed him how to put a "beard" on with bubbles, and he thought it was hilarious!

Christmas Eve in Darlington with Mom's side of the family. Sawyer thought playing with the big boys was wonderful!

"Helping" Daddy with some of his new tools

A sweet boy playing in his room while the big boys were outside in the cold.

Such a cutie pie!

To say this boy loves dogs would be an understatement! My Dad's dog, Cady, gets to come inside at night and if Sawyer is over he loves to play with her. The other night he decided he should get in the crate with her. : )

He loves Christmas trees and decorations almost as much as his Momma!

Sawyer has watched Grandaddy train just a few times and is quite bossy when it comes to Cady. My favorite is watching him throw that little finger up when he tells her to "Sit!"

Cady loves to give kisses and Sawyer doesn't mind . . . a match made in heaven!

As the boys are getting older I'm starting to see that I think these two are going to be fairly different in personality. Jack loves to get up early and is happy as a little lark to sit and chatter away. Sawyer, on the other hand, loves to sleep in and wakes very slowly. The other morning Ian went to get Sawyer up and took Jack with him. Jack was all too happy to be in bed with Saw, but Sawyer wasn't ready to get up! Look at that face!!

Reading with Daddy is a favorite before bed or anytime he is home!

Two little boys sitting on the couch. One skinny boy and one, as my mom would say, "squishy" boy : )

On Christmas morning Sawyer got up a little earlier than normal, but wasn't in the best of moods. As a result I didn't take a ton of pictures that day, but I got a few. One of Sawyer's gifts, that Ian picked out, was a soccer goal. The boys found another use for it, however, and had a great time making trumpet noises! : )

It finally got put together and used for it's intended purpose.

Daddy and Jack waiting on Sawyer to get up. As usual little mister was up before the sun!

Well, that's it for now, but I will post soon with pictures from Sawyer's birthday. I hope you were able to slow down and celebrate our Savior's birth, but more than that, I hope you are able to grow closer to Him throughout this new year!