Baahhhaaa! You're So Funny!

Last Friday we went out to eat for my brother, Jake's, 27th Birthday. We all meet at Freddie's Steakhouse in Sapalupa. So yummy! My mom sat Riley (my niece) next to Ben thinking it would keep her happy while we ate.

Riley thinks everything Ben does is so funny! She likes to also do everything he does. Ben isn't really much of a baby person. But all of us think it's funny!

Santa Cookies & Reindeer Food!

Ben and I had Landon over to make cookies for Santa and food for his reindeer.

The boys made about 4 cookies... and then they went to the backyard! Boys are so impatient! The cookies turned out really cute. They are supposed to be little Rudolph's.

Then Christy and I finally got them back in the kitchen to make Reindeer Food.

I think they turned out SUPER CUTE!

These two boys are ready for their guests! ...You know Santa and his reindeer! ;)

Decorating, Decorating!

This year we went to a Christmas Tree Farm and got a real tree! My plan was to cut our own tree down... But of course I picked a tree that had already been cut ;)

I let Ben do most of the decorating. Then I discovered that he was putting every ornament on the bottom of the tree and the branches where hanging to the ground! I just did a little adjusting... sssshhh.

We also did our GingerBread House. This year I bought it at Target and it was the best kit I've purchased. So easy!

Ben used every single piece of candy... and I mean ALL of it!

Branson Christmas Vacation

We went and spent a weekend in Branson... "Blankie" went too! (hehehe)

Our plan was to see the lights at Silver Dollar City... BUT it rained all day! It was cold, cold rain so we didn't stay :( We did have some fun though!

Friday night we took Ben on the Branson Railways "Polar Express" Train. Unless you are getting First-Class tickets I don't recommend it. For the money we spent it wasn't worth it. Ben did enjoy it... But I don't think he would recommend it either, haha!

Santa came on the train and talked to all the kids and gave them a sleigh bell. Ben's eyes got HUGE when Santa sat down in front of him. He was so excited!

Then the conductor came and punched all the kids tickets... Ben really liked this part!

Ben and I drinking our hot chocolate.

We did go to Silver Dollar City... thinking it would stop raining. It didn't! Ben was exhausted from all the cold and rain!

Saturday night we went and ate yummy Mexican food and hung out on Branson Landing. They had these giant snowballs that where lit up... Ben showed us how strong he was (hahaha)

Even though our trip wasn't what we had planned there is no two other people I would rather be with!

Trucking Into Christmas!

I always try to find Ben some cute Christmas jammies. But now that he's 4 it's hard to find something "cool" instead of "cute" (haha).

So I found some really "cool" sleep pants at Gap but I needed a shirt to go with it. So I made Ben this:

It was super easy and now I want to iron on everything!!! hehehe!!!

Busy Weekend!

What a busy weekend! But, I would rather be busy than just sitting at home... bored!

Friday we went and ate at Los Cabos then took Ben to Bass Pro Shop. They have lots of things for kids to do in the Christmas part of the store. He didn't sit on Santa's lap but he did mail his letter to Santa there.

Saturday morning we went to the Broken Arrow Christmas Parade. It was so cold! The boys loved it as always and came home with tons of candy!

After the parade we helped Matt put up the Christmas lights on the house.

Then it was time for my nephew, Landon's Pirate Party! I can't believe his 5!!! We all had so much fun! Christy did a great job... she had the kids do a treasure hunt and they loved it! Ben loved all the pirate gear he got... he was VERY upset that he lost his earring, heeeeheee!

What a wonderful weekend!

Take Me For A Ride

Thanksgiving day we had dinner with my family at my grandmas. They live out so Ben took his truck to drive around. His little cousin, Riley Jett, loved it!

She wanted to drive it so bad, but she's just not big enough yet.

So she rode in the passenger seat and played with the radio. (yes it has a working radio!)

She also helped while he looked under the hood.

Then they helped haul firewood.