Christmas 2011

These first few pictures aren't Christmas, but I threw them in anyway. In these first two pictures Erin is a month old. Alex has a birthday just a few days before Christmas, so we had an icecream cake to celebrate (thanks Nana and Papa!). Some of his favorite presents were a magnifying glass and binoculars.

Alex asked to hold Erin, and this Kodak moment was the result!

(Erin is 6 wks old in this photo)

We did Christmas with the boys on Christmas Eve morning. The boys woke up and had a couple big presents! We didnt' get them too many other things since the trucks are so big. Good thing too, because Alex ignored the other little gifts and just used them to put in his front loader! They did get a couple green dump trucks that will come in handy out in the sand box. They're pretty heavy duty, so they should take a beating and last a while. For the moment, Alex uses them to put loads into with the backhoe on his tractor. Adam has a trailer on the back of his tractor, but somehow it manages to get hitched to the back of Alex's. :)

This tshirt has a picture of Pop's tractor!

Erin slept through the whole thing. She got some shoes anyway.

6 wks old

Christmas at the new Jackson house. Adam and Alex had fun making a pile of presents for each person. Adam had a tendency to just make one pile though---right by Erin's chair. :)

Presents are done and now it's time to eat, or at least Adam thinks so!

From the back of the house you can see cars go by. The boys enjoyed watching cars and trucks drive by. They really enjoyed seeing the feed trucks. We even had to go watch them be filled when we went to the office to see Papa. Dad got out the old train set. The boys really enjoyed getting to "drive" it and change the tracks it went on.

Erin is 7 wks old

We gave Dad money for skis this Christmas. They came in the mail before we left and so he got to try them out. He bought Mom a set too, so now they go out together.

Me and the kids stayed up north while Andy went back home to work between the two holidays. So when we got to the Rummel's, we had more gifts to open! One of which is this: a baby quilt from Andy's Aunt Elaine. As usual, it's always a delight!

The boys made gingerbread houses while they were at Mimi's house.

This is Adams----see all the yellow!?

This one is Alex's.

We were given this cute little Christmas dress, so we had to get a quick picture of Erin in it!

It just about killed the boys to be at Mimi's house for 3 full days and see all those presents under the tree and NOT be able to open them! We had to wait for everyone to get there before we opened them, but it was worth the wait. :)

Jeremy, Natalie, Peter, Kelli

Andy's day off

Andy took this friday and monday off for a long weekend. The boys have really enjoyed him being home. We took the boys to Jump It! on Friday morning. It's just like Monkey Joe's with all the big blown up slides and bouncy equipment. Their friend Gunnar and his mom met us there, so the 3 boys had a blast running around. Especially since they had the whole place to themselves! In the picture below, my boys are in red tshirts, Gunnar is in orange.
This first picture is a little something that we've been working on this week. Yellow is Adam, purple is Erin, and red is Alex. :)

Jackson Thanksgiving

These are some of Dad's pictures that he took from Thanksgiving at their house. The boys loved having the big boys to play with. :) Looking forward to the same fun time at Christmas!

Phil and Chelsey have picked May 25 for their wedding day! Can't wait!