Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The Magic of Christmas

Early Christmas morning... smile!

AJ got a new puppy from his sisters.

Aubrey loves to play dress-up. Cinderella is in the house!

One word..."ROAR!"

Christmas has found the Kotter house.

Graham Cracker Houses

The is nothing like making graham cracker houses at Grandma Mona's house each year.

Aubrey really enjoyed decorating her house.
She actually put more candy on her house than she ate.

Andrew joined in the fun, at least the part of making a mess and eating candy.
The little man loves his M&M's!

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Christmas Tree Adventures

We went with our friends, the Breagger's, to cut down our Christmas tree this year. Josh and Heather have a family cabin that we stay at each year. The event of cutting down our Christmas tree is quickly becoming our family tradition. The kids enjoy the adventure and mom and dad enjoy just seeing how big of tree we can chop down this year. We are actually standing in front of the tree we chose this year. No, it's not the big one on the right. It's the skinny one behind us. The tree never looks very big out in the woods until we get it home and we hope it doesn't grace the ceiling. This year our tree was around 11'8". Thank goodness for vaulted ceilings.

Keeping each other warm.


"Really, are you just going to sit me here in the snow?"

Partners in crime.



"Cutting down the Christmas tree." -Aubrey

The JOY of SNOW

The kids had a great time together out in the snow
Katelyn, Logan, Jensen & Ally

Walking in a winter wonderland!



The kids had a great time sledding down the hill
and they enjoyed being pulled by the 4wheeler.
Childhood is calling!