Kleenex, Kleenex Everywhere!

What a mess! This is what my little Busy-Belle was up to this morning.

Los DeHart's

The day after Christmas was spent up in Fort Collins, CO with the DeHart family. Matt's sister, Karen, and her family hosted the festivities. We opened presents, had a de-licious dinner and played the most fun game! Michael (Karen's husband), is an awesome cook. We had your traditional ham, mashed potatoes, corn, but then, we had this awesome broccoli salad, tamales and green chili. It was sooo good. Dessert consisted of pie and gf brownies that were very good, if I do say so myself. Alas, I did not make these from scratch, but if you're looking for some good gluten-free brownies, Bob's Red Mill GF Brownie Mix is delish. As I mentioned, we topped the night off with a fun game called Time's Up. It will have you rolling.

Crazy Aunt Kiki. ;)
Powell loves his Trio Batcave from Great Aunt Bonnie. He'd been wanting it since late summer/early fall.

Christmas Day

Christmas day was filled with the Dove family. All of my siblings, minus my big brother, Jared, and his family, made it down for Christmas. It was crazy, but it was fun!
Crazy Uncle Josh. Love this picture. :)
My beautiful sister, Jerusha, and my cute little nephew, Creed.
My beautiful sisters and I.
Aunt Jordan reading "Pum, Pum" (The Little Drummer Boy) to Isabel.

Christmas Morn

Christmas morning, Herb and Kathy came over to see the kids "open" their Christmas present from them. Before the kids even got up, I had made a delicious, gluten-free breakfast of oven omelets, lemon-poppyseed muffins and apple crisp. My dear mother-in-law was diagnosed with celiac's disease last year, so I've been trying different gf recipes (especially baked goods recipes), and so far, they've all been pretty tasty! It was nice to be able to eat in peace while the kids were still asleep. After we were done, Matt brought them down and we unveiled their new Grand Walk-In Kitchen set from g'ma and g'pa. Powell's reaction was great. I wish I would've gotten it on camera, but wouldn't you know...:P He put his hand over his mouth, while gasping, and started giggling. He was soooo excited. Isabel doesn't quite have the reactions down yet, but she does love the kitchen set. She is always walking around with a bowl, or a pot and some sort of spoon/ladle, feeding everybody. Every sort of bread/cracker looking thing is a cookie to her, too. She is my child. We love our new kitchen set! Thank you, g'ma Kathy and g'pa Herb!!

Powell cooking up some....lettuce?

Isabel is not a morning person. This is her Ben Franklin hairdo (according to Aunt Jordan). hehe :)

"O, Christmas Tree, O, Christmas Tree..."

Oh, how hard it is to get a picture of 2 young children, both looking and smiling at the camera. I guess they're both facing forward, right? The annual Christmas Eve photo in their Christmas jammies. This year we decided to do it in front of the tree....
And all Isabel wanted to do was to look at the ornaments on the tree instead of posing for a picture with her brother.

A Pretty Christmas Dress And A Sick Boy

The Sunday before Christmas, we had our Christmas program. I was so hoping my little family would all be there, but my poor little boy had other plans. Well, his tummy had other plans. That morning he woke up and start throwing up. This child is so prone to getting tummy bugs. Not fun. For anyone. Isabel and I went on ahead without the boys. I had to be there since I was singing in the program. Here are my beautiful babies on "The Sunday before Christmas."

Had to get a picture of the back of Isabel's dress. I love it. :)

Pretty girl.

Poor, sick boy. :(

Backpack, Backpack.....

I know. One of the most annoying cartoons, and songs, but Isabel loves it. Well, she could actually care less about the rest of the show, but she loves the "Backpack" song, and always asks to put on Powell's backpack, or this (her Bitty Baby backpack).

Isabel singing her "Backpack" song. :)