The boys first drive in the Razr all alone! It is widely agreed that it is a good thing that C is behind the wheel because he's WAY more cautious than L would be!

Grandma getting all 3 boys at the same time!

Tim giving Carter some tick-tock time - Cael assisting!

Samantha and her crazy nails!

The kids rule the dining room!

The old tractor got a little love on Christmas from my dad & Linc. My dad tracked down this tractor a few years ago - my Grandpa was the original owner & he found it nearly 50 years later & brought it to Iowa, got it running & now uses it for grandson rides.

G.G.Ma, D. Don & Smokey

We got a quick Christmas visit in to my Grandma, Don & Smokey (well Babe the dog was there too but didn't choose to visit with us much!). Carter got to deliver an Angry Bird cat toy to Smokey which made his day - he loves this cat! Linc was bummed to not get to visit, but his fever wasn't for sharing! Except with immediate family, of course. And no, Nutty Netty - we don't want Smokey with a bow! She is yours!

Christmas Morning with the Grafs

We had a lovely low-key morning at my parents for Christmas morning. Santa found us - certainly in part to Chynna scoping out the location of the tree on her swing through Iowa. The boys had lots of fun seeing what loot he brought them & some down time to play.

Christmas Eve with the Hogans

We had a lovely Christmas - weather was awesome and allowed the boys to play outside! Yay for burning energy & having fun. We celebrate with the Hogan's on Christmas Eve - the kids had a blast this year with Grandma's gift tags - they couldn't snoop at their gifts since she'd given each kid a reindeer name & wouldn't tell them who they were! The adults had a great time giving Grandma a hard time about loosing her list - since she once changed the tags & lost the list! Everyone loved the mystery & wanted to be Rudolph! This should certainly be a tradition in our family.

This year they were old enough to each take turns opening gifts which was awesome because it cut down on the mayhem and allowed for us to see what they were opening - some of the highlights were Elin's rocker (that I later found Carter sitting in!) - all 6 of the big kids loved helping her open and playing with the little girls' gifts! Lincoln got his coveted bubble gum machine - he spotted it this summer at Toys R Us & talked and talked about it - well, Grandma and Grampy got it for him - he was SO pleased. Charlee cleaned up on her La La Loopsy collection & when opening one of her last gifts Carter announced "more Loopsy - REALLY????" it was comical. Always lots of laughs with the Hogan family!

The first Christmas gift...

Eating breakfast watching the owner's video (they don't yet know they are owners!)

The gift of helmets - what for?

For This!

Cool Razr!

And I just wanted to get them a battery operated one - Papa says - in his best Tim the Toolman Taylor voice - "MORE POWER" ok he didn't say it, but I bet he thought it!