Shakespear Shuffle

Shakespearean Holidays

Ahh, it was a merry Christmas to be sure

Here we all are in one shot

We spent 8 days & 9 nights with Jeremy's family & we had a blast! We all felt spoiled on Christmas morning.

Miss Sadie

One of my favorite gifts the boys received were some matching cowboy outfits from Uncle Steven. The boys make cute cowboys & I'm seeing some future Halloween costumes here too

Everyone liked the hats but Miss Emma

Hyrum & Hunter loved seeing their cousins! Even a +6 year age gap didn't seem to make a difference :)

The gingerbread houses were a hit

Cute babies

I still can't get over the nice weather! It rained a bit & Texas can get chilly but we had nice enough weather to be outside a few days.

Emma loved the sand & surprisingly it was Justin & not her that kept trying to eat it...eww...

Loving the train ride

Justin looks so cute in his hood. BTW this kid is going crazy walking! He was definitely walking more than crawling today. Although he walks well on his own he loves to hold one of my fingers & walk around together-it's so cute!

Trying to fix Steven's remote-controlled helicopter. The boys thought that was awesome & so did Jeremy, I may know what to get him for his birthday now :)

Exploring the river

Doesn't it look like Justin's taking a big bite out of that dino?

We watched some good movies on the new big screen! Nana & Poppie have 4 red-headed grandkids out of 8!

I love PF Chang's, oh how I love that place. And I love that there is one in St. Louis because I just don't think I can wait to eat there again until we're back in Austin. As much as I love their entree's I just may order the lettuce wrap appetizer for my meal next time. Alison & Michael introduced us to a delicious Indian food place & that's going on the permanent must-do list for Austin. I have missed Indian food!

This is Justin's reaction to Amy's ice cream & really any desserty, chocolatey, sweety thing we have tried to feed him. Who is this kid? Can he really be mine?

New Year's Eve fireworks on the driveway

I like this picture. It reminds me of Harry Potter-when he & Voldemort's wands are connected, spooooky

And then the 8 days came to an end (went by fast!) & we had the long drive home again. Highly recommend getting Magna Doodles for the car (& of course a stack of movies). This is Hyrum's dancing tooth to the left & frog to the right. I love this kids drawings!

All 4 kids were amazing on the drive there & back-just a little whiney here & there. It took 9 hr 45 min on the way down & 8 hr 52 min back. Only down side was Hyrum puking twice in the car on the way home. Poor kid! Luckily we were within a half hour of home. He did NOT feel good!

It was a spectacular holiday week! Thanks Shakespear's for showing us a grand time!

Emma doesn't want to walk yet but she loved to walk around using Sadie's bike as her walker-she got pretty quick

Emma pushing Justin on the bike

Justin thinks it's great fun to crawl behind Em but she does not like it! The annoying little brother routine is already in place (ah ha Lu!)

Now it's time to make some goals for the year & enjoy our birthday month!