Here are my pretty flowers that Jake gave me.
We went to dinner at Tuscany which was delightful! Thanks to Brooke and Skyler we had a pleasant dinner without the kiddos.
I love you more than anything, Jake. I feel so blessed to be your wife and have you in my life. You are the best husband and father in the world and I can't imagine life without you. Happy Anniversary!
Christmas morning--all the presents are just waiting to be unwrapped. I wonder what that black bag is with a bow on it? :) That was my Christmas present this year. I'm trying to learn how to play the guitar!
Coming down the stairs at about 7:30 am. We had to wake Bridger up but Graham woke up on time.
Grandma Hart, Madie, Cookie and Steve (who are our kids' Grandma and Grandpa "B" while my parents are gone) came over to watch the boys open their presents. It was SO fun to have them there!
Cookie holding Graham while he finishes his bottle.
Steve loves my mom's sugar cookies so I had to make him a great big plate all for himself for a Christmas present.
Me, Bridger, and Jake waiting to start the fun morning. Right when we came in Bridger yelled, "Oh, my goodness!" We got a kick out of that.
Barry made sure that my mom and dad were able to be with us via Skype. Only this time he made it extra awesome--my mom and dad were on the big screen and Barry had his sweet camera that he could aim and zoom in on the boys and everyone opening presents. My parents loved it and We were so glad to feel like they were here with us!
Before Bridger opened this present we asked him what he thought it was. He said, "It's Iron Man on a motorcycle!" and he was right? He must have his dad's gift of guessing every present before opening it. All Bridger asked Santa for this year was Bullseye and Woody and Iron Man on a motorcycle so I guess he knew Santa was going to bring him what he wanted.
My mom and dad sent the boys the cutest Alphabet books that my mom made with pictures of them in it. They loved them!
Cookie and Madie
The boys just wanted to play with their small toys that we started with but we kept hurrying them along to open more "bigger" toys. We had these hidden at first and brought them out at the end. Bridger's is battery powered but Graham's isn't.
Jakey got a RC Helicopter, shoes, clothes, sheets, and a trip for Christmas
The last present was a kitchen set. Graham couldn't figure out which toys to play with, he was having too much fun!
The boys also got some guitars to play with (so they stop messing with mine!). We bought one for Graham and Brooke and Skyler got one for Bridger. The shopping cart behind them loaded with food is from Cookie and Steve and Grandma Hart got them some sweet trucks. Were they spoiled or what?
And a cookie monster playdough set that teaches the boys their letters.
Here's our whole family (and baby Amber in my tummy). The rest of Christmas we spent having a yummy brunch with my family, at church for not 1 but 2 hours, out to Jake's parents' house for dinner with Misty, her kids, and Grandpa Lowe (I only had my phone with me so those pictures are on there. I'll post them when I get around to it), and then back to Grandma Hart's house for dessert that night. It was an awesome day! 
Kids were not invited to this meal so we tried to get the boys down for their naps when we started the dinner but Graham woke up just in time for it to start (of course!). So we banished him over to his high chair and luckily he was very good. He enjoyed everything we ate and he just sat their feeding himself the whole time. It was great!
Bridger fell asleep on the couch and he did sleep while we ate dinner. He woke up just in time for dessert.
I didn't have any pretty silverware or pretty decorations of my own so luckily Lynnadele was nice enough to bring all of her stuff and decorate our table. This is what our place settings looked like.
And here is the beautiful table!
And this is how we had our meal--by candlelight. We also listened to some gorgeous Christmas music that my brother and sister-in-law made. It was perfect ambiance!
The guests (minus Lynnadele who is taking the picture)
I wanted to take a picture of every course but I forgot to. Here are the 7 courses we had: 1-We started off with some apples, crackers, and cheese. 2-Then we had a shrimp cocktail. 3-Next we had the most delicious homemade French Onion soup ever! 4-Time for the salad and a roll (pictured above- yum!). 5-Then it was time for our cranberry/tangerine sherbet to cleanse our palette. 6- And as if we hadn't had enough food already, next came the main course--Chicken Cordon Bleu, twice baked potatoes, and asparagus (pictured below). And finally, 7-dessert- THE most delicious raspberry cheesecake I have ever had made by my wonderful husband, Jake. Let's just say by the end of the meal I felt like I was pregnant with triplets!
Here's Bridger enjoying his cheesecake.
And here's baby Graham sitting up to the table with us.
The rest of the morning we carved pumpkins to decorate our steps for the trick or treaters. I always want to carve like 20 pumpkins but we only ended up carving 5 this year. Oh well, they were still sweet.
Bridger's pumpkin was the Headless Horseman. Didn't he do a great job?
I carved this creepy one.
And this cool witch's hat.
Jake carved this awesome witch cauldron and another one of the Grim Reaper which I don't have a picture of for some reason.
Graham is ready for trick or treating in his little monkey outfit. I wish he could wear that everyday!
Bridger was a cowboy riding a horsey for his costume. How appropriate?
Jake was the Headless Horseman. He got a lot of compliments on his costume!
I reluctantly dressed up as a mummy again. Here we are just about to start our trick or treating adventure. We went over to my Grandma and Grandpa Smith's first, Vickie Dean's, then my aunt and uncle Lori and Blaine's, Brody and Corine's and then up Lambourne Ave. We walked up to my Grandma Hart's house and visited with her for a while. Then we walked home and stopped at a few more houses on the way. The boys got SO much candy! Luckily, they shared some with us.
Here's how are house looked on Halloween night.
I also spent a good portion of the day cutting out luminaries that spelled out Happy Halloween. It turned out pretty awesome!
