Happy Valentine's Day!

It was the perfect Valentine's day.

Both kiddos loved their parties at school and handing out their Fishy treats.

Gotta stick with the fish theme when you're a Fisher :-)

 

Tonight, my amazing hubby brought home beautiful roses, a bottle of wine, and cooked me a delicious halibut dinner that we got to enjoy after the kiddos went to bed, so we actually got to talk!!!

 

The PERFECT day!



O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree . . .

How lovely are your branches!

This year, it was pouring down rain and freezing so we picked a tree quickly :-)

Lukey was stuck on Mommy's back so no pictures of him but he enjoyed his candycane!

 

We had to wait a few days before we could decorate given our hectic holiday schedules,

but by Sunday night, we were ready and started decorating once Lukey was down for bed.

{I know, the poor guy misses all the fun ~ maybe next year!}

The bigs did a great job decorating . . .

Once the ornaments were on, it was time for the star and Eli was over-the-moon excited that it was finally his year to place the star on the top of the tree!!!

He has now informed Ducky Gramma that she needs a star for her tree,

and that she must lift him up to put it on the top for her :-)

Alli and Eli were so proud of their finished, beautifully decorated tree!

Lukey was impressed the next morning but really hasn't shown much interest in the ornaments.

Eli on the other hand must be reminded a couple times each day not to touch!



Santa Visits 2012

Like years past, we headed to the Log Cabin to see Santa and Mrs. Claus.

 All three munchkins did great and were happy to visit with and tell Santa what they wanted.

The two bigs have not waivered a bit, especially Eli . . . Dinco Lightning and Neverland Pirate Ship.

Sure hope Santa doesn't disappoint :-)

Then, a week later, we saw Santa and Mrs. Claus again at Barbie Gramma's house!!!

The kiddos were so excited to see Santa again and whisper in his ear what they wanted :-)

 What a fun visit once again!

Okay, so maybe Lukey wasn't quite as excited as his siblings . . .

Very fun to see Santa both times!

Can't wait until next year . . .



Happy Turkey Day!

Our Thanksgiving started early thanks to our littlest Turkey,

but we are so thankful for the fun family time with these three,

each doing something they love . . . 

    We pray you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your friends and family!

Three 'lil firecrackers

What a FABULOUS 4th of July!!!

Our three adorable firecrackers had a blast at the beach with cousins and friends.

We could not have asked for a better day!

After Luke's morning nap, we headed out for a day at the beach.

The kiddos were so excited to see their cousins again.

This picture of the cousins with Great Pop is a hoot! 

The big cousins (Alli & Victoria have silly faces);

the little cousins (Alexandria & Eli) are so not interested in having a picture;

and the baby cousins (Anna & Luke) aren't quite sure what to think!

We actually managed to get one pretty decent shot of the whole family

(minus Tony who didn't make it up for this trip and was missed!)

And, the Hubers were there too!  Doesn't get any better than this!!!

Even Luke seemed pretty darn happy to be at the beach, enjoying his "office"

and taking a very good nap in the pack-n-play out there.
In fact, it was such a good nap that he missed being in the parade!

He did, however, make it in time to see the tail end of it and seemed very impressed ;-)

The bigs had so much fun in the parade this year.

We brought out both cars, the wagon and the stroller and all were thrilled.

Eli decided he would be the one to help Barbie Gramma decorate this year . . .

Alli and Victoria took turns driving the Escalade.

Taylor drove the Mustang while Lizzy gave the BEST parade wave ever!

Eli and Ava rode in the wagon and tossed (or ate!) candy at the crowd.

Alex happily rode in the red, white and blue stroller.

What fun they had and Victoria even won the prize for "Best Smile" ~ go Vic!

She looked so darn cute in her medal and the prize was $5 ~ woo  hoo!!!

After the parade, the kiddos decided to hit the beach and go swimming with the Dads.

Sadly, given my bum knee, I couldn't go down but based on these pictures, everyone had fun!

By 7pm, the kiddos were getting tired, though not all wanted to admit it, so we headed home.

Thankfully, all three of our 'lil firecrackers are currently sleeping through the loud fireworks!



Happy Easter

We had a wonderful Easter weekend with family!

On Good Friday, we had Great Pop and Uncle Z over for dinner.

Eli was adorable insisting that we say our prayers :-)

Saturday, we visited with the Easter Bunny and enjoyed an egg hunt at our church. 

Alli LOVED the Easter Bunny and gave him lots of hugs and smooches.

Eli LOVED that the Easter Bunny gave him candy so took every opportunity to visit with him ;-)

Eli didn't quite grasp the whole hunting for eggs ~ he just wanted to open the ones he found and eat the candy right away.  This meant he "found" a total of 3 eggs!  Fortunately, others gave him some.

Alli on the other hand was a pro and even found one of the six coveted "golden eggs" meaning she got a special basket of goodies ~ needless to say, she was thrilled!

Thankfully, the weather was beautiful allowing for some great play time with buddies after the hunt.

Today, Alli and Eli couldn't wait to see if the Easter Bunny brought them any goodies . . .

The buckets of goodies were a hit!

Alli loved her princess puzzles and princess bike horn and Eli was so excited to get the Toy Story trilogy and Cars bike horn.  Luke too enjoyed his Sophie giraffe (and first Easter)!

Then it was time to head outside for our egg hunt. 

Eli finally got the idea and the two bigs had a blast!

We attempted some family photos but it's tough to get everyone to pay attention ;-)

After the egg hunt, we were off to church, where we enjoyed breakfast and a fabulous sermon.

This afternoon, we played outside and worked in the yard before heading over to Ducky Gramma and Papa's house for a yummy ham dinner.  Tony, Jenee and Kyle were missed but we loved seeing the rest of the family.  I didn't bring my camera so I will have to share pictures once my mom sends them.  We got some very cute shots of the "baby cousins" (aka Bella and Luke).

Definitely a fabulous weekend to remember!



Happy Heart Day!

Today was a great Valentine's Day for all!

Yep, that was the best photo I could get of three kiddos!

Once again, Alli's precious little smile makes up for the less than cooperative boys,

who looked absolutely adorable in their matching shirts ;-)

Both Alli and Eli were over the moon excited with their Valentines ~ a cup filled with M-n-Ms and suckers! 

They also had a great time making Valentine's for their school friends.

It was a great teachable moment for Mommy too . . .

I had these grand plans of making rice krispy pops and printing out cute labels when Alli said:

"But Mommy, I want to make the hearts like last year"

Can you believe I actually thought about trying to talk her out of it???

It's her Valentines and we did exactly what she wanted and she could not have been happier!

Neither could I for that matter!!!

She did such a great job writing all of the names, putting on the suckers and adding stickers.

I think they turned out way better than anything I had planned.  Good reminder for this Mommy to back off! 

When Eli saw them, he wanted to do the same thing for his buddies.

I wrote his name but he had Alli help him add his Toy Story and Cars stickers.

He had so much fun decorating them and delivering them to his friends' bags ~ so cute! 

Not sure why I got so into it this year, but for breakfast,

I made the kids heart shaped french toast and white chocolate covered strawberries with their names written on them (so bummed that I forgot to take a picture but Garrett said they were very cool!)

Eli should have gotten a prize for managing to eat all of the white chocolate with the least amount of strawberry :-)  Such a silly boy!  I was feeling so puffed up at one point when I heard Eli say "yummy!"  I thought he was referring the breakfast I made but when I looked over, I saw that he had snagged on the suckers from his Valentine cup ~ oh well, I tried!

After breakfast, I attempted to get some pictures of all the kiddos.  Those silly boys refused to cooperate!

Luke was smiling so big and giggling but refused to do it for the camera. 

Love that he was looking so unimpressed with his first Valentine's Day. 

I think he wondered what all the fuss was about!

In true Alli fashion, our sweet girl was very lovey, dovey and more than happy to pose for the camera ;-) 

She was also happy to show Luke that Valentine's day is all about love and smooching! 



Garrett surprised me this year by sending me a beautiful bouquet of one dozen long stem red roses.

Again, so bummed that I forgot to take a picture but I loved them.

Alli was with me when they were delivered and was convinced Daddy sent them to "his girls."  She was so excited by them that there was no way I was correcting her.  She even gave him a big hug when he got home and thanked him for sending "her and Mommy" the flowers ~ love it!!!

Our Visit with Santa

So I am finally trying to get caught up with the blog, this begins the slew of Christmas posts . . .

Once again we visited Santa at the Log Cabin and it was a hit!

Okay, so we never did manage to get a "great" picture but we had fun :-)

Eli wasn't about to smile but was happy to give Santa his list, sit on his lap and take a candy cane. 

Both kiddos dictated their letters to us (We helped Eli!) and signed them.

Alli was so excited this year and had no trouble talking to Santa, telling him what she (and Eli!) wanted, giving him a candy cane craft she made, sitting on his lap and smiling up a storm!

Our baby girl is getting so brave!!! 

  

As you can see, Alli and Eli really enjoyed those candy canes! 

It was very sweet as both were concerned that Luke didn't get one :-)