Hailey's 1st selfie

Links come to town!

We were so lucky to have Uncle Erik and Auntie Jill visit us! 

Nap time with twins

January 2015

Now that the twins are in their big boy and girl beds all they want to do is take naps together. As you can imagine, not a lot of napping happens, mostly giggling!

I love how much these two love each other!

Hats!

Coli-monster!

Puzzles!

Baby Nella

My dear friend, Annie, from high school came to visit us with her daughter Nella (short for Penelope).  Hailey is all about babies these days, so she was in heaven!   She was very concerned that Baby Nella wasn't eating snacks like she was! 

Hailey kept talking about her baby sister for a few weeks after! Yikes!

Auntie Jill visits!

Auntie Jill came to Minnesota to meet Bree for the first time. We were lucky to have some auntie and cousin time!

Kissy Face

What can I say, He loves giving kisses! 

Playdoh & Painting

The kids love to keep busy with little activities, and Mom loves it to!! 

January activity

What do you do in Minnesota in January when it is way too cold to go play outside? Bring the snow inside, of course!!  

Bree Lynne Held

Baby Bree made her appearance on January 2nd, 2015! The kids now have 5 girl cousins! Poor Brady and Colin- lots of dress-up coming your way.

Colin was lucky enough to make the hospital visit with Brian and me. He didn't seem very interested in Bree, but loved the open hospital hallways.

Welcome to the family, Bree!

Christmas 2014

After gifts at our place, we headed to Nani and Poppa's house.  Even Santa came to celebrate with us! The kids were very timid around Santa, except Brady who was fearless in getting his gifts! 

Brady wearing Mallory's Christmas dress!  

Christmas Morning 2014

We celebrated Christmas Eve at our church, Immaculate Heart of Mary, with Nani and Poppa. We were very lucky that they reserved seats for us at church, but a little surprised (Brian especially) to see that it was the front row! The kids had a front row to the children's nativity.

Christmas morning we opened a few presents at our house before heading over to Nani and Poppa's house.  Colin got a bunch of match cars and a tractor, Hailey got a stroller and accessories for her doll and Brady got a bunch of dinosaurs and a t-ball set!  Everyone loved their gifts!

 

 

My favorite little angels!

Look what the kids made for us!! My new favorite ornaments!

Sioux Falls Christmas 2014

We headed down to Sioux Falls the weekend before Christmas to celebrate with grandma and grandpa. The kids were able to practice their present opening skills! Hailey received her first baby doll crib! Brady and Colin received some amazing toy cars and trucks!! Thank you grandma and grandpa!!

We were also able to sneak in a visit to see great-grandma Murray! 

Christmas Cookies 2014

Decorating Christmas cookies was a big hit. The kids love to bake and cook with us. We managed to get some frosting on most of the cookies and a lot of sprinkles!