Christmas Morning

After writing their letters to Santa, the kids were excited to get up christmas morning and see if Santa left them presents!
Here they are waiting for Tessa to wake up so that they can all do downstairs...


Coming down the stairs...

P-R-E-S-E-N-T-S!!!!!




Love this photo of the girls...can't believe Lexi is growing up so fast!

Christmas Eve

It was the night before Christmas and we all ate dinner...

Zacky loves his "kid wine"...

Tessa thinks Daddy is the coolest!


Grandpa and Andrew...
Auntie ZZ and Grandpa....
Kids wrote notes to Santa...




Have you ever seen kids so happy about going to bed...

Lexi is 6 months!

....already!!!
can't believe how fast this happened- really! Lexi turned 6 months old on December 7th! She is growing so fast-- not only is she huge (can't get enough of her chunky thighs!) but she is already sitting and eating. (just cut her first tooth) She still loves to smile, and I think her favorite pastime is sitting with Grandpa (her face lights up when she hears his voice) She loves to sit in the corner of the couch and watch everything her brothers and sister do. We love our little Lexi!

She also loves her bath time....

Hanukkah

On Wednesday and Thursday, Andrew and Zachary performed in their school's annual Hanukkah performance. It was fun for everyone, including Tessa. The boys did an excellent job singing their hearts out in front of a large crowd. After their performance we went back and had a party in their classroom.






Tessa joined in on the encore performance back in the classroom. She has been practicing singing with the boys every night at the dinner table!

Playing dreidel with their friend Avery...


They had a repeat performance on Thursday!

Broadmoor

This last weekend we took a mini-vacation at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. The kids enjoyed staying in the new "cottages" with Grandpa.
Here are the kids after swimming. They swam until they were blue and shivering...

The Broadmoor had many holiday activities for the kids. One of the things we did was make snowman cupcakes. The kids loved it..especially because they got to eat it!




Such a cute idea! The finished product wasn't around long...too yummy to pass up...



Most of the weekend was spent just relaxing in the hotel room. (If there is such a thing as relaxation with 4 kids!) Here is Daddy with his two girls...

Cousin Kadence

On Friday after thanksgiving Cousin Kadence (and family) came over for a visit. The kids were so excited to see their cousin!




They loved having a table guest at dinner time!....

Thanksgiving

We had a great thanksgiving in the Morgan House. We cooked all day and had a feast that was very special. We cooked a 26 lb turkey, bigger than Lexi, and had all the sides (including Brian's kitchen sink dressing) and enough desserts to send us all over the edge!
Andrew, chef in training, helped to prepare the feast...



Tessa's favorite part: sparkling cider (aka kid wine)- mmmmm!!





Andrew even baked a pumpkin pie. His own suggestion and his very first!
Grandpa and Lexi spent a lot of time together!


Lexi is a big fan of Grandpa's ice water...