Happy 17th Birthday Jordan!!!

We can not believe that you are 17 already!! You truly are an amazing kid and we love you so much. Hope you have a great day and we are sad that we can not be there to celebrate with you.
I know that this is not quite as good as moms since I do not have any baby pictures or anything but we just wanted you to know that you are so loved by all of us. Love you.

Play Doh

Uncle Michael and Auntie Devyn got the kids playdoh for Christmas. I love doing stuff like that with them because I am not very creative and playdoh is not nearly as messy as finger paints. They told us that we were not allowed to open it until they had left because they thought we would get "mad" but I was really excited because like I said I love doing projects with them, I just can not be the one to come up with them. Thanks guys, but remember that what comes around goes around. Your count down is almost in double digits, so exciting, we can not wait for baby Jane. It came with like 40 colors and accessaries like a rolling pin,scissors,and cookie cutters. Elizabeth picked green as her first color and Elijah picked...

black...

Elizabeth's first attempt with the monkey cookie cutter.

Elijah kept pushing it down and saying "mmm".

Not sure who was having more fun here. You can make noodles with one the things so Jeremy was making noodles for Elijah until he tried to eat them...
So off the subject, our whole family has been battling this cold and one night the babies just wanted to lay on Jeremy with the blanket over their heads. They layed like that for 20 minutes at least.

Christmas Fun Part 2

This truly was one of the greatest Christmas' we have ever had. Thanks to all the great food and even greater company. We went to Mesquite on Sunday after spending some time with the family at the Mann's house. Sunday was full of playing and relaxing, spending time together as a family. Monday night we had the traditional Christmas Eve dinner which as always was amazing. One of the many things that I love about being married into a Polish family is the traditional Oplatek(which means Holy Bread in Latin). This is a time where we read a story and some scripture and then we each take a piece of the oplatek and share it with everyone else along with a hug and words of thanks and appreciation for who they are. One of the things that the story said this year was that this is a time for forgiveness and once we have forgiven others that we are to never again remember the wrong. I thought that was so amazing and something that is so important for all of us to do. I probably am not explaining it very well but I hope that you get the point. It is a very neat time for the family and one of my favorite parts of the Christmas season. Christmas Day came and went way too quickly but it was great watching everyone open their presents especially the kids. We then had dinner of Pirogi, Kielbasa, sweet potatoes, ham,and rolls. Everything was so good and it makes it even more special to know that it all was made by the hands of our family (Terry,Jeremy,Jason,and Jordan...mom and I did a few but we mostly took care of the babies).Thank you guys for a wonderful Christmas and for all the great memories. Here are some pictures of our fun. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.On Monday we went to the park and played. Jeremy and I loved this picture of my dad with the babies walking and holding hands. Cute picture of mom and grammy.

It looks painful but no one was complaining.

Elijah being a big helper handing out presents.

This never gets old to me, him saying "ooo" to everything.

Elizabeth just taking it all in, doesn't her hair rock.

The twins are opening their Christmas presents from Mama and Dza-Dza. This was a "learning center" that teaches shapes and letters and music and has a piano and drawing board. They both love it.

Here are the boys laughing about how ridiculously emo the Rivers cd is. Sorry to any of you who like it.