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.

Christmas Fun Part 1

Christmas seems to be really drawn out for us. I think that having the twins birthday at the beginning of December makes it feel like a month long event. I am not complaining, really, I am not but it makes it hard after the Christmas festivities are over because the babies keep asking for "pwesents". Spoiled little pumpkins...along with the "terrible twos" syndrome that my children wasted no time embracing. Anyway, my Aunt Judy and cousin Teresa sent Christmas gifts for all of us with my dad and we spent one evening opening all of them. The kids had so much fun. They kept saying "ooo" and when asked if they wanted to open another present Elizabeth would say"yeah okay". Thank you guys again for everything. Here are some pictures of all the fun.

Elijah opening his first present and saying "ooo" as he looked in the bag.

Aunt Judy got each of them a cup with their name on it and both of them loved pretending to drink from them. Those cups are just so darn cute.

Aunt Judy made them little stockings and Elizabeth wanted to put hers on the bears foot.

Elijah only wanted "PaPa" to help him open his presents. It was really cute and my dad did not seem to mind at all.

He sat there forever looking through his coloring books.

I know that this picture is not very good but it was so cute of her giving her bear "woofs" (kisses)as she calls them.

Thank you again guys. We love you.

Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree

The Perkowski boys went to Cedar City this weekend to cut down a Christmas tree. It is their tradition and I know that they always have alot of fun doing it. Here are some pictures of their adventure. The sun was in their eys but I loved this picture of all of them. Jordan making a snow ball.
And there it is. The perfect tree. I love the decoration and lights on the house too.

Christmas Tag

I loved this idea about Christmas ornament tagging but this year we had to get a very small tree because we just do not have any room for a normal size tree. So I thought that I would expand with ornament tag to a decoration tag as well. Here are a few pictures of some ornaments and decorations that have alot of meaning to us. My mom bought this ornament for me the first Christmas that I moved into my own apartment. It is so her style which makes me love it that much more.

Jeremy and I made these at a pottery painting place when we were still pregnant. We wanted their first Christmas ornaments to have a personal touch.

The twins Christmas stocking.

My mom loved advent calenders and she would always put one up for me with candy and on special days there would be a piece of paper with a note saying that I had a present to open. This year we bought one for the twins so that I can keep that tradition going.

Last but not least, this is a snow globe that the Perkowski's got Jeremy and I the very first Christmas we were together. It is beautiful and the babies love to hear the music and watch the "snow" fall.

Well, there you go! We are tagging Mom, the McPherson's, and Jamie and Carly.

Happy Birthday Twins!!!

Today our sweet little angels are 2 years old. It has been an amazing 2 years. Mom and I were talking on Saturday about how much they have been through and how far they have come. Looking at them now, I sometimes "forget" how difficult the first months of their lives were but God has truly blessed us with these two beautiful and healthy babies!

On Saturday we had a party for them at Shawn and Chelsea's house. We all had such a great time and we really appreciate Shawn and Chelsea allowing us to use their home. Elijah got a bunch of cars which are his favorite things in the whole world right now and Elizabeth got a ton of babies which is her favorite thing. They also got a sit-n-spin from the Mann's and a ton of books! Daddy and Mommy got them a kitchen that is by far the coolest thing I have ever seen. Mom made the cakes and as always, they were amazing in both taste and design. Thank you everyone for coming and all of the help to make their day so special and fun. Here are some pictures.

Here they are playing in their kitchen for the first time.

Elizabeth making some peas. The burner makes a boiling noise when you put a pot on it and a sizzling noise when you put a frying pan on. They love that part.

This is not the best picture of Elijah that I have ever taken but I thought it was so cute because he is concentrating so hard on making that pepper grinder work.

One of my new favorite pictures. I think Elijah hates the flash or something because 90% of the pictures that I take of him, he ends up with that same look on his face.

So stinkin cute.

Chelsea took alot of the pictures for us which we really appreciate but for some reason when I try and post any of the pictures that came from her camera it gives me an error message. So when we figure out the problem (which I know is something that I am not doing correctly) I will post the pictures of the cakes and of the twins opening presents. But for now I think this should suffice.