Saturday, December 31, 2011

End of another great year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!


We wish everyone a wonderful and fun filled 2012.  2011 was great to us, with many adventures with family and friends.  We ARE truly blessed.  We loved hanging out with so many people that mean the world to us, and look forward to many new adventures in 2012!
Here is a recap of our year in pics... enjoy!


Friday, December 30, 2011

fun times with cousins

Over the past several weeks our kids have had a great time with their cousins.  The Lacayo's stayed at our home for a week... and boy was it a blast.  They are missed so much already.  They kids also got a chance to hang out with cousins near and far as well over the holiday break.  It's amazing how much fun they have together despite the number of times they see each other!
Some of the fun things they did together include: bike riding, decorating a gingerbread house, being silly together, having an indoor camp-out (complete with a pretend firepit), visiting Kringle's Inventionasium, ice skating, making "deck angels" (due to the lack of snow... they were still pretending to make real snow angels!), building LOTS of Trio Blocks creations, and many other adventures!  What a great way to end the year!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  there was barely any snow falling but they were SOOO excited they went out to play in it anyway!
 

Monday, December 26, 2011

Sikora family Christmas Party

Today we enjoyed spending the evening with Tobin's extended family and friends at Mom and Dad's new place.  It was a great Christmas party and a nice time to catch up with many people we don't see year round.  The appetizers, drinks and TONS of desserts were amazing..... but the company was even better!  The kids seemed to gravitate to the ginormous playroom and spent much of the time down there having a blast!
 

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas Day 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Happy Birthday Jesus!   We had an absolutely awesome and relaxing Christmas day.  The Lacayo kids were up bright and early this morning and eagerly awaited our kids to get up.  By 7:30am, most kids were up, so we felt compelled to wake up the remaining two.  We all gathered in Will's room to read the Christmas story, sing Away in a Manger, and get ready to check to see if Santa had come to our home!  Indeed he had!  This was really such an exciting Christmas for the kids.  They were so excited for their gifts...but they were equally as excited to GIVE their gifts.  The other day I randomly asked Will if he knew what the true meaning of Christmas was and he flat out said "giving".  My heart melted.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 This year we were so lucky to have the Lacayo gang here with us for Christmas morning.  The comradere between cousins is amazing.  They love each other and consider each other best friends.  We love it.  To my sister and I it always makes us wish they lived closer.   However, we are fortunate and blessed to visit often.  All the kids got all their Christmas wishes (and some) this year. Will got his Ouranosaurus, Transformer Starscream, Transformer Megatron and a LeapPad.  Isa asked for Princess Trio Blocks.  She also received several Hello Kitty accessories to enjoy!  Gabi got a baby stroller, new baby doll, some baby clothes and backpack from Santa!  The kids also got a new dollhouse to share!  Aidan got some awesome Star Wars vehicles and Andrew got Moon Dough!  Santa must have been happy with them!
Our kids also made some special treats this year.  They made several craft snowmen that they turned into ornaments.  The kids also helped wrap and hand them out to each recipient.  This was so touching to me.  Will also made Isa a paper tiara for Christmas that he wrapped in his own home made wrapping paper.... priceless!  Even though it got a little crazy for a while with lots of toys... it seems like they were always grounded when they remembered about another gift they still had to share.  It was truly a wonderful day.
For dinner, part of the Cecil clan joined us.  Overall it was a great day, spent with ones we love and celebrating Christ's birth.  We are so blessed!