Z-man~

Everyone is thankfully well again in our house.  My poor mommy ended up in the hospital with pneumonia, but she is also well now too.  So I really need to wrap up Christmas!  Mostly I am just over it.  I have no real motivation for blogging lately, but I am going to try to keep plugging away until I hit some inspiration.  

Zach got a ping pong set and now my dining room table is the scene of many tournaments.  I really meant for it to be played on the table outside, but some people here claim it's "cold" out there.

Super duper reindeer pooper that poops brown jelly beans.  The kids loved it!

My handsome boy who is going to be 11 way too soon!

Best bros

The annual hug!

They both got new "Funk Tember DVDV's" (Buck Denver What's in the Bible DVD's).  They love watching them together and then reenacting the scenes together randomly throughout the day.  They both have insanely good memories.  Yes, it does sound weird when Landen shouts funk tember in the middle of trader joe's.

I finally let the kids watch A Christmas Story this year and they thought the leg lamp part was hysterical.  Fragiiillleeyyy!

I feel like January just chewed us up and spit us out.  February already looks insanely busy.  My only goal is to just do a little better everyday! 

Landen's Christmas~

In order to catch up on Christmas activities I think I'll just blog about each kid by themselves.  

These are my favorite Landen pictures!

He was so excited about that lollipop I put in his stocking from the pantry since I forgot to buy him stocking stuffers.  He immediately gave it to sissy because he only likes the yellow ones.

Making race car sounds as soon as he saw the motorcycle.

He got a glimpse of Bucky's pirate ship and was sooooo excited!  That was one of the things he ask Santa for.

Cutest pirate ever!

Daddy trying to teach him how to look through the telescope.

He kept sneaking into the other room to play with the garage.  I think it was his favorite!

He had such a great morning and seeing his excitement made it special for all of us!

Crawling Out~

 The Thiesen household fell into a viral hole somewhere around 2am January 2nd.  Mikayla is the last one to succumb.  She is home from school today, while Zachary is finally back to school.  The New Year didn't know I wanted to start fresh and strong and organized.  Poor baby Landen was the first and worst.  He was burning up with fever for about 3 days.  He is much better now, but is still coughing.  You know he was still the sweetest little baby doll through it all. Saying things like, "Mama?  When am I going to feel better?"  I feel so-so and I think Jeff is the same but he goes to work anyway.  I have way too much Christmas fun to blog about and no time.  I'll just start with these gems of Mikayla FINALLY getting a cell phone.

Could it be?

Disbelief

Excitement sets in!

Squeals of delight!

This is better than an American girl doll!!
J/K

"This is the one I wanted!"

I  think she was surprised!