December 22nd

Liam was SO excited to use my old Santa cup today. Something I adored doing as a little girl. How special to share it with him too! 

Liam thinks his new puppy is the coolest thing ever. They chase each other all the live long day. 

And I don't mind that he loves to snuggle either. 

Mollie is loving him too. He has helped her feel better as she has been healing from having a sore paw. 

December 21st

A concert by Liam & Gabe to start our day. 

Our dear small group friends coming over for a Christmas party. 7 kids: 6 girls + Liam. And 7 adults. So much FUN! 

And then meeting our new puppy, Chief.

He loves to cuddle and we are in love.

A perfect Sunday! 

December 20th

Today was a big day. We had Christmas with Gabe. Grandma Deb made us a delicious breakfast while the boys opened their stockings. 

And then they had a blast opening their gifts. 

Grandma sure knows what the boys will love to play with. 

Gabe had us all laughing, constantly checking his new watch from Tara. 

Grandma got the boys sticky sling shot toys and the older boys stole the gift and had a blast!

Then we went into Sioux Falls to spend time with the Leiferman family.  

Liam had a blast with his Arkansas cousins! And of course. Uncle D and Uncle Jim.

December 19th

My little fireman. 

Picking out toys for our new puppy who is coming to our house on Sunday. 

Opening a present that came in the mail from some wonderful people in an Assessor's office that we work for in Wyoming. 

Watching Planes: Fire & Rescue and doing their name puzzles. Gabe has always loved Liam's name puzzle, so we got him one for Christmas! 

Starting a Nativity activity from Aunt Brittany and Uncle Randy. He is amazed and loved learning about the angel Gabriel. 

Then two of his favorite Christmas stories before bed. 

December 18th

We started our day with a morning swim.

Then we went to work with Daddy, where our dear friend (thanks Debbi) gave Liam a helicopter for Christmas. 

The world was covered in sparkles on our way home.

And when we got home Liam went straight for the awesome firetruck puzzle he got from our awesome friends (thanks Bartell Fam) before we left for Wyoming. 

December 17th

Liam was very excited to get to the pool this morning. Always his favorite part of traveling. And mama was hoping to wear him out so he would nap good for me. Sleeping at hotels is always interesting at night...

We watched some old school Looney Tunes while we ate lunch. This is one of our favorites from when Max and I were kids. I gave Max a Christmas ornament that is this red monster, many years ago. 

Tonight we went back to the pool with daddy. This is how we dry off after swimming, walking around the pool over and over. 

And we ended the day with a popcorn party and a Christmas movie. 

December 16th

Today we dug out of the snow and headed to Wyoming. Our day was spent in the car traveling. We are thankful for good roads and an awesome little traveler. 

We stopped in Hot Springs, SD for dinner and I had to get a pic of my guys walking down the cute little street checking out the pretty lights.

We also had some excitement when our keys to our hotel room wouldn't work when we got there. 

Liam and I cuddled while daddy got it worked out. 

We are thankful to be able to travel with daddy when he works and for the way daddy has worked so hard making his business successful for the last 9 years. That man rocks our socks off.