Christmas is Here!!!!

Merry Christmas to all...we have so much to be thankful for!

Have a Blessed Christmas!!!!

Wishing you all a blessed Christmas with your families! Jake and I are so thankful for the gift of life and health!

We are wearing the color "teal" in honor of SCSU's softball player Kelly Laas who died of ovarian cancer last February! Kelly is missed by many!

Thank God for children!!

Gotta Love the Holiday Cheer!

Jake's school is having a Christmas sweater party today...this is hilarious! And the best part is, these sweaters are my mom's and she still wears them! I love you Mom!

Super Excited for Christmas!

We are BEYOND excited for Christmas...only 4 days left, yah!

Commencement...Check! Bring on Christmas!!!!

Ah...what a great day today was (besides myself and both kids being sick!). I coordinated my first commencement ceremony at St. Cloud State and it went smooth! Was a great day, I never felt nervous or overwhelmed...just like old times in Halenbeck Hall (over-seeing athletic events). Was so rewarding seeing happy graduate faces and proud parents. Jake and I are so blessed to have two amazing children!

What a difference 18 months makes! This photo of the kids was taken in June of 2010. So incredible that now (in 2011) Andray looks "afraid" of his "crazy" sister, ha! Andray came with me to pick up our newest family photos and when we looked at the photos before leaving the store he told the clerk..."my sister is crazy!" Too funny!

(wow, do I miss the "baby stage"...the kids were so innocent "back then"...thankful for their overall health!)

So excited for Christmas...only 7 days left!

Happy Friday!

Hope you all have a great Friday and even better weekend! Jake is home with a sick Roslyn today...bummer. But hopefully she gets this out of her system before Christmas! This is my BIG WEEKEND for work as I'll coordinate my first University Commencement Ceremony at St. Cloud State! Nervous, but more excited, than anything. Rehearsal is today and Sunday is the BIG DAY! Can't wait until Sunday night when it's successfully completed :)

Another Great Year of Holiday Baking at the Farm!

Sunday Jake and I and the kids headed to the Stang farm for another great day of Holiday Baking and Christmas Tree Decorating! Was so much fun this year! With Ella and Skyler getting older, the ornaments are now making their way up higher on the tree each year, too cute!

Andray of course found his favorite string of lights and hung about 21 ornaments in one place...too funny. It even caused the string of lights to go out. Papa just laughed :)

I'm thinking Roz hung this ornament. The string was long enough that the ornament didn't even hang in the air, just sat on the ground. We laughed out loud!

Jake was giving "cattle" rides while the younger kids were napping, hilarious!

Mya Mellissa...too pretty.

Roz of course picked Duke Blue cookie frosting...love it :)

The Stang crew hard at work.

Skyler and Ella's cookies were beautiful, they are growing up way too fast!

Thank you Grandma Sandy for starting the Holiday Baking tradition, way too much fun!

Roz loved the sprinkles!

Neely had fun frosting cookies too!

Easton was hilarious...he loved the frosting, despite breaking out in hives from it! Poor baby!

My kids' master pieces...can you tell which one Andray did? He loves green! :)

Andray hanging out with Papa Steve.

Talk about a great day at the farm...the kids fell asleep in the car on the ride home and stayed sleeping until the next morning!