Break Time with Becca

One of the perks of Christmas break, was having Becca home!  She got to come over and play a few times, and even went to an afternoon movie with us one day.  We love and miss our Becca so when she is home we take advantage of it!

 

Christmas Day

The forecast called for snow and although we probably wouldn't mind getting stuck in Duncan, I didn't want to be out on the roads in the weather.  We had to drive two cars to Duncan, so I for sure didn't want to drive back to Woodward in the snow, so we headed home early. 

 

We got back to Woodward just in time to set out cookies for Santa.

 

Santa came to visit with a small gift for each kiddo.  They were pretty excited, but since that's all they got it was a pretty calm morning.  We focused on family and Jesus and it was PERFECT!

 

Since we didn't do much that day, I made a photo collage of our day.  Carter and Cole played checkers, Cole was kind of sick, so he rested a BUNCH.  The dogs layed by the fire, Daddy put together a few toys from the grandparents, and we kept a roaring fire going all day!  Perfect family filled day!

 Merry Christmas, with love from the Reid crew

Christmas in Duncan

After we returned from Great Wolf Lodge, we had a small simple Christmas in Duncan with GiGi and Pops.  We had to change up our plans because of an impending snow storm.  So we opened gifts on Christmas Eve and headed back to Woodward.

I think Carter enjoyed his gifts.

 Caden appreciated his new Woodward jacket.

 Caden made a special ornament for GiGi, and I think it's a safe bet to say she LOVED it!

Cole enjoyed his stocking full of fun.

 Cory loved his new t-shirt even though his team isn't doing so well...there is hope :)

 Crosby was thrilled with his new tool belt, even if he's not smiling in the picture.  So hard to get him to stop and pose these days!

 The whole crew (minus Aunt Jana) before church.  Merry Christmas from our herd to yours!

Christmas at Great Wolf Lodge



Of course we had a GREAT time at Great Wolf Lodge!  Who wouldn't?!?!  During the winter season it "snows" inside the lodge and that was fun for everyone.  We were in the perfect position to get snowed on the first morning and the kids LOVED it!

 Cole was the only boy who would take his picture in the chair!

It is hard to take pictures inside the water park, so these are the best we have.  Pops got a pretty good shot of the ENTIRE group!  We spent a lot of time in the wave pool.

 Two of the older boys took turns going on the big rides with Daddy, Momma, Pops, or GiGi.  Cole and Caden had fun!

 Carter wasn't feeling well some of the time, so he just chilled in the wave pool until his energy came back.

Caden and Daddy spent some time shooting baskets.

 Carter got his energy back and hopped across the leap pads.  Cole tried too! 

 Crosby had fun in the kiddie pool pushing down the water.

Carter had to rest a lot so his energy could come back.  I think we started passing around some sort of bug that weekend.

 Cole had a blast at the arcade.  He loved going down to the arcade in his pajamas and playing all the games.  We got lots and lots of tickets.

 Even GiGi got in the action and won the boys lots of tickets at her favorite game.

With our tickets we got a few fun prizes each.  The best prize was the mustache pack.  EVERYONE enjoyed posing with the facial hair!

Momma and Cole

 Daddy and Crosby

 Pops, GiGi, and Caden

Carter and GiGi

 The boys also got cars, a bouncy ball, and card games too.  We had fun relaxing and playing with all of it.

I love going to Great Wolf Lodge.  There is so much to do and it is so nice to be able to come and go to the water park when you want.  We had a great time with GiGi and Pops and that is all that matters to us!

Christmas at Legoland

For Christmas with the Gowan's this year, I convinced GiGi and Pops to only buy one present for each boy, and not any for us and to use that money for a fun trip.  We don't need anymore stuff and we rarely get to go on trips with them so it worked out great.

Our first stop was Legoland Discovery Center:

I didn't take many pictures because we were all too busy chasing kids around.  But the place was a huge hit with ALL the kids.  Cory had fun building cars to race with the boys.

 Momma and Cole enjoyed one of the rides.  He talked me into riding it several times!

 Cole and Caden were being goofy before we went in.

 The lego city of DFW was a huge hit.  The boys loved looking at "JerryWorld" and Great Wolf Lodge made of legos!

After a few hours here the boys were ready to check in at Great Wolf Lodge and continue the fun!

Christmas In Guymon

This year we got to do Christmas with the Reid side of the family a little before school was out.  It was a quick weekend but we had a lot of fun.  For some reason I don't have many pics from the opening of presents.  Maybe they are all on Grammie's camera?!  But here are the few I have.

 

Before we headed out we got to see the store front window and the painters had finished the Christmas window!  Kirstie had a great idea this year and it looked amazing!

 This was also a few nights before we left, but it has Papa in it.  Crosby has learned that Papa is the best to write letters on his back and begs for him to do it EVERY time we see them!  It's so cute!

 Once we got to Guymon, I didn't move from this spot.  I made fun of John for buying this while he and Cory were in Las Vegas earlier this month, but it was absolutely WONDERFUL once I tried it out.  I apologized for my comments and begged for forgiveness so I could continue using the chair :) John and Cory just gave me a round of "I told you so!" and all was good.

 The evening we had to leave, Kayla thought it would be fun to take a limo ride around town to look at Christmas lights.  It was fun at first, but a few of my kids got a little car sick and it took a little longer than their attention spans could handle.  It started out fun though!

It was a quick weekend but a fun one.  Any time we are with family it is fun! 

Carter's New Eyes

Carter was complaining of headaches a lot lately so I figured with our family vision history we should take him in and sure enough, he gets to join the world of glasses.  But he looks so sharp with them on!  It took a while for him to get used to the attention that he would receive, but he is good now.  You are handsome Carter Andrew with or without your glasses! 

Carter's Christmas Program

The kids cooperated and I was able to go watch Carter in his Christmas Program at school. He has a new music teacher this year and she had them put on a short play with dialogue and everything instead of just singing 6 songs. It was cute!  Afterwards we got to go back to his class and take a few pictures.

Carter and Cole

 Momma and Carter

 Carter and one of his friends, Cameron.  Their brothers played basketball together this winter and these two tried to act like they didn't enjoy playing together :)  So cute!

Caden had a great program too, but I didn't get any pictures of it.  The baby we had at the time cried most of the way through it and Crosby wouldn't sit still either.  So instead of taking pictures, I had to wrangle babies.  :(  But I was there and he had some amazing dance moves to one of his songs.

Cole's Christmas Program

Cole had his Christmas program Monday night at Free Spirit.  He did a great job overall but we had a little scare :)  No one really noticed because they were paying attention to their child/grandchild, but we had a good laugh.  After the first couple of songs he started wiggling and dancing and I just knew he had to go to the bathroom.  But he kept on singing and doing most of the motions.  About halfway through the program, I snuck up front and told one of his teachers about it and she tried to get his attention to no avail.  Needless to say the wiggling, crotch grabbing, dancing, squeezing of legs, etc. got worse and worse with each song he sang.  On the final song, I was laughing so hard I couldn't video, I just knew he would wet his pants right there on stage!  So I ran down the middle aisle as soon as they stopped singing, his teacher finally got his attention, and he jumped off stage and we RAN to the bathroom!  I barely got his pants down in time...LOL.  So funny!  Afterwards, his head teacher, Mrs. Gari said he just would NOT make eye contact with her.  Like he knew he would miss something if he went before it was over!  Crazy Cole!

 

 

Here he is on the way down to the stage.  They introduce each child and give them the spot light for a second or two.

 

 Here is a group shot of the class singing.

 Mrs. Gari always gets Santa to come to the program. This is the best shot of the 4 boys with Santa!

Caden's Basketball Debut

Caden was asked to play on a team this year for basketball.  It's been a great opportunity so far for him to work on his skills, get coaching from other people besides his Dad and Mom (who for the record, know NOTHING!) and get to play against other boys!  He is having a great time. 

 

I have been to a few practices, but just got to go to a game this Saturday.  He did great after a rough start...we forgot his basketball shoes.  Here are a few shots I took, videos to follow for the grandparents!

 

Here he is pouting on the bench.  His coach got him to clear his head after a while!

This team had one really good kid, so it was hard for Caden to break free and get an open shot, but here is one!

The team has really worked on setting ball screens and getting open layups, it worked here!

Getting some defense instruction from Coach JP!

Another layup

Here are consecutive shots of the ball screen and drive to the basket, in action!

Two of his many points that day!  They don't keep score in this age group, but Caden does...lol