Crazy Cousins

Photo by Kristen Goldman

Photo by Kristen Goldman

Christmas at the Graham's

Santa did not disappointment on Christmas morning! The kids had a blast opening presents, playing Wii, and even singing Karaoke!

Christmas Eve at the Doffings

Christmas Eve at the Doffings Doffing cousins~Bryce, Haley, Hunter, Layne and Graham

Abby is napping so she did not get to partake in the craziness.

Graham and Uncle Kevin

Bryce and Abby playing with Kevin

Layne, Brian, and PaPa watching over the fried turkey.

Aunt Holly with a lap full!

Layne

Bryce

Graham

Graham helping Grandma make homemade Christmas cookies.

Fun Fridays!

Graham has been asking to make a craft from a book about the weather. I have been putting it off all week thinking he would forget but he N-E-V-E-R did. So off to Hobby Lobby we went to gather our supplies. Gather we did and came home to create RAIN IN A BAG and MELTING SNOWMAN. There are no pictures of Rain in a Bag due to the stress I achieved from all the glitter. Damn glitter...but the kids loved it. I think I will be cleaning that mess up for at least the next 3 months. After the girls went down for their nap, Graham and I attempted Melting Snowman. It was a huge success! He could not be more proud of his creation.

Hello there Mr. Snowman.

You look quite lovely today!

Too bad it is 70 degrees in Dallas today.

Last Friday we spent our morning repairing the damage that Bryce did to her forehead. It was not a pretty sight but it is healing nicely and we are hoping for minimal scarring. Lets just hope she does not pick at it anymore.

Graham trying to cozy up with Bryce considering it was his fault that she ended up in such a mess. Bryce just says, "Bubba push me too fast!"

Party On and On!

Graham celebrated Faith's 5 th birthday with some bowling, pizza, cake and video games. He had a blast since he got to hang out with some of his favorite people...Faith, Sharon and Sophie.

While Graham was celebrating with Faith, Bryce and Layne were celebrating Kennedy's 2nd birthday at Pump It Up, Jr. They had such a great time running, jumping, riding, sliding and climbing all over the place.

B & B

Bryce L.O.V.E.S baby Bennett. One day we were at Bennett's house and we borrowed one of his diapers for Bryce. She was in heaven and when we got home she demanded diapers like his. When I told her we did not have any she told me to go to Sam's and buy her some. Can we say demanding?!?!?! So when he stopped by on Thanksgiving she wanted to do everything with him and for him and especially wanted his diapers.

The zoo crew

The zoo is like a second home to these wild animals. We could not tame this crew into a group picture. They would not sit still for longer than 0.5 seconds. The weather was cool and the animals were active...children as well as the four legged kind. The kids really enjoyed watching the tiger walk around his quarters. Most of the time the tiger is napping so it was quite a surprise to see it up and moving. Graham and Will even had a deep discussion about what kind of snack the tiger was hunting. Here are just a few pictures of our adventures in picture taking.Graham and Will trying to fight off the picture taking while Layne reads the zoo map to see where to go next.

Photo Frenzy

Back on November 8, my super awesome friends and all our children attempted a photo session with the very talented Jenn Zindler. Anyone who can photograph 8 adults and 10.5 kids in an hour and a half must be talented. Everyone had a great time and had a ton of beautiful pictures to pick from. Here are just a few of my favorites...

Godbrothers taking care of each other! Graham and Dutch surrounded by all the ladies.