Ryan and Katelyn had a ball this holiday season. Miss Kris gave them what they call the most awesomest thing ever...personalized soda.
Here they are posing with their awesomest ever sodas. What makes them so neat?...
These sodas were personalized just for us! Ryan has grizzly bear soda. He just loves the animal pictures that Kris sends him so this was just too cool! Katelyn had what else?, Wizard of Oz Soda! She refuses to drink the bottle of rootbeer because it is just way too special to open! Kris also made Mickey soda wrappers...LOVE IT! This idea was just too cool. We plan to steal it for next years gift giving. Like Kris says, the best ideas are stolen!Dawni facilitated gingerbread house decorating this year. I bet she spent at least $20 on candy to deck these sweet little babies out...
He's Ryan's all done... It's hard to tell, but he made a tree out of gumdrops and put snow and ornaments on it-it's by his hand- wish I'd gotten a better shot of it : (
Here's Katelyn's. It did have icicles on the eaves, but Ryan broke them off and ate them! They had a lot of fun with the houses. We'll have to do it again next year. Dawni even made a Christmas "Don't Eat Pete" game for them to finish off the rest of the candy. Anyone remember that game????Last for this post are a few pictures of our trees this year. I really wish I still had my tall one, but the 6.5 ft was good enough this year. This is the tree in the window of the library...I decorated this one with all my new Disney Storybook ornaments and set up the Mickey train under it. It was off limits to the little people.
And here is the one in the great room. Ryan and Kate decorated this one. That's why all the ornaments are at the bottom. I let them re-arrange this tree at will. It made it fun for them to have a tree that was not hands off.
And here is the one in the great room. Ryan and Kate decorated this one. That's why all the ornaments are at the bottom. I let them re-arrange this tree at will. It made it fun for them to have a tree that was not hands off. 
...on display.
Not exactly a happy looking fellow is he??? My favorite is all of the white silicone caulk that the ding-a-lings used all over my beautiful brown brick to try and fix the problem. (Which didn't help matters at all! Still leaking!) Can't wait to see how this is resolved... : (
Doesn't Renny look cute as Stitch? He was really excited to get a big candy bar and a bag of candy from our house. It's funny to see these two in Ryan's old costumes. It really doesn't seem that long ago that he wore them.
Dax always tries to get as close to the camera as possible! What a nut! He kinda looks like he's already on a sugar rush.
Here Hunter is putting the gift up for us...such the handyman.
Ryan and Katelyn were so excited! Lisa, you couldn't have picked a better gift...Ryan and Katelyn have wanted one of these since they saw it in the store almost a month ago. 
Here is Katelyn with her pink poodle pumpkin she made at Debbie's.
The bride decorated the cake with live Gerbera Daisies. I can't wait to see the pictures with the flowers on the cake!
One of the few times Wes let me take pictures- and smiled!
I think this is about the age that Ryan and Katelyn started refusing to take pictures together...so we have Ryan with the pumpkin...
...and Katelyn with the pumpkin!
Buzz and Aurora- Boy they look so little!
This is pretty close, although the other eyebrow was the one a half inch higher than the other. Oh, and his eye was all the way shut- not just droopy! Sad but true!
