Rowan, SMILE! Please, just smile!

Trying to make Rowan smile proved to be quite a project! He just wasn't having it! Here are a few pics to prove just how hard I tried!

He's such a comedian!

Aw come on Ro, be serious!

As close as we could come to an actual smile! Whew, we're done!

Our Christmas Card Picture! Rowan still couldn't manage a normal smile! Oh well, gotta love him!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

One of my projects for Kristi and her family. These are coasters I made for them.

My big project for my Mom and Dad for Christmas. Thanks everyone for getting those pictures to me! I think it turned out really cute! They are never gonna need to buy coasters ever again! ;)

~Christmas Eve~

Each Christmas in the Olson Family, we pick a sibling to get gifts for. This year we had my sister Kristi and her family, they had us. Thanks sis! The kids loved each gift! We love that we'll be able to go out and eat without kids! :)

Ian especially loved the ramp, the lego car can jump over! We love the noisy simon says game! ;) Thanks so much! :)

Rowan was so excited to "Go Fishing!" It even went to bed with him that night!

Jeff and I have gotten into The Office. So now we have all four seasons!

Jeff out did himself this Christmas, he picked out a beautiful necklace for me! Thanks Hon!

Christmas Surprises!

Rowan was so excited to open presents! Didn't really care about the clothes though, hmm I wonder why not?! :)

Hannah our future Vetrinarian, with her newest patient! She was pretty happy to find this! If you can't tell by the smile on her face!

Grandpa and Grandma Olson, How did you know my family would love this!!! :) Thank you, this so far has given hours and hours of excitement! We're all gonna be pro's by the time you come out to visit and then we'll see how you two fair! :) We love you!

Both boys were so excited to try out their new remote control cars! Rowan likes to make it spin in circles.

Ian has recently been really into Pokemon cards. He was soooo happy to find these under the tree! Mom and Dad are so cool!

Party Fun!

The Airforce usually puts on a Christmas party for all the adults (although by the end of the party all the "adults" are acting more like kids). It's usually at a really nice location, this year it was held at the Grove Park Inn. They have it catered, the food was oh soo yummy! Then they have games, white elephant and raffle tickets and at the end they end up dancing til the sun comes up! We had a lot of fun. It was nice to get dressed up and go out with out worrying about where the kids are or what they're getting into!

Here Comes Santa Claus!

The kids were soooo excited to see Santa! Ian even wrapped up one of the things he built and gave it to Santa! Poor Santa though couldn't seem to keep his hair out of his face!

Getting ready to go to the party! I love Rowan's face peeking in behind us!

On my way back to build more projects for Ian! Just call me Mrs. Handyman! I need a toolbelt though!

Christmas Party!

Through out the whole party Rowan had some sort of treat continously stuffed in his mouth. It's like he thought he was never gonna get candy ever again!

Rowan had so much fun running around and getting into everything he possibly could. When ever it would get quiet and we couldn't find him. We'd check behind the Christmas tree and sure enough there he was, snitching the candy canes off the tree! Here's a picture of him being caught in the act! He thought he was in trouble for sure!Here's another of him with a treat in his mouth! I'm really surprised he didn't end up with a tummy ache with the amount of sugar he ate that day.

Jeff was asked to "Man" the craft table! I spent my time with a hammer and nails in my hand! Lol! Enough said huh! :) He tried to make a few crafts, but his projects just never seemed to stay together! Good try though honey!

Hannah did a bit of everything!

She was especially good at decorating cookies and then sharing them with anyone that didn't have a cookie their hands already! This is her castle box she helped build.

This is where Ian and I spent most of our time. Building little projects! Or rather, Ian would find the ones he wanted, open them, start pounding nails in and then say, " Mom this is too hard, will you do it!" So we, I mean I ended up building a ship, a car, a plane, two baseball bat & glove holders, a football plaque, tool box (dad helped build that one), book rack, a castle box (another friend helped Hannah build it), and a napkin holder! But I must admit I loved every second of it!

He really had a good time hammering nails! Although most ended up being hammered through the wood and into the table.

One of the many, finished products!

Great job Ian!