Christmas at the Constables

We had another fun year going over to Matt's parents house on Christmas Eve. Shawn made stuffed shells for dinner and Virginia always puts out yummy treats to snack on. Justin, Lauren and Estella and Nadine came over too. They had so many presents under their tree it was almost impossible to get around!!! We all got spoiled...we had to bring giant garbage bags home because of all the presents :)

Christmas with my Mom & Sis

We had my mom and Luke and Brooke over for Christmas this year. We usually have a brunch and then end up going over to my Grandpa and Grandma Bryants and then my Grandma Charlene's house. We had a lot of fun.....and a lot of laughs.

Mattie's Holiday Party at School

Since I am the classroom parent for Mattie's class I had to help plan the Holiday Party! The kids made foam ornaments, decorated cookies and played a game. It is so much fun hanging out with Mattie and her classmates :)

Christmas Get Together

Every year we get together with some of our family and friends (Eric, Mindy, Luke, Brooke, Justin and Morgan) for dinner around the Holidays. This year we had the dinner at our house and unfortunately had really bad weather so the majority of everyone couldn't make it. We still had a really fun time with Eric, Mindy and Lauren. The kids have a blast together!! They chase each other and then force me to play 'Monster' with them. Basically, I have to wrestle them :) We have been doing this for three to four years now and I just love this tradition!!

Mattie's 8th Birthday Party

I can't believe it but Mattie turns 8 years old tomorrow!! She had her birthday party with her friends last night at The Playground for Kids in Ankeny along with her friend Madison who turned 8 yesterday. They had a blast :)

Ryan's 3rd Birthday Party!!!

I can't believe Ryan is 3 years old! We had his birthday party last weekend and had a lot of family and friends over. His theme was Toy Story 3. He got a lot of new clothes, toys and books. We had some good laughs while Ryan tried on every outfit he opened :) I've never seen a child get so excited over clothes!!!

Trick-or-Treating

Last weekend was Beggar's Night so Matt and I took the kiddos trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. Madalynn and her good friend Madisyn were both Wonder Woman :) Ryan was Spiderman. Madalynn was such a good helper with Ry. Once he got the hang of it he would run to the next house screaming trick-or-treat and then most of the time remembered to say 'Thank-You' :) Matt took him home a little early since it was pretty chilly and I stayed out for the remainder of the time with Mattie and her friend. Her bucket of candy was overflowing by 8 p.m.!!