a nebraska christmas.

oh what fun!   7 grandkids (lane at 4 being the oldest) under one roof for over a week.   cousins!   my mom has a sign, "grandma's house.  a place where cousins become best friends."   i so pray that for our kids.  

ok, onto pics...i didn't take tons.  if you follow me on instagram you probably noticed we were having the best time.   sometimes you're just too busy to stop & take pictures:)

logan girl on christmas eve.

christmas eve.   who wants to open up a present?!

flashlights!

the sweetest little guy, weston gray.

addison joy in her christmas night gown.

christmas morning!

penny ray!   i loved her little face in her pajamas.

(probably one of my favorite christmas pics this year.)

lane & owen.

logan got a stroller.   and as you can see, she is still a bit short for it.   ha:)

but boy oh boy, she loves it!

all lane and gage have played with since christmas morning...gage got a new case combine & lane got a sprayer.  

they have no idea what light sabers are, just that they are so much fun!

LOVE this picture of my gagers.   SO him!

addie & her rapunzel dress that somehow kept getting shorter as the day went on.  

new books.

thanks aunt dana & uncle jeff for the loudest toy ever.   a voice changer.   lane loves it!

we decided to have a birthday party for Jesus a few days after christmas at the bowling alley.   the kids loved it.   us parents thought "this is mass chaos" much of the time but would gladly do it again!

"give me some cake!"

penny & logan dancing it up on dance dance revolution.  

addison, the cutest in bowling shoes.

tom gets the award for sweetest bowler.   he bowl holding penny many times.

gage, loved it!!

and lane was so proud much of the time:)

or completely disappointed.  

and logan just wobbled around.  

a very merry christmas indeed.   

on our way up, fingers crossed.

i had mentioned a while ago that after christmas we all caught a nasty bug.   influenza to be exact.   we've basically been in quarantine.  

(bummer, she caught me trying to take some sleepy pics)

the dr told me that one of the complications with this strain of influenza, along with extreme fevers & body aches, is that it seems to settle in your chest easily. 

so when the pediatrician told us that all three kids have pneumonia (along with ear infections) tears filled my eyes.   we're slowly but surely on our way to feeling better, for today!

its only january but we sure are looking forward to some warm spring days to open up the windows, air out the sickness, and feel some sun on our cheeks.  soon:)