some xmas pics...

christmas morning started quite early with cyrus running to his brothers' room and yelling, "come you guys, get out of your beds, santa came! santa came!"

what an abundance of stuff these boys received. cyrus was so excited to open his long awaited remote control dinosaur.

lukey and nico too...

then for an evening any

"woofy's" house. here are all the cousins playing together... in birth order...
thea 5
cyrus 4
lily ann 3
lukey 2
nico 2
isabella 2
marley 2

and what a mess to try to take a pic of all of them at once!!! it's nearly impossible...

santa visit...

what i thought would be an easy pic to take, was not...

both lukey and nico started crying.. hence that is why i had to be in it..

and cyrus was so patiently waiting and telling santa what was on his list...

baking exchange...

some of my close friends from work and i got together to exchange baked goods, and mostly enjoy each other's company amidst our home.

domestic we were trying to be...

there was chocolate cake, coffee cake, 7 layer bars, and p-nut cookies with hershey kisses...

enough to make you shake with sugar...

we've decided that we will be meeting more often and possibly starting a book club.

cyrus performs...

on december 14, cyrus the great sang at st. timothy's...

he did a fabulous job!!

we are so proud of him...

wuelo and yaya's xmas party...

this year all the kids were at the party...

lots of lights...

santa handing out toys... (santa with a real beard!)

they had a wonderful time raiding the appetizer and dessert tables...

choo choo train ride...

all 5 of us in a pic...what a miracle!!! and everyone facing the camera!!! woweee...

mehr and i took our brood to the el dorado park train ride. the kids loved it.