Cramer Christmas

A couple of weekends before Christmas we celebrated the holiday with the Cramer side.

Visiting Great-Grandma and Grandpa Cramer (yes, all of the pictures we took involved nose picking!)

Wouldn't be Christmas without Beer Nuts.

How cute is cousin Oliver!?!

 

Thomas!

Barbies were a HUGE hit!

Self-portrait

And of course lots of fun stuff in the stockings.  Very fun!

 

 

Elf on the Shelf

After quite an ordeal of getting our elf, Sprinkle became a part of our family in early December.  We had fun finding her every morning and discovering what kind of trouble she may have been up to while we were asleep.

December

Here's a taste of what went on in December.  WARNING - LOTS OF PICTURES!

The live nativity at the Ada Christmas candlelight walk. 

Sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa Davis' house.

The kids had a blast playing with Uncle Dick at the Davis Christmas party.

Lunch with my girl at our favorite restaurant Panera.

Movie night - The Polar Express of course.

Jack was very proud of his gingerbread house at the library.

Wishing he could go outside.

GE kids' Christmas day at the Freunthal Theater in Muskegon and Jack's first movie in a theater - Brave.

Decorating Christmas cookies.

 

Dads and donuts day at school.

Visiting Santa's reindeer at the library.

Christmas caroling at Covenant Village of the Great Lakes with Hannah's preschool class.

 

Decorating sugar cone Christmas trees.

Hannah's forest.

 

Having fun wearing frosting.

Decorating a gingerbread house.

 

All of the kids at VanZweden's house.

We finally got enough snow to go sledding.

Poor buddy got a stomach bug the day after Christmas.

He perked up shortly after.

And then Hannah got it.

We attempted potty training for about a day and came to the conclusion that he's not ready yet.  

 

Happy new year!

Christmas at the Gardens

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is attending the Frederik Meijer Gardens Christmas party.  Unfortuantely this year the dates just didn't work out, so we visited after church one Sunday instead.

Getting Ready for Christmas

Jason got bit by the Christmas bug (and nice weather), and put out a nice display of lights.

Jack loved Daddy's train.

My favorite little nook.

Setting up the tree.  Love or prelit tree.

Grandma Cramer got the kids their own tree, which they decorated all on their own.

The best view for the Santa parade with Grandpa Cramer.

The big guy himself.

Hannah's turn.

 

Merry Christmas!