Taylor's drawings and writing

Taylor drew Colin on her desk


Here she is writing everyone's names.

Next to her work of art:)

Tim's Announcement Bulletin

Here is the bulletin sent out for Tim's promotion. You can click on the picture and it will enlarge it for you to read!!

Gma and Papa Stevens visit

Taylor had her 1st Christmas Program on Dec. 15th. My parents came down for it. They also brought the kids gifts down!


Colin and his new bike!!


Taylor's doll house.



showin' papa our train!

Taylor singing...she is the 3rd angel from the left!

Walking down the aisle with her classmates!

Taylor is 2nd from left. The program was really cute! They told the story of how Baby Jesus was born and sang songs.

Christmas with Gma and Papa Cernin

Gma and Papa Cernin came down the Sunday after Christmas and stayed thru Wednesday the 30th. I had to work until 7, so by the time I got home, the kids were anxiously waiting for me, so they could open their gifts.

Colin got a WALL-E robot

A CD karaoke player

Gma made Colin a "Thomas" quilt!

Here are the next Singing Superstars!

Our big family gift was a wii. Here is Gma bowling!

Nintendo has come a lonnnngggg way...from it's 1st game system. This is so much fun!

Taylor playing baseball...she has also been doing VERY well in Tennis and Golf!

Papa boxing

This boxing game is good cardio!

Here area couple videos of the two of them singing. Notice Colin just bouncing with the beat of the music. They put on a show for a couple hours! It was so much fun!

Christmas Day

Christmas at the Cernin's was not how we planned. On Christmas Eve day, both kids had fevers and were laying around. Well, Colin would have little bursts of energy, then he'd crash hard on the couch! So we took it easy all day.


This is Santa's Magical Key. You hang it on your front doorknob so Santa can get inside. Taylor was so excited to hang it!!! To see the excitement in her face this year was priceless.


Here she is helping me bake sugar cookies. Nothing like waiting to the last minute to bake cookies for Santa. It was so much fun.



The finished product....minus the icing of course!




Taylor and I ended up going to church, while Tim stayed home with Colin...only to get sick himself.

Our cookies and milk for Santa, and even some lettuce for the reindeer!

Checkin' out the goods! They'd been good kids!

Santa's note and key for the kids. The reindeer even left a mess!

Their new ornaments for the year: Colin got a Toy Story one, and Taylor got a Cinderella.

"Mean Old Lady" movie= Wizard of Oz.

Is he excited or what? Monsters vs. Alien DVD

Taylor got Hungry Hippo!

This was our gift from Taylor. She did this at preschool! I LOVE IT!!! It will hang all year round!

All that topped off, with Cinnamon rolls for breakfast!! Yummy!



Tim was sick all day Christmas. So we didn't get to go to the store and let the kids ride their bikes, like planned. However, I think the kids had a great day and we kept busy with all the new toys!

From our House, to yours....

Stevens' Family Christmas

Last weekend the kids and myself headed to Burlington for some family fun! We left Friday to be able to make it to the Wade Christmas that night. On Saturday, we ran some errands and went to lunch. Mom took the kids home while Kim, Mandy, and I finished up around town. Mom made a roast for dinner. Josh, Chelsea, and the boys came out. We ate dinner and the little ones got to open their presents from each other.



The pretty snow!! I'm so jealous...by the time we reached Jeff City on the way home...there was NO snow on the ground.



Breakfast on Saturday morning! Taylor and Peyton...



Jayden with his "Herbie"

Colin opening his gifts

Taylor got a Mermaid Barbie from Jayden

A T-ball stand from Gavin

Gavin got a play microwave from Colin.

Now for the REAL fun! Kim had brought out the "Snow in Seconds". This stuff was awesome!!! I've never seen all 5 kids sit and play for soooo long! They were loving it.

Peyton filling his dump truck

Even Herbie got to play in the snow!

Gavin and Colin had a lot of fun...alot of it ended up on the floor thou!!

Snack time...Kim and Peyton

Can they get any cuter?

On Sunday, we went to church. Followed by Happy Joe's for lunch! Gotta love Happy Joe's! By then, it was snowing and we headed home. Taylor had her last day of school on Monday in which they were having their Christmas party and I didn't want her to miss it.

It was a great weekend! Just sometimes wish it wouldn't go by so fast and that Tim would've been able to go with us.

We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!

Happy Holidays!

Love,

The Cernin's