Christmas Round 3

The 3 G's. Giana is wearing her U of Texas shirt from cousin Sagen.
Grandpa Shorty, and Aunt Bonnie with Jackie and Giana

Round 3 was at Chris' Grandparents on his Dad's side. MORE food...MORE presents! So nice to see everyone. Their house looked great with new flooring and a new big screen TV!

Christmas Round 2

Grandma Deb and Giana

Grandpa Jerry, Grandma Clara and Chris

Bronco ticket?!!

Next stop was Tom and Deb's for Christmas with her Mom and Dad. We opened lots of presents and ate lots of food. Gavin got his Ipod Touch and Griffin got another trampoline. Maybe we can keep this one on the ground instead of a flying piece of debris!? Giana got a million toys!! They are going to have to add on to their house! She is soooo cute and the boys had so much fun playing with her. Tom, Chan and Chris got tickets to the Bronco v Chiefs game this weekend, hope it is not a blow-out!

Christmas Round 1

Josh Freeman Jersey!
New Razor 360 trike!

IPod Dock!

Look at how cute my boys are?! I told them that I was going to take pictures until I got good ones...thus delaying present opening. They were REALLY cooperative! We opened presents with the four of us on Christmas Eve. Just the first stop of many!

Stage Fright

Song #1...having fun!

Griffin had his first Christmas program yesterday morning. It was traumatic to say the least. The first song they had to run in like a reindeer and he did great!! But then he saw all the people. He quietly cried through song #2 but stayed on stage. Songs 3-5 he looked on terrified but on the last song he started to come around...even jingling his bell to the music. He cried so hard afterwards saying "I knew the words and the actions but I just got scared." My poor baby! He perked up quickly when he saw they had punch and pumpkin bread, his favorite. There is a program scheduled for Easter...maybe next time?!

LOL at GWL!

The boys got to meet Rowdy the Reindeer!! Yahoo!
Brett and Chris couldn't resist.
Slam Dunk Competition~Gavin

Kaden

Griffin

My boyfriend showed up and Chris was so mad, HA! This was some random guy swimming at the Great Wolf Lodge. Kelli and I stalked this guy to try and get a good picture of him and his tattoo for a long time...finally a pic that was clear. Chris is thinking about getting this same tattoo!!

Our New Addition!

It is Christmas for Chris today! He got his new smoker and he couldn't be more excited. (Like couldn't sleep last night he was so pumped for this thing to come) He is starting a small new business venture by catering which he has been tinkering with for a while. He has a few things to do to prep it...and then I have a feeling we will be eating A LOT of BBQ this weekend. All the ribs, pork, brisket, sausage, and chicken we can eat!

Kansas City Weekend with the Creamers!

Traditional Hooters Lunch! Wow Kelli is pumped for the Bronco game!
Boys pumped to be at the Great Wolf Lodge!

Let the fun begin.

Break time for pizza

Surfing on the luggage cart!
We went for a long weekend in KC with our friends and had a blast. Kelli and I got some shopping in and the boys got to hang out. We went to the Great Wolf Lodge Sunday night and got some swimming in. The boys were SAD to leave!

SNOW DAY!!

This is Griffin and I braving the snow this afternoon. It was snowing so hard my wonderful boss said I didn't have to go in to work! Gavin went to work with Chris so it was just us. We made sugar cookies and got all the laundry done, yeah! Out neighbor Kelly made us a snow hill so we could enjoy! We didn't last too long but we had fun. Amy is now over and we are putting puzzles together and listening to Christmas music! I love winter days like this!

Spell Check?

Here is the jersey of Gavin's favorite NFL player Darren Sproles.
Here is the Sproes ? jersey he got in 2008 that had to be sent back because it was spelled wrong.

Here is the Sporles jersey he was getting for Christmas 2009...only AGAIN...it is spelled wrong.

How many ways can you spell Sproles?! Many ways, I guess. Renae and I ordered the kids Chargers shirts last Christmas and they were wrong so we sent them back and never got around to ordering new ones. This year I thought I would try again...but they still can't get it right. The lady at nflshop.com got a good laugh at our misfortune today when I tried to re-order. Turns out they have no Chargers youth large shirts so we are out of luck??!!! Let's hope the rest of my Christmas shopping goes better than this.

Turkey Day Fun!

Gav and Griff with the wishbone. Gav won...as most older siblings do. I think there was some cheating involved as there was in a similar wishbone fight last weekend. (Please see www.markandrenaewilley.blogspot.com "Make A Wish" post!!)

Chris with his turkey! This was the second year he was in charge and it was great!!

Grandma Vada causing trouble!

The Stoecklein clan in a heated 'golf' game. (Peggy you were the REAL winner scoring the most points, that is the way I keep score in real golf too!)
We went to the Schumacher's in the morning and then went to Ness in the afternoon. As usual, a crazy card game broke out. It got a little heated in which a lot of bad words were said and Chris somehow got renamed 'Jake'?! Not sure how that happened but JAKE ended up winning after we all made fun of his game technique. Since Chris and I didn't get to eat lunch with the Stoecklein's...Grandma Vada let us be the first ones in line so I was one of the lucky ones that got chicken and noodles as well as stuffing. Thanks Grandma! Although MANY were missing from that side of the family...it is always so much fun to get together. I am looking forward to seeing more of you at Christmas. (Hint Hint...Get your butts to Ness on the 26th!)

Catching Up...

It has been weeks since I have posted and I am going to be in trouble from Grandma Vada so here is a recap of the last few weeks.

The end of the KSU football season has came and went. We enjoyed the last home game with a weekend in Manhattan that included a basketball game on Friday night. It is always bitter sweet to see it end. The RV trips, sleeping 9 in something that should only hold 5, getting sauced in the parking lot before 10am, watching the boys play ball for 8 hours straight, eating continuously all day...those are all things that I miss. It will be nice to have some weekends relaxing at home though!

We celebrated Chris' 32nd birthday with friends and family on Friday the 20th. There were a 'few' drinks served, lots of songs sung, and a little dancing too. It made for a headache and a mess the next morning but never a dull moment around our house!

We celebrated Thanksgiving last weekend with the Willey's and Grandma Sibyl. Mark and Renae will be at the Cowboys game on Thursday (PLEASE bring me home Terrance Newman #41 for my Christmas present!!) so we had to start the feast a few days early. We had so much fun making mac and cheese (a Witthuhn Thanksgiving tradition) with my Grandma again with a little help from Griffin and Hannah. On Sunday we got out all of Mom's Christmas decorations...and she has A LOT?! (Who is going to put all that stuff away!?) So happy that Mom is finally feeling like herself again. We have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season!

A Wildcat Weekend

Putting Willie on the ROOF! Everyone was driving by yelling "Love your Big Willie!" and no Chris, they weren't talking to you!
Friday night Pre-tailgate~with the Carson's, Jewell's, Witthuhn's, and Palmgren's

Good Morning!! Our 7:30am toast with Mimosas.

Saturday Morning Haircut~Mohawks for the boys...with a little purple added.

The WHOLE family...doesn't get any better than this!

Oh yeah it does get better than this...VICTORY!! This is Renae and I with the boys...and our new BFF the tuba player? Some random KSU fan who we bonded with during the game!
We had a blast this weekend hanging with old and new friends at the Bill. We started it off Friday night and continued after the game Saturday night. We had lots of visitors but too many pics to post today. Can't wait to do it all over next weekend!

We're #......2?!

Go get 'em boys!!
Post Game Photo...Not too many smiles.

Awarding of plaques.

The Outlaws played in the Western Kansas Football League Championship game today. Gavin was quite nervous and lost his breakfast before kick-off around the 10 yard line! And it didn't get any better after that...yikes. We never got it together and got shut out for the first time of the season. We had a tailgate party after the game with food cooked by my hubby the chef. That cheered us all up! Despite the loss, we had a great and successful season going 6-2. I look forward to a couple of weeks without running G to practice three nights a week!! Yeah.

Trick or Treat!

Griffin with my best friend Jill's daughter, Madi at preschool
Gavin, Griffin and Giana

Heading to Grandma Clara's

We had such a fun Halloween. After stops at Grandma Sibyls, Papa Shorty and Grandma Millies, Papa Jerry and Grandma Clara's, Papa Tom and Grandma Debbie's, we ended up at Grandma Jan and Papa Van's just in time for the KSU football game. We helped hand out candy while enjoying the game. We ended the evening celebrating with our neighbors! The kids (and adults) had a great time.