Christmas Break

It is always nice when we have a long weekend. It's even more nice when its Christmas weekend. We had fun getting some last minute shopping done and getting everything ready for the holiday. Tyler and I were really looking forward to this year. The kids are all a little older and we knew they would enjoy Christmas morning so much more this year. Another nice thing about long weekends, Tyler will usually take the kids for a few hours so I can get out of the house. I always look forward to these little breaks. It really helps me recharge my battery and get ready for another week home with the kiddos. Anyway, below are a few pictures from our weekend. I thought they were cute and wanted to share them, but didn't want to put them on the Christmas post since that one is already pretty full. Enjoy.

It took a few tries, but we finally got one with them all looking. Including Charlie!

Ty was home with the kids and he realized they were playing awfully quite. This is what he found when he went to investigate. See, they aren't always up to mischeif!

Austin had been taking an unusally long nap one day. So I snuck in to see what was up. Doesn't he just look adorable?

Ashley needed a little post-nap snuggle. Ozzy of course had to join in on the action.

The kids saw mommy taking a nap (another perk of having Daddy home on weekends) and wanted to do they same. They kept making sleeping noises and wouldn't get up!

Christmas Eve we decided to check out the mall. It was SO crowded, normally it is prety empty. It was a lot of fun though and the kids enjoyed it.

They had a live band, Josh couldn't get enough.

Just some minor meltdowns. Nothing a little ice creams couldn't fix!

So, they had these Santa Clowns all around the mall giving away these little blow-up Santa's. They say "Many Christmas" on them. We're thinking someone goofed on the translation...