X-mas Eve

We celebrate X-mas Eve with the Bramels.  Here is a great picture of Grandma & Grandpa with their darling grandkids :)  Plus a pic of Zach listening to the Christmas bells on their mantel.

Ms. Heather's X-mas Party

Ms. Heather (Jake's babysitter) had a X-mas party for all the kids she watches (plus Zach).  The kids had fun running around playing, then we had dinner, then a special appearance from Santa.  As soon as Santa entered the room Zach started yelling his name to get his attention.  And this was the first time he sat on Santa's lap without a fight :)  Yeah Ms. Heather's Santa!!!

O Christmas Tree

This year we were a little late in getting our Christmas Tree.  We go to the same farm every year and usually they have row after row of beautiful trees.  This year they had about 3 rows left to choose from.  So needless to say, picking out the X-mas Tree this year was not a long adventure.  However, we found the most beautiful perfect tree!!!

Owen's B-day Party

One of the little boys from Zach's babysitter had his birthday party at Pump It Up (bouncy place).  Zach loved the little bounce house that had guns that would shoot little foam balls.  Here are some pics of him messing around :)

X-mas Card Pics

Mommy got the boys all dressed up and took them to the photo studio to get X-mas card pics professionally done.  The one thing Mommy forgot was how shy Zach is with strangers.  He REFUSED to leave Mommy's leg and wanted nothing to do with the photographers.  So after about 20 minutes of everyone encouraging him to sit on his own, we gave up and came home.  Mommy had her own photo shoot at home and here are some of the takes.

Helicopter Santa

This was our second annual Helicopter Santa.  The day started out pretty cloudy, but ended up being beautiful.  The kids had so much fun running around.  And then it was time for Santa to pay his visit via Helicopter.  After waiting patiently and excitedly in line, Zach decided he did not like Santa when it was time to get on his lap.  But he was very happy after when he got a candy cane :)

ZGB Thanksgiving

We celebrated the Zdonek, Gaspar, Bramel Thanksgiving the Saturday after Thanksgiving.  As usual, Eric and Randy had their annual turkey cook off (I think we had to give it to Randy this year).  Zach was excited that he graduated to the kids table this year (from his highchair).  He had fun playing with Nana and Papa and running around with the boys!!!  Happy Thanksgiving!!