My on going to-do list. 

I love crossing stuff off this list.  I just threw away yet another full page, three column list completely crossed off.  Productivity with a dose of check mark satisfaction.

Also, in case you care....just like every January, I’ve started my photo-a-day challenge on Flickr.

2012 Photo A Day Challenge

 At Jordy’s very first ever basketball game, she played on a team with Jake and they won their game 30 to 9!  She is number one and Jake is number 2.  I made the shirts.  :) 

Daddy gave her a good pep talk before her first game.  Get out there have fun and do your very best.  My pep talk went something like this: If you get bumped, don’t stand there and cry and wait for everyone to notice you.  If you’re hurt, get off the court if you’re not hurt, keep playing.

 Matching up against our opponents.

The girl in red that is guarding Jake (or is Jake guarding her?) is our neighbor down the street.  Her older sister plays on hubby’s high school basketball team.  

This is our coach.  Coach Graves.  She’s very tall.

Bodie and Jordy guarded each other (he’s our neighbor as well) and it looked like they were dancing together the whole time.

 Still dancing.

 

Jordy has the ball!  Jordy has the ball!

What do I do!?  What do I do!?

I’m just going to run this way!

Jordy lost the ball.

Oh, you have to dribble when you run!

 Now Jake and Jordy are on the floor together.

 Jake is a new baller this year!  Last year he did little more than dance with his opponent during the games, this year, he’s actually aware of the game!  Excellent dribbling.

Jordy has a new dance partner!  He’s so tiny and cute!  (Her words)

Let’s dance!

Try this move!

 Jordy has the ball!  Jordy has the ball!

Jordy lost the ball! Jordy lost the ball!

Go to the hoop!

Dribble into the entire opposing team!

Pose for the camera!

 Air Jaycob, catching a pass.

The shot that should have gone in instead of clanging off the inside of the rim three times before popping back out.  Robbed!

A little point guard action, coming down the court.

 Remember my instructions to Jordan about what to do if she got bonked?  Well she got a head butt to the eye and collapsed on the floor in a very dramatic fashion.  I, of course, thought she was faking and rolled my eyes as everyone converged to help her.  I have a huge problem with anyone who acts like a drama queen and then gets a ton of attention for it.  I don’t allow my daughter to do that.  So I let dad handle it.  He walked over and found the huge goose egg on her eye brow.  

I felt bad.  I guess she really got hurt this time.

But she didn’t stay down for long!

We won!  Go team!

Jaycob played a great game.  He assisted in four baskets and he played great defense.  So proud of this nugget for improving so much!

 My babies, the ballers.

It’s Christmas Time!

 Merry Christmas!!!

I can’t believe I’m finally catching up and blogging about Christmas.  Going to Disney and coming back home right before Christmas definitely made things a little hectic.  But we did manage to squeeze in our favorite tradition on Christmas Eve Eve.

Let the gingerbread house extravaganza begin!

 Now, I’ve never used the preassembled houses before and while they saved on time (and carpel tunnel) they didn’t hold up well.  They were mostly broken inside the box and Jake’s dropped his box down the stairs so it definitely didn’t survive.  So he decorated only half a house.

On Christmas Eve, the babies got their traditional new PJs.

 And even though everyone has caught on to the truth about Santa Claus (thanks a lot Jordan), they still loved putting out the cookies, milk and carrots.

One of my favorite Christmas traditions when I was little was reading Twas the Night Before Christmas with my dad.  I think my kids sort of love it too.

Once the kids were nestled all snug in their beds, Santa came.  But first he had to wrap for two hours.

That Santa!  He’s so clever!

Christmas morning!  I love the excitement!

Let the Nerf gun battles begin!

Jordy wanted a Dora basketball and we couldn’t find one anywhere!  So we got her a girly one instead.  She loved it.

And princess stuff!

Doobie received a barrel of army figures complete with battle accessories.  

And he loves to draw on his new easel.

There is a place in town where I have to go a lot to drop off paperwork and they have a toy area with a cash register.  My kids are obsessed with it.  Mostly Doobie because he’s the one who’s usually with me when I’m running errands.  So we got him a cash machine for Christmas and Jordy confiscated it.  For a little while. 

Christmas this year was crazy busy and hectic but we never forgot the reason for the season!  Praise God for all his blessings on our little family.