Merry Mountain Home Christmas

One down and one to go. . . .we had a great visit in Mountain Home this past weekend. Mason got his first taste of Christmas. . .and being that it was him trying to eat the tissue paper, I'm not sure what he thought of it!!!! He loved the baby on the back of one of his boxes more than the actual toy. Braden, Blake G., Becki and I had a great time making sugar cookies and gingerbread houses! While we were hard at work Saturday morning, Blake ran a 5k and placed second in his age category.

Two handsome devils. Although we have teased in the past, we do truly have a Cousin Eddie. I promise he is nothing like the Grizwold's Cousin Eddie.

These Hulk fists are the funniest toys! They scream "you are making me angry, you won't like me when I'm angry." Braden LOVES them!

Mason loved the baby on the back of this box, more than he liked the toy!

We had a marathon of making sugar cookies and these adorable Gingerbread houses. I was definitely held in high favor, because darling Heather Horton let me borrow "real" frosting bags and decorative tips.

It was a Mother and son bonding moment, as the Griffin team of Becki and Blake put their design skills to work across the table from Christel and Braden.

Mason had no problems giving up the smiles for everyone this weekend!

Mack Daddy, Blake!

After Braden's 3 hour bath, Blake G. gave him this nice spiky do! As you all know, he loves to have crazy hair!

Poor Mason, Blake tried to give him a mohawk but there just isn't enough there, yet. He was happy to eat the wash cloth, though!

Tis the Season

Most of you will be getting this in the mail shortly....I just wanted to share our Christmas Greeting and a few more pics of our lights. Did I mention that our lights are set to music. Blake got a major bargain after Christmas last year on this contraption that plays different songs and your lights flash to the beat. No seizures yet, but it's only been a few days!

Big Brother!

Braden was such a great big brother this weekend! Two different times he read Mason a story, one of his favorites "Mater and the Ghost Light" he does an excellent job of imitating all of the Cars' voices just like in the movie.

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

Blake spent his entire Friday installing the Christmas lights on our house, and just in time for a light dusting of snow on Sunday morning. He took Braden outside to kick it around, he of course wanted to build a snowman, but was satisfied licking the snow off of our yard ornaments. He then got to help me put the Christmas tree up and was a HUGE help.

Dear Santa

AFTER Blake got home from the race on Saturday, we loaded up the boys and took them to see Santa at the Mall. Braden even wrote out a list to give them. After the mall trip, we hit the grocery store, and Braden got to participate in ringing the Salvation Army bell.

Run, Blake! Run!

We are so proud of Blake for running his first 1/2 Marathon. He ran 13.1 miles in 1 hour and 49 minutes! He's been training very hard for this, meeting up with a couple of guys to run very early in the morning, and outside of town where they've encountered several big dogs. I think it's part of their training regiment. . .to see if they can outrun Cujo!

Expression Montage

I leave for 2 hours on Wednesday night and this is what happens when Uncle Tyler comes to visit! Blake was busy working on one of our Thanksgiving dishes, so Tyler's job was to entertain Braden. I think Braden entertained Tyler. These are from his camera.