Shoultz Christmas

Christmas Eve Day the boys and I hung out at home and got caught up from a busy week of being gone and watched Christmas movies and basically enjoyed a really great day of being together at home! Christmas Eve Supper is always spent at my parents with the Shoultz side of the family (my mom's dad's side of the family).

Annual Christmas Eve Family Picture

Family of Four

Can't tell you how much this warms my heart!

Kylee, Brycen, and Ashlyn

Corbin had to be right in the middle of the big kids playing :)
The girls were really good with including him too!


B got a camo snuggie :) too cute!

(and a game pad and money)


Corbin trying to unwrap his present-- he would get one piece of paper off and then try to eat it and was done!

So bubby had to help him!

Corbin got a walk behind toy and money :)
Corbin lovessss Uncle Joe and was helping him on the computer :) haha!

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!
Corbin and Papaw Ed (my mom's dad).

Christmas Before Christmas

We have Christmas w/ Ryan's family before Christmas... Works out best that way b/c they all usually go to FL and we always have Christmas Eve and Day booked solid anyway. This year we had it the Monday before Christmas. We had pizza and it was relaxing and fun :)

Ryan caught the kids all cuddled up watching a movie together :)

Corbin's first present ever to open- he tried to eat it - OF COURSE! haha!!

B's Paper Jamz Guitar-- this was definitely on his wish list!
Airplane Lego Set-- he is REALLY into Legos now so this was great! :)

Buzz Light Year :)

This cracked me up-- this Santa rocked and sang and Corbin just sat there wide eyed and very still watching it!

Attacking the boxes!

My sister (in law) and me :)

(This one is for you Tera K.) :)
We were being goofy so I was wearing Mya's hair bow :) baahah!! I look like I'm in 2nd gr.!

365- Day 5

Day 5:

I say this all the time, but watching my boys love each other is my favorite thing ever.
Hands down.
They are best friends.
It amazes me that despite 5 yrs and almost 2 months between them
they play together ALL.THE.TIME.
It wasn't my plan to have them this spaced out.
BUT like they say....
God's plan is always the best one!

365- Day 4

Day 4:

Brycen has a behavior (attitude) chart.
I got this idea after reading James Dobson's book about Strong Willed Children.

B/c our precious Brycen is most defientely strong willed.

I know that if guided correctly being strong willed will and IS a good thing so we're trying to

keep it a positive.

If he is good (there are different levels of the chart) then he gets to choose an extra family game/activity/book/etc before bedtime.

It's worked wonders and there was only one night that we haven't gotten to do an extra family activity!

Tonight he chose to do Lincoln Logs :)

I pretty much just observe or help find certain ones b/c I'm NOT a builder ;)

(The categories of his chart-- suggested by James Dobson himself are "Attitude Towards Mom", "Attitude Towards Dad", "Attitude Towards Brother", "Attitude Towards Others" (outside of our immediately family), "Attitude Towards Work" (willingness to do what he is told w/out complaining or being asked numerous times), "Attitude Towards Bedtime" (going to bed w/out complaining/stalling/etc).

365- Day 3

Day 3:

A picture of the computer generated kitchen layout that Ryan designed for me!
I love to look at this and dream about baking in my new kitchen and my boys sitting at the extra long (9 ft) island (that will have 4 bar stools instead of the pictured 3) doing homework or just hanging out chatting! I def. think the kitchen is the heart of a home!

365- Day 2

Day 2:

Brycen wanted his picture taken in his new room-- he can't wait to live in the woods.

He asks pretty much every.single.day. when we're moving in :)

365- Day 1

I am going to jump on board w/ the 365 days of pictures! I decided to do it, but haven't been posting on here yet! Who are we kidding? I haven't even posted any Christmas pictures! Yikes! It's on my "to do" list!

Day 1:

Corbin Fisher Climbs on EVERYTHING!

In this picture he was trying to climb around everything we had blocking him from the couch and his sickly brother! We like to share at our house, but we didn't want to share those germs!

Praise the Lord Corbin never caught the stomach bug that Brycen and then Ryan had!