Happy Birthday Owen!

 Owen turns 3 

all boy

book lover

has his favorites...(Dru)

plays cars all the time

not a fan of church

a fan of cereal 

picky, picky eater

adores his grandparents

obsessed with his blanket

talking more and more

hates haircuts and big boy undies

loves movies and a good back tickle

We couldn't love this boy more!

 Owen wanted a Toy Story party so we focused on 

Toy Story 3 for the big day.

Some birthday decor...

Games and prizes

Our fun family!

Dessert

Mr. Potato head game

Fixing Mr. P

Testing out his new pop gun.

Owen actually got so close he burned his lips.

Ouch!

Everyone got one of Kristen's cookies.

Yep, she is amazing.  Thank you Kris!!!

You can check out more of her incredible talent over HERE.

The cousins also went home with one of these.

 He got these awesome Superman pjs with a cape.

He loves them and requests them every night. 

On the ice

We went for a little spin on the ice while Ade was in town.

Her cute friend Mala came along which made it extra fun.

We were all a little wobbly and first (mostly me) but caught on quickly.

Grandma Martin was so great to stay on the side with Owen.

The girls could not get enough of Ade

....view through the glass

 Love these fun ladies

 Love my skate partner even more

Christmas Day

Warning: Overload of pictures!

Christmas morning

(at our house)

Love that morning hair...

Owen clapped after every present he opened.

Dru made a top 10 list of reasons why she loves Ryan with gifts to match.

sweetest. gift. ever. 

My parents continued the tradition of delivering their presents to each house.

Eiffel Tower necklace for our French speaking Liv

A beautiful art kit and sketch book

Rylie was over the moon for her new Repunzel doll and horse.

Olivia also got Olivia.

Dru got a Boogie Board, a cool paper ornament and some magnet sets.

 Thank you Grandma & Grandpa!

Next, we headed over to my parents.

We started with the Nativity.

I love this tradition!

It gets bigger and better every year.

   My cute cousin and her cute boyfriend came over for a bit to say hi.

We of course ate a lot and ate well.

Hot chocolate bar toppings.

Thanks Kris for the AMAZING gingerbread cookies! (far right)

The uncles did what they do best....

teased like crazy!

Cousin gift exchange

  

Every time I tried to take a picture of these two, Henry pulled this face.  :)

Then, we headed over to the Martins.

Aunt Adrienne spoiled us!

American Boy doll clothes.

Just what they wanted! 

Darling Elisabeth (expecting twins) and Alex.

Owen got a super cool race car set.  He loved it!

...so did Ryan.

 
  

 The boys all got a helicopter from Jim.

The perfect gift.

Everyone was so generous. 

We are so blessed to live by so many in our family.  We love to be with them and share the holidays together.