My goal is to finish their ornaments in the next week or so...then I'm on to a much more detailed star project that I think may take some time to finish.
Christmas Eve we went to Grandpa Jim and Grama Nina's house to exchange gifts with the Twiddy family. Both the boys were anxious to play with the train and open presents with their cousins. Christmas morning was so much fun...it was worth the lost sleep and anxiety. Cooper's biggest surprise and smile came when he recieved a new Scooby Doo DVD.
And more Cars....
Cooper wore this shirt for Christmas Day..." My Brother is the Naughty One"
LJ really liked his new Football Piggy Bank. We had to transfer ALL his "money's" as soon as possible.
Around 2 we decided it was time to get ready for the day and head up to Grama Pam & Grampa Daves house for more presents, and a yummy primerib dinner.
With that said, our current missionaries set out to build one as well. Needless to say their first attempt didn't quite measure up. 
I had to bring out pictures to show them the possibilities. With supreme determination they embarked on a new quest...to break the record as it was, and prove THEY WERE THE BEST! 
As you can see from the pictures, they proved themselves beyond what I thought possible.
Logan was able to throw a snowball at his daddy. He was following James everywhere. Except anywhere near the GIANT SO-Man! It was the cutest thing in the world. Logan was afraid of the so-man, until Daddy held him tight right next to him.
After that Logan would go down the hill. Look how little he is next to this Montster!
This picture gives you an idea how tall the missionaries were able to get him.
Afterwards we went inside to warm up and have Hot Cocoa! A rare new treat the boys look forward to after a couple hours in the cold. In my last post I had quoted Logan as saying "no-man". I totally misheard him during the day. The correct Loganism for snowman is "so-man".
I am so glad it finally snowed enough for me to let the boys go outside and play. This was Logan's first snow play day! We don't have a traditional sled so I used one of my laundry baskets. Logan wasn't sure at first, so I helped Cooper in and pushed him down our little hill outside our apartment. That was his first sled ride, and he wanted to do more. So he brought it up and got inside and I pushed him down again. Logan finally wanted a turn, and Cooper wanted to push him down the hill. What an awesome big bro!
Little man was holding on tight.
But once he came to a stop, he was cheering for more!
Getting around in the snow is still new for LJ. He looked at me, and said, stuck. help. 
Cooper saw the neighbor kids doing snow angels and thought he'd give it a try. After several attempts on his back, he decided he wanted to do one on his tummy. I called a "Reverse Angel".
The Missionaries in our complex were having a snowball fight, and the boys got involved.
It looks like LJ was more interested in holding the snow and examining the new found fun close up.Logan slipped and caught himself before hitting his head, but was stuck and the Elder just sat there and looked at him.
Logan was even trying to push a snowball for the "noman". 
Cooper helped Taylor with his snowman.
At least we got pictures with Santa at Cooper's party.
This morning was Cooper's class Christmas Party. It was similiar to our Halloween party, as we did lots of crafts. We even had a special visit from Santa. MacKenzie walked right up to him no problems, she's not shy. Cooper and Logan on the other hand needed a little time to warm up. They wouldn't sit on his lap, so I put a chair next to the big guy in red, and things were much better.
I couldn't choose which picture to put up for Cooper, so I decided on both. Once in his chair, Cooper and Santa had a good laugh together and talked about what Cooper wanted for Christmas. Cooper whispered something, and told Santa not to tell. I'll have to email him later to find out what he said.
Logan would NOT go near Santa without me. I told him that Santa passed Mama's background check. So, here we are talking with Santa together. Logan gave him High 5's and even a hug. It's nice to know I'm still needed for somethings.
MacKenzie asked Santa for some Real make-up and a new baby stuffed elephant.
Lot's of crafts to do....Cooper was working on his frosting tree,
(Cooper finished project.)
while Logan took a chance to do some watercolor painting. 
MacKenzie went to work on some foam ornaments.
Once the marching started Logan joined the whole group.
And finally one last picture with Santa.
Once again we had a good time and made lots of new crafts. 
Thank you everyone for a wonderful Christmas!
