Cabin in El Charro

This past weekend we drove south about three hours to an area called El Charro.  It was breath taking!  We rented a four person cabin (it's to cold for camping, as they don't let you have fires here in Spain).  We had such a relaxing time!

Drew enjoying some marshmallow's over our charcoal grill!!

Claire checking the temp outside in the morning!

Drew LOVED having bunk beds in the cabin!!

The area was full of hikes!  Andy and Drew reading about the area and where to hike to next!

Happy New Year!!

I can't remember the last time that Andy and I were out at a bar or something for New Years, and I'm totally fine with that!!  We've always been at a friends house, with family, and the past few years have hosted it at our house.  It's so relaxing and the kids have a blast as well!

Andy and Drew having one of their MANY dance parties in the house before our friends arrive!  They had some sweet air!!

Don't worry Claire found something to do as well.. swing from the table since all of the chairs were moved out!

Drew and his "ladies" enjoying some good food

And then they hurried off to the toy room.  This picture is shadowed as Drew told me, "Don't come in and keep the door closed"!  Really this is already happening at the age three!!!

The boyzzzz enjoying their time at the kids table as well as using kids chairs....

We then broke into teams and played a game like Pictionary that was TOTALLY hilarious!!  This was our neighbor Matt's drawing of a tail... no one guessed it.. shocking...

We had a great new years and the kids even stayed up till after 11pm!!! 

Homemade Bread

One of my new year resolutions is to make all of my bread from scratch!!  Now with my new Kitchen Aid mixer... this can be possible!  My sister, Allison makes all of her bread and it turns out great.  So here's to two weeks without buying bread so far!

My two big helpers making bread.  This is an awesome phase when their together they refuse to smile nicely at the camera.... (by the way Claire is in her pajamas... that explains her crazy outfit!)

Ut oh... Claire caught someone not cleaning up their shoes..... 

(ever since Christmas and making Christmas cookies she loves to wear an apron)!

She did manage to put on one of the pair of shoes she was cleaning up and put them over her pajamas to check on the bread..

What a BIG helper!

Welcome 2011

Based on today, 2011 is going to be a GREAT year!  We woke up to wonderful weather and kiddos that slept in (yes we did have them running wild with their friends until after 11pm..)  The weather today was 70 and perfect.  We took full advantage of it and went to a wonderful park here about 20min away.  The park has awesome running/walking trails and the kiddos lucked out with some great puddles to jump in! 

Ahhhh a tank top in Jan 1st!!

Going for a puddle (yes I took my crazy pill and said go for it)!

Needless to say their clothes are still soaking in the washer!  The video below shows it all!!

SaNtA!!!!!!

I don't know who was more excited Christmas morning the kiddos or me!!  I think I woke up four times that night to look at the clock!  When the kid's woke up Drew went running to the living room and was amazed at the mess Santa made with the cookies, and how he helped himself;) 

One of the items Santa brought was a new table and chairs for the kid's the kid's LOVED it.  They spend seriously ten minutes looking through the baskets under the table before they even noticed there was presents!

Drew opened up a new left handed baseball glove! 

I wish you could hear Claire's voice when she saw her Go Go My Walking Dog.  She was pretending to cry and was cooing at the puppy with excitement!

The chap stick in the stocking is always a hit...

Our Christmas morning was complete with our awesome friends Matt and Tristin coming over for a huge brunch!

Cooking Time!!

Christmas Eve day we took out the aprons and started to bake cookies for Santa!

Drew had a plan with his cookies...

And then their was Claire that didn't want to cut one cookies, but eat the dough...

CAUGHT!   SO, this is how I found her.. I left her in her chair while I went to clear the table and when I came back she took the ONLY cookies she decorated and was eating it while standing... dangerously...;)

One of our traditions since I've known Andy is to make homemade pizza on Christmas Eve.  The kiddos love it and it's so much fun!