A December to Remember

 

 

November to December has been one big happy blur.  Sort of like my pictures lately. That's one my goals for 2013, better photography.

 

 

November brought us a Happy Thanksgiving in California and upon our return we celebrated our little Austin's 6th Birthday.  November, December?  Where the heck did the last 6 years go?

 

Our little Austin has turned out to be quite the little man.  Such a great kid with a great smile. 

 

Then it's up on the roof to hang Christmas lights.  I wonder how many guys end up in the ER because of ideas like this.

 

Kristin and her family arrived and brought Len his beautiful little grand-daughter and grand-sons to enjoy.

 

Kristin and the boys were able to join us for our Annual Gingerbread House event.

 

Dakota and Hailey went right to work on the Pink House of course.  So ginger-girly bread!

 

Grandpa Len helped Jordan create his masterpiece.

This Annual event is very competitive and intense.  You can see that there is great concentration.

My Gingerman with a mustache and vest. He sure tasted good the next day, warmed up with a little coffee.

Jaden's finished house complete with his name in candy canes on the roof.  Also a creative star on top of the tree that Kristin fashioned out of gum. 

Jaden is so proud of his work.

Ryker with his gingerbread man.

Kendra and Seth made a really cute house, probably a Gingerbread Gym. Probably even has little work out equipment inside if you really take a look. 

Nathan ended up with a nice house too.

The next night it was on to the Tempe Town Lake Boat Parade. We were all lined up early to see the boats.

Here is one of the boats and there were some that put this one to shame. With so many people in the family with boats this has to be put on our To Do list for next December.

Kristin and Manual snuggled up to stay warm. Yes, it was a cold night in Arizona.

Then it was off to see Christmas decorations.

The Levario Elves

I can see the wheels turning for Dan with his ideas for next year.

Next day we were the rowdy cheerleaders for Nathan's baseball game.

Nathan (21) was pitching and catching in this game.

Poor little Jordan wasn't feeling well today.

He did feel good enough to show us his new mustache.

The whole family grew them.

Mother Mustache

Daddy Mustache

Baby Mustache

 

It has been so much fun this month. I hope we have created some great memories that the little ones will keep close to them.