Happy Birthday Daddy!

It was Doug's birthday this week and James was very excited to help Daddy open his presents!

The boys gave Doug a handprint and footprint on a plate from a pottery studio.

In their jammies and ready for bed!

Us

Our life, much like our blog, is 99% about our kids and 1% about us...but we decided to celebrate that 1%, got all dressed up, and went out on a date. It was a great night out!

Christmas Vacation

We spent Christmas Eve and Day in Colorado before packing up and traveling to South Dakota and Montana. Christmas morning was really fun for all of us this year especially for James! You can see that Santa was really good to the boys. We opened our presents on Christmas morning before Doug had to go to work.

South Dakota had lots of snow for the boys to sled on. Doug is pulling Nathan in a sled and James is making snowballs with Aunt Susan and Aunt Jeanene.

Doug and James opening a new Thomas puzzle from Grandma.

Charlie loved to take naps on Aunt Susan.

My wonderful sister-in-law Jamie did a wonderful job of blogging our time in Montana so I will direct you all to her blog. (http://www.yestertime.blogspot.com/). Enjoy!

Professional Pictures

We had Kellie Coughlin (www.kelliecoughlinphotographer.com) take our family pictures before Christmas. She posted some good ones on her blog. Check them out!

http://www.kelliecoughlinphotographer.com/blog/2010/12/family-portraits-the-kroetch-family/

Santa Baby

Our little Charlie posing in front of the Christmas tree...

Nathan's birthday

Nathan turns 3 on Christmas Day so Tricia had a little birthday party for him this past weekend to celebrate the milestone. Nathan was so excited for his party - he loves Toy Story so it was a Woody and Buzz themed party.

Tricia, Mike, and Nathan

James was really excited about the cupcakes!

Zoo Lights

The Denver Zoo puts on "Zoo Lights" every Christmas season so we decided to go this year with Cory, Jamie, and Kaylynn. Kaylynn and James had fun riding in the wagon, staying warm under lots of blankets. It was a really neat display and the kids loved the lights.

Charlie and I stayed nice and warm too!