Christmas 2010

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones. We had a great time plus a bonus.....White Christmas! On Christmas Eve, it snowed literally for 24 hours straight and we had about a foot of snow on the ground Christmas day. It is beautiful outside.

Well, Santa made it to our house again this year and he sucessfully filled our little ones' wishes. Mallory got Polly pocket princesses, tinkerbell and friends tea party (same size doll as the polly pockets) and the Chipettes (#1 on her list). Brayden received Chick (Disney Cars movie) Hauler trailer, Lugi's Tires Shop with Lugi and Guido (also from Cars movie) and Bullseye, Zurge and Buzz Lightyear. Then the rest is from friends and family. They were so excited! Our friends Heather and Rob came over to watch the kids open their presents and have Christmas breakfast with us. It was really nice to have someone to share our day with.

Rob helped the kids open all those tough packages.

Heather helping Mallory with her Little Ponies

with the gifts from us and my parents......Brayden has all the Cars from the movie now.....and some.

Grandma and Grandaddy got him King's Hauler Trailer (one of his top picks)

Breakfast time!

Billy and I got Mallory some My Little Ponies and she also got some from Joely too

Grandma and Granddaddy gave Brayden the Chipmunks

Mallory got the Chipettes

Our tree

You can't really tell, but that is McQueen with white tires on his shoulder......Mallory's gift to him and one of his #1 picks. I am so glad they aren't into expensive items/toys yet! Hopefully I still have a few more years before that!

Brayden's star he made

Mallory's Santa

Mallory's Nativity she made at school

Brayden's Rudolph he made at school

Mallory's Reindeer and Christmas card she made at school

Merry Christmas!

Love,

The Stallings

December activities.....

Sorry it has been awhile since my last blog posting. Much has happened in the last few weeks. At the end of November, Billy and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary. Unfortunately, he was away doing some training for work. We were lucky to have him home the night of Mallory's birthday so we could celebrate it as a family. Mallory is 5 years old now. It is amazing how 5 years can go by so fast. A few days after her birthday, we finally got our official orders to move in February. We will be moving to Sembach which is an hour northwest of where we live now. We are really excited about moving but we are going to miss the kids German kindergarten and all our friends here. A year and a half is just too short of time. Last weekend we went to the place we are moving to and found a wonderful house off post in a small German village. There is a kindergarten down the road, so hopefully we can continue going to German kindergarten. We have also been busy going to more Christmas markets in the area. I have been to so many, I have lost count. Enjoy our pictures!

Making ornaments for our tree

On post they had Santa's workshop....the kids got to decorate cookies, see Santa and make some crafts.

Mallory and Gabriel

Brayden told Santa what he wanted.......then after the picture he got really upset. He thought when he told Santa what he wanted, he was getting it right then! He was really confused.

Big sister, Mallory, reading books to her little brother. I was walking by the room and couldn't resist taking a picture.

Dec. 7th.....Mallory turns 5!

Mallory's godmother (Aunt Vickie) gave us her daughter's Littlest Pet Shop things before we moved here to Germany a year ago. We thought turning 5 was a great opportunity to give them to her.

Hallie, Mallory loves playing with all of your LPS pets! Thank you for the hand-me-down!

Another princess cake! I bought the cake toppers last year on ebay for $4 and got three princesses. Last year it was Sleeping Beauty, this year Cinderella.......so next year it will probably be Beauty and the Beast's Belle

I made Rainbow cake for the first time. Super easy and so much fun to eat. Just divide your cake batter and use food coloring. Layer the cake with the different colors and Viola!

Picking out the right tree! Brayden this year had in his mind we need to chop down a tree. Thank goodness there was a tree farm close by. The kids had a blast and think our tree is the most beautiful tree in the world.

Helping Daddy

Making Reindeer candycanes

Michelstadt

Razorback brats!

Checking out the hats

Making cinnamon and sugar coated nuts....yummy!

Bad Wimpfen

This house looked exactly like a gingerbread house. It was really neat!

toys!

While walking back to the car I noticed this crucifix. I don't know the date of it, but just looking at how eroded the face was and the legs are gone.....it must be hundred or more years old.

Worms