Road Trip South Carolina

This is how we entertained Jonathan in the car. We took a tray (used for breakfast in bed) and made a table for him. He drove his cars on the road of books. It worked great!

Snuggling at the end of a big day.

Katelyn is not so sure about this...

Our sweet friend, Nadya. Jonathan was glad to see her.

Our family with the happy couple

We had some spare time before the wedding and found this park with beautiful waterfalls.

On New Years Day we headed to South Carolina to see our good friends, Nik and Kristi, get married. We hit a couple of bumps in the road but had a great time! Chaun got to see the mountains for the first time, we drove through a part of the country neither of us had see, enjoyed a beautiful wedding, and time with dear friends!

Our Second Christmas

Thanks everyone! We had a great time seeing everybody and appreciate the gifts very much!

Chad and Nikki's kids got snuggies for Christmas. The girls had an extra pink one so I had to try it out. Here we are in our pink snuggies.

Katelyn sitting with Aunt Nikki and Josie (sorry Josie I only got half of you pretty face!).

Snuggling with Uncle Chad

Jonathan and his cousin Josie snuggling with Grandma and Grandpa

I am sure Katelyn loved her presents too. Sadly I didn't get very good pictures of her with them. We'll have to take some of her playing with them at home and then post those.

Aunt Nikki and Uncle Chad gave him a talking dump truck.

On our way back to Kentucky we got stop and see Chaun's family for a couple of days. It was great to see them and our kids got very spoiled. Above is Jonathan with his new fire station. He was very excited about it!

Our Christmas Production

and the whole cast

The cute little shepherds, Jonathan and Josiah.

Our beautiful angels, Emily and Alise.

Sarah and I decided to have all the cousins act out the Christmas story as a way to remember the real reason we celebrate Christmas. We found some fun costumes and props at church and used the stage for our production. Above is Mary and Joseph (AKA Natalie and Luke).

Lots of fun at Grandma and Grandpa Os

All of the grandkids together...all of them smiling and looking is another story.

We love having the gym next door to us. When the kids get a little stir crazy we can run over there and run off their energy.

More stories, I added this one because I like Jonathan and Josiah's matching shirts. They matched a lot but we did not get very many pictures of them. Sad bananas!! Hopefully next time.

More snuggling...Grandma and her two babies.

Games, stories, food and a craft project with Aunt Sarah.

Snuggling with Uncle Dave

Of course there was story time with Grandma. Jonathan was hugging my mom like this and then looked up at here and said "I love you Grandma!" If that doesn't melt a grandma's heart I don't know what would.

Along with playing games there was lots of cooking and delicious food! Emily and Unity are whipping a cherry pie.

Brotherly love!

Jonathan and Natalie became best buds this trip (well at least Jonathan had fun chasing Natalie around)!

Playing Five Crowns...a favorite at the Ostercamps

Katelyn and Aunt Anita (look at their beautiful blue eyes)

Christmas Day

The kids table at our DELICIOUS Christmas dinner.

Jonathan got a guitar just like daddy's. Hopefully I can get our video to upload. He sang a beautiful song for us. =)

Hugging her bunny from Uncle Matt and Aunt Unity.

Getting ready to open her present from Grandpa and Grandma O. I pink duffel bag, a doll, and cuddly pajamas!

Jonathan sporting his new Nebraska football jersey. He pretty much wore for a week straight. So we know he loves it!

Katelyn got her first doll! She loves it!

And then our attempt at all the cousins under the tree. That ended up being pretty much impossible. So I liked this one of Kate, so I picked it (sorry Josiah we can't see you!) .

Here is my attempt at a picture by the tree.

I have so many fun pictures from our Christmas at my mom and dad's that I am going to put up a few different posts. The first one is Christmas morning. Jonathan and Katelyn got new pajamas on Christmas Eve. Jonathan woke up to a stocking full of fun little treats. My kids were blessed and we are thankful for my parents and the aunts and uncles and their kindness to us.

SNOW

We made it to my parents house just in time for the BLIZZARD of the Century! We got between 18 and 20 inches of snow. I was so excited to have a white Christmas. Jonathan got to play in the snow for the first time and he LOVED it! I had to drag him in everytime. He got play on a sled, make snow angels and crawl through some of the best snow tunnels ever (thanks to his uncles and cousins). It was really fun to watch his excitement over the snow. He was really sad when we came back to Kentucky and it was gone.

Fun With Friends

Katelyn's friend, Addy, comes to play every Friday. We love Addy! It is so cute to see them chasing each other around and laughing at Jonathan.

They also love it when Chaun plays with them. Here they are watching a commercial that Jonathan thinks is very funny. Someday we will video him acting it out and post it.

Whenever Alexa comes she asks for a blanket and a pillow so she can take a nap. Jonathan usually joins her but isn't always so sure about the idea. It cracks me up!!

I haven't done a good job taking pictures lately and I can't get my videos to upload, so I haven't updated in a while. Jonathan has been having los of fun with our neighbor Alexa. We love having her over to play. Here they are singing and dancing. Don't you love Jonathan's facial expression? They were singing into oatmeal containers. It was pretty funny.