The Spade's: December 2011

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

2nd Annual Triplet Christmas

This past weekend we went up to Phoenix to celebrate the 2nd Annual Triplet Christmas. The three families get together for the day and it is always a lot of fun. This year, they decided to have a golf tournament for those that wanted to golf. I wasn't planning on golfing, but someone backed out at the last minute and I was able to step in. We had 16 people in our group. It was so much fun. It was my first time golfing and there were a few other cousins who hadn't been before too. We spent most of the afternoon out golfing and have a blast. There was even an exploding golf ball too. I am hoping to get the video of it, it was hilarious!

When we got back we had dinner. This year Oregano's catered it. One of our cousin's manages an Oregano's so we got hooked up. It was delicious and there was virtually no clean up. We also decorated gingerbread houses again. Tanner enjoyed eating the decorations instead of using them to decorate...but that just shows that he is a true Spade. They love their chocolate! We also played games around the fire, it was so much fun.

There were sooo many kids this year, nine to be exact. They all ran around in the backyard, played on the swing set and got a lot of attention and love from everyone. Here are some pictures of the event :)

Tanner shooting some hoops

Playing games

Playing Football

Hanging by the fire

Playing football with Caters

Loves his gingerbread house

Decorating

Tanner checking out all of Aunt Steph's Christmas Decorations

Tanner and Parker looking at the cool lights

Stacy and baby Maddie

Watching him "build" his house :) a.k.a. eat his house :)

Tanner with his nana

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Christmas is in the air!

We LOVE Christmas around the Spade house. We try and do anything and everything we can during the holidays. This year so far, we have went to the Reid Park Zoolights. It is much smaller than the Phoenix zoo, but I think we liked it better. Much cheaper, less crowded and more to do. We invited our friend Mike along and Tanner just loves him. We don't exist when he's around, lol. Sorry the pictures are sideways, I can't get them to upload to blogger the correct way...I need to save them as .png files, but I can't for some reason... Just tilt your head ;)

This is how the night started...with a grumpy, napless toddler...

Poor Mike carried him most of the time, Tanner was so attached to him, it was adorable

Tanner LOVES lights

Not a good picture, but the only one we could get before he squirmed his way out of my arms and into Mike's

Some of the lights, it was really pretty.

Tanner checkin' it all out

Best buds :)

Each year we go to this street in Mesa where EVERYONE decorates their homes for Christmas. It is amazing. I have been going to the same street for over 10 years. It just isn't Christmas without going. We get hot chocolate, bundle up and walk through the street. Tanner LOVED it. He would yell, "WOW!" and "LIGHTS!" the entire time. It was pretty cute.

"WOW!"

My mom just came down this past weekend. While she was here, we made sugar cookies. This is becoming our tradition. Tanner was able to "help" this year. He enjoyed eating all of the cookies that broke apart. He said, "YUM!" all day. I also made snowman pancakes on Sunday morning. It rained all day Saturday, so it was really cold, and nice warm pancakes were just what we needed. I added chocolate chips as the coal.

We also put up our tree last week. Tanner loves to look at it. We got a new star for the top that changes colors. He picked it out. Our tree looks soooo small in our big, empty front room. We really need to get furniture or do something with that room...

Turkey Day...A Little Late!

This was the first year that Adam and I hosted Thanksgiving at our home. We were really excited to have our family come down and stay with us for the holiday. My uncle Matt did the majority of the cooking, but everyone pitched in. We spent the day cooking, watching football, playing football, napping and playing games into the night. It was a blast. Here are some pictures of our day :)