Getting Our Christmas On

'Tis the season...

 Aunt Jackie's Famous Gingerbread Cookies (I've been eating these for about 39 years now)

LOTS of school Christmas programs

Chloe performing for her 1st grade Christmas program

 Craft #1 for 2014 - cozy pillow covers for Christmas

 Craft #2 for 2014 - super cute wreathe

 After one week Craft #2 turned into a puddle of sticky nastiness.  BOO!

Decorating Sugar Cookies With Kids

 

 Chloe is a die-heart frosting girl

 Nate

Alysee performing with a traveling choir and band to several elementary schools singing their Frozen Medley.

Ugly Sweaters, Minute-To-Win-It, Group Date Action

We decided it was time for our family to host a fun group date for Alex.  It was quite a bit of work but really fun to have all these great kids in our house for part of the day.

Most of our ideas came from The Dating Diva's site for their Ugly Sweater Party which we combined with a Gingerbread House Competition.

 Alex and his date, Erica

 Minute-to-win-it games

 Some of the dates got really into it and created some masterpieces - Erica and Alex did a great job

Love having so many great kids in our house!

Unforgettable F.H.E.

Very important "field trip" to the upstairs bathroom for Birch teaching all the kids how to NOT man-handle the new bathroom sink facets.

The swearing-in...I will not push down on the faucet handle while washing my hands or getting a drink."

We do not doubt our mothers knew it.

Aunt Annie had this awesome idea to have all the Ditto boys reenact being Stripling Warriors.  We did a little photoshoot Thanksgiving weekend and then Annie framed up a print for Grannie with some vinyl lettering sharing the scripture, "we do not doubt our mothers knew it."

 

A few of the outtakes...(think these boys have watched a few too many movies?)

 

 

Thanksgiving Ditto Style

 

 Well written argument from Cooper to have pizza for Thanksgiving NOT turkey.  Didn't work!

 Uncle Logan and Juje deep frying one of the turkeys.

 Go-proing it all

 Sweet Eliza Kimball

 Little Ditto love...Julia on the final countdown to deliver day!

 

 So many tables...so many kids...so many Dittos

We had an awesome photoshoot.  It was a blustery day but we were all so pleased with how well the photoshoot turned out (especially with such a large group).  I did swap a few heads but in general we all just look naturally magnificent.

 Check out all of Grannie's posterity!! 

Look at all those little Dittos.

 Before we all parted ways -- the Ditto boys shaved off their Mowember beards in memory of their Daddy.

Handsome Ken Ditto

 They look a lot like their Daddy!!!

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