and singing our lungs out playing "Singstar". the next day was spent shopping and getting ready for a bit of early Christmas since we will be sparse in numbers this year. Of course, the boys had to introduce Christian to paint ball on Saturday.
He came home a fan and then they got to relive all their battle wounds in the retelling of their adventure. The girls went to lunch and checked out the new mall by our house. Great Holiday!!
Ben helps keep with the tradition of finding all the smoking hot deals the day after Thanksgiving, laboriously going through each ad, getting up early with a well planned strategy, and finding most of the stuff sold out after standing in ridiculous lines. Brett had it the worst this year. He actually camped out on the sidewalk to BestBuy, determined to replace his worn out laptop. He got there at 9:30 the night before and put up a lttle tent I'd given Braxton as a birthday gift. The tent was made to look like a basketball. So here was Brett sleeping on the sidewalk to BestBuy on a Michigan winter night with his feet sticking out one end of a basketball. I guess the logical question is: did he end up with THE laptop....nope. Sold out. (the end of the story is he did end up buying one but for more than he wanted to spend)
Every baby so far has been gotten a Santa outfit for their first Christmas, from their aunt Christina. So to keep with the tradition she got Logan all decked out. I think the whole experience was sorta lost on him but the rest of us were amply delighted with the get up. What a precious little guy.
A few weeks ago, we all went over to Spencer and Jill's new house to help paint. Avery talked her great grandpa into having a pretend tea party with her. Consequently on Thanksgiving, great grandma decided to bring her a little tea set. Avery was excited. I thought it was so cute until she required that I fit my ample behind on that little chair and drink water with marshmellows dipped in it. But a gramma's gotta do what a gramma's gotta do. So Here's to marshmellow water! 
Ben took an opportunity to get to know Logan. There is something remarkable about loving someone else's child and watching someone you love, loving them too. Ben had such a way with both Avery and Logan. He's going to be a great father. One thing for sure, his kids will know how to work. 
