Monday, December 26, 2011

Christmas!

Like Emily said last night...Merry Christmas! We definitely had one of the best Christmas' that we've ever had! It was such a great day filled with, lots of candies, Christmas music, games, playing the Wii, and a Nerf gun war! We made for our "Christmas candies" on Saturday. They were all very delicious! Here are some pictures of our fun filled day!



Mother and I both baking some sweets!


Nothing is cuter than that! :)


Baking lots of cookies with lots of little hands!


Emily getting ready to roll out the dough.


Lots of decorating!


Lots and lots of chocolate cover pretzels that I made!


Some of our goodies!


 Molasses crinkle cookies, sugar cookies, cookies cut out sugar cookies,
 chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter balls, hay stacks, and chocolate covered pretzels.
YUM!



Ella is so cute! Her shirt says 
"I'm new around here!"


Ham, turkey, and white rolls


Ham, relish tray, corn, fresh pineapple, wheat rolls


Enjoying our meal.


Cheesy smiles from Xavier.


Pass the food pass the food like this. :)


Our meal was so relaxing and peaceful and it wasn't rushed.
It was definitely an amazing time getting to eat and spend
time around the table without feeling pressured! 




Handing out presents


NERF GUNS!!!
(and Philips bow and arrow)


We had a blast with our Christmas presents yesterday!


RUN!
Andrew and Megan came over to join our Nerf 
gun war and we were so glad they came to join the fun


Get ready to be shot! Mwahaha! ;)

At first I thought the glasses that came with the guns were really
dumb and cheesy...that is... until I got shot in the eye!
Now I love the glasses!!! Haha

A huge thank you to Mom and Dad for the Christmas presents and the amazing day that we got to spend together! It was such a relaxing day and was a blast! We hope that you all had an amazing Christmas too!
Merry Christmas from the Dittmers!
:)

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas Week!

This week mother, Alesha, Anna, and Ella went to Ceder Rapids for mother's job. While Dad, Emily, Caleb, Philip, Olivia, and Xavier stayed home. While they were away we played games, cleaned the house, and started something new for the whole family. 

Friday we went to go see Michelle Bachmann here in town. After seeing all this about becoming the President. Caleb printed up some papers that read, CALEB FOR PRESIDENT. So we went with the flow and Philip joined. Well they gave their speeches at lunch and we voted Saturday at Lunch. And Philip was voted on as President. 

Dad and I came home on Wednesday with some mini Nerf guns. We enjoyed those Nerf guns so much that we got seven of them for Christmas. 


We invited some friends over tonight and ambushed them when they got into the hallway.
They stayed until 11:00 o'clock playing Nerf guns with them. 

God has truly blessed us this year. We have gotten another sibling, and we have gotten so much closer as a family.

Thank you God for your sacrifice in sending your son for us. 



Saturday, December 10, 2011

Happy Late 2nd Birthday Xavier!

Yes, it's true Xavier turned 2 yesterday! I can't believe how big he's getting and the amazing personality he's developing! :) Here are some cute pictures of Xavier.









I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for Xavier
and what he will do with his life! Happy Birthday Xavier! :)


Friday, December 2, 2011

Quotes of the Day

Yesterday and today have been days filled with lots of sarcasm, funny comments, and laughter. So I thought I would share some of the funniest moments from the past 2 days.

"Anna your still licking your lips! You need to stop or they will
keep hurting!" Anna: "Ya, I lick them because my nose is itchy"
WHAT?! We definitely had a great laugh at that one!

Philip: "Dad you hid the Wii so I couldn't play didn't you?"
Dad: "Yep. Because you can't be playing without permission!"
Philip: "Well I knew you hid it...so I hid the remotes!"
Mom: "Touche!" 
haha We loved that one because if dad wanted to play he couldn't
because Philip hid the remotes!

Dad: There's so much information in the air but we still 
don't know what the final plans are for tomorrow."
Alesha: "Where?! I don't see anything in the air anywhere!"
Dad: "I knew you would make a smart alec comment!"
Haha! 

It has definitely been a funny few days and those were just a couple of the comments made. Also Emily had a band concert tonight and she did absolutely wonderful! I hope everyone has been having a good week! Till next post...God bless! :)


Saturday, November 26, 2011

Happy Late Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! We hope that you all had a very blessed and fun Thanksgiving with your families! Here are some pics from our Thanksgiving.


The adults are finishing up the food while all the kids
take turn snitching from the counter! :)


Part of the food. Yum!


Table #1: Jack, Caleb, Olivia, Emily, 
Olivia, and Grace 


Table #2: Xavier, Mother, Philip, Dad, and Ella,


Table #3: Grandpa Ron, Grandma Jacque, Mrs. Jan, 
Uncle Jason, Aunt Heather, and me! :)


An intense game of clue!


Playing dress up like princesses 
(but they already are anyways)!
 

Caleb building


Jack Building


I took this picture of Ella in the bus and I couldn't
help but laugh so I thought I would share it! :)




We had an amazing time of fellowship with family and an awesome Thanksgiving dinner! The only thing I didn't get pictures of (because I was participating in it) was our awesome nerf gun battle! It. Was. Epic! We were all running around like crazy shooting at each other for at least an hour and a half! It was so much fun! The best part of the whole day was spending time with our family. Some of the thing I know our family is thankful for...Family, Friends, Our Church, Our Home, and our Savior Jesus Christ! I hope you all had an amazingly blessed Thanksgiving just like we did! :)

Monday, November 7, 2011

Happy 4th Birthday Olivia!

Today is Olivia's 4th birthday! She is such a sweet little girl that has an amazing personality that is blossoming! We all went to Des Moines and had a small party for her with the Patterson family. All of the kids had a great time and loved spending time running around with the cousins!
















Happy 4th Birthday Olivia! :)