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!

:)

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. 

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! :)

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! :)