Christmas Cookies, Disney on Ice, Gingerbread House, and Gymnastics in Bloomington

Wow its seems like we have been super busy since my last post and I think I'm setting a record for posting within a week of my last post.

A favorite tradition for my kids is making and decorating Christmas cookies.   My kids, especially Mckay, ask all year long if we can make sugar cookies.  At Christmas time I give in and try to ignore the fact that icing and flour will be all over my kitchen.

I'm not exactly sure if the cookies are edible but, my kids thoroughly enjoyed them.   We tried to keep Beckham away from the icing, so his job was to pour on the sprinkles.

We went with friends to Disney on Ice.  My kids loved the free slushy and Beckham loved Buzz Lightyear and Mickey Mouse.

I went and helped Mckinley make Gingerbread Houses at school.  The assignment was to create a community, so the students chose buildings that would be in a community.  Mckinley chose to make a Dental office.

Last weekend Mckinley had another gymnastic meet in Bloomington.  I took this picture as she was warming up Vault.   She's always so sassy!

Here are some of the girls from her team that competed in Mckinley's session

During Awards Beckham was entertained with the camera.   He actually took some great shots.  I loved having Jason come with me to the long gymnastic meet.  Although he studied in between Mckinley's performances it was great to have him there.

Mckinley took 1st in Vault, 3rd in floor, 3rd on bars, 7th in beam and 3rd overall.  She's definitely got the gymnast solute down!

Another photo moment with Beckham.  But, I actually love this picture of Mckinley.  Jason hadn't seen Mckinley compete and he was so proud of her.

Mckinley had such a great bar routine this meet (scoring a 9.45) so I'm posting it so the grandparents can see.   She has struggled with this event in the past, so she was so excited.