we have a ponytail...

and boy is she excited. it doesnt stay in long, but she is super stoked that her hair is finally getting long enough in the back for one. she is usually the one that does her hair...so i dont care if she grows it out now. and she looks so damned cute with a little fat piggy. her hair is soooo THICK.

trying out christmas stuffs...

wren and dylan got mostly things that they can do instead of toys. they both love to make things, here are the gecko and alligator as well as some lego contraptions and some hand painted beads.

on christmas day...

in the morning!

christmas eve...

shenanigans! and new jammies!

the birthday list...

here is mr dylans menu and friend list for his birthday. i love how kids scribble out things when they mess up.

merry christmas...

everyone!

the birtday party...

here are the boys at lowes for the make'n'take. they made treat holders for animals, which we dont have but dylan wanted to do it and it was free. (thanks for the idea heatha). nice goggle eyes mr dylan!

here are the three playing pool. oh so serious were they! hope you had a fun one little man!

the boy....

turns 8 today. actually he is 8, he turned 8 at 1:58 am this morning. i cant believe that we have been parents for 8 years. wow how the time has flown. i love this boy. he is so gentle, caring, rowdy, silly, thoughtful, sassy, loving, and my little man.
happy birthday mr. d!
we love you!

the nuke uke...

that cory made for our friend for christmas. it even has a pickup plugin. i am very proud of the crafty boy!

myler family christmas party...

and all the ugly sweaters and jammies.

it was a very fun time.

chocolate rain...

is my dads ol'beater truck that he let us borrow since me julie died. and then someone ran a red light and hit wren and i...so it is now a total loss old beater that is still driveable seeing that they would not pay to fix it. thank the virgin it was steel. he took it like a champ and no damage to the wren or i. hooray for chocolate rain.

banfam xmas party...

we played chopped for my family christmas party this year. here were the secret ingredients and the match-ups:

drinks: dylan vs chuckles vs. wren (orange juice, ice cream, pomegranate pop, fruit)
appetizer: matty vs mumrah (refried beans, pop rocks, cream cheese, & chilicheese fritos)
entre: heefy vs lolo vs kirzzlybear (chicken, shrimp, boursin & jalapeno jelly)
dessert: chibo vs coco (cocoa powder, vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce & pecans)

chopped winners: heefy, chibo, matty, and mr dylan!

drinks: dylan made a delightful vanilla ice cream with orange juice and a touch of pomegranate pop
appetizer: matty made a delish bean dip!
entre: heefy made some very divine chicken with boursin, mesquite seasoning and pepper jelly!
desert: chibo made a death by chocolate and caramel brownie thingy that chuckles nearly died for!

the non-winners: mumrah, coco, lolo, krizzlybear and the wrenjamin
and here is the recap of the nights festivities: