Another AMAZING Lil' BanksTradition...

This is my FAVORITE Christmas tradition we have with our kids! Each year they have to spend their own money and buy a gift for a child in need.
They understand and LOVE doing this!!! It makes me so proud of them!

They are getting so BIG...

I can't wait...

... to meet these amazing people FACE TO FACE!!! We get to talk/text/facebook but it just isn't cuttin' it anymore! We are literally months away from a trip to LOUISIANA!

Meet our family, the BANKS...Cute huh???

Doug, is Ben's Brother and this is his Wife, Scarlett

I love them both VERY much!
These are my Nephew's Seth & Stanton and my sweet little Niece, Sabrina

Are they the cutest?

Even 1, 704 MILES away... Doug and Scarlett have ALWAYS made me feel loved!!!

Gingerbread Houses 2011

We are continuing our "Lil' Banks" Christmas traditions (these are the tradtitions that Ben and I have started with just US and our BOYS)... Making our Gingerbread town is just ONE of the many.... Mom's House & Dad / Jensen's Masterpiece Our FAMILY PHOTOJaden's CANDY GONE CRAZY House and Jackee Bums creation!

Ginger-BANKS Village Last year...

"He is SO your Son..."

The other night Jaden came into our room and said "I think my singulair (asthma pill) is stuck in my throat, it's burning and I can still taste it." I asked him if he swallowed it with water and he said "NO! That would make it slide right down." Ahahahaha!!! I looked at Ben and he said "he is SO your Son."

I love you Jaden Layne!!!!