Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2009!

Wow! What a couple weeks we have had...wrapping up a wonderful year 2009. So ready to start the new year 2010 though! The holidays were wonderful...busy to say the least, but a great time with friends and family. Jared's sweet grandmother passed away a week before Christmas...had a wonderful memorial/graveside service for her on December 22nd. Christmas Eve we always spend with my mom and my brothers and their families. We started out mid morning with some crafts and food all day long. The kids made stamped cards with their Great, Great Aunt June, made some hand-painted mugs, ceramic ornaments for the tree and some craft bead crafts...so much fun! We opened presents and had a kid talent show. Mom made a wonderful dinner for all of us. We were happy to have our Grandma Laverne spend the day with us as well.
Christmas Day started BRIGHT and early at 5:30...am! Kids were sooooo excited to see if Santa brought what they wanted. They were quite pleased to get the number #1 items! and so much more! My husband and I decided to give each other gifts this year as well, but I wasn't as creative as he was...MY FAVORITE gift of the season was my blog printed into a beautiful hardcover book. He used www.sharedbook.com and they did a wonderful job! So every Christmas I am hoping for another volume to be added to my collection. SO neat! Ok, so enough typing here...let's get on to so many pictures...:)






American Girl Bitty Twins : Morgan and Maile


A telescope and microscope from Grammy and Papa!

Nothing better than a huge coloring book and new crayons from Big Papa and Grammy!

Christmas morning chilling on his new lion! He loves snuggling and wrestling him!

Mind Flex...this is what he wanted sooooo bad! Santa brought it to him, but we had to return it...such a hoax! He got a RIPSTICK instead...:)

Holding up his stocking filled!

Kaylee holding hers...

5:30 am....waiting to come out!

Christmas EVE!

My mom with her 8 grandchildren...

Big cousin Alyssa hanging out with Brayden...

We sang Christmas carols with the chimes...Brayden LOVED it!

2009 was a wonderful year...hoping 2010 is even better!