MERRY CHRISTMAS!

CHRISTMAS EVE!

What a busy time it has been for all of us. We enjoyed our Christmas Eve this year with a family movie night at home along with some delicious donairs and garlic fingers. The kids got to open one gift before heading off to bed, leave milk and cookies for Santa then to sleep they went!

CHRISTMAS MORNING!

As always the kids started their morning off reading the letter that Santa had left for them. Then it was off to open the stocking! To Jay's surprise he found his old "chocolate bear" (that he has had since he was 2 years old) sticking out of his stocking. This poor old bear had been sitting on the kitchen counter for almost 2 weeks waiting to have it's head stitched back onto its body. I guess Santa felt bad for his bear and got it all fixed up for him. Although Jay is 12 years old he was still pretty happy that he had his bear back!

LETTER FROM SANTA!

TIME FOR THE GIFTS!!!!

Ok so the kids got a good amount of gifts and I'm not going to list a picture of them all so I took one picture of each of the kids with most of their gifts......I know with everyone living long distance, no one was coming for a visit so this way you all can feel that you got to visit with us over Christmas and see the kids gifts!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE GIFTS!

LOVE FROM BLAKE

Blake got lots of new clothes, lots of goodies in his stocking, some treats, the Diego Dino rescue center with jeep that he really wanted! He also got lots of new movies, lots of games(and leapster games), he got a new fisher price camera, Transformer bedding from Grandma and Grandpa just to name a few things!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE GIFTS

LOVE FROM KOHL!

Kohl got lots of great gifts and pretty much got everything he was looking for under the tree~ Santa brought him his D-Rex Dinosaur (he is holding), we got him the v-smile motion with some games, he got his nerf gun that glows in the dark, lots of goodies and treats in his stocking, new clothes and pj's which he really needed! :0) he got a new DS case for his games, moon sand and lots of new movies! I'm sure when we get home he will have fun building with his new lego set!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE GIFTS

LOVE FROM TRINITY!

Trinity's picture looks filled with pink and purple....and I'm sure you see lots of Hannah Montana gifts! She got a hair coloring thingy and scrapbook kit from her Grandma and Grandpa, new dance bag from Nana and Papa, she got her pink camera from Santa, of course, lots of new clothes and pj's, goodies and treats in her stocking, lots of new movies, pet shops, bratz and of course I would have to say her favorite gift.......her purple laptop from mom and dad!

THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS

LOVE FROM JAY!

Jay got the surprise of a life time. We got him a blue laptop and he wasn't even expecting it! I think it makes a gift that much better when the kids aren't asking and expecting it! Santa brought him a new stereo with CD, lots of new movies, PlayStation and Wii games. He got a nerf gun, DS case, lego, goodies and treats in his stocking, lots of new clothes and pj's, new fleece sheets from Nana and papa (super soft) and new bedding for his bedroom which will be done in army theme. He was one happy young man Christmas morning!

Breigh also got some gifts. A box full of treats, balls, new blanket (that she is curled up on) from nana and papa! She was great and stayed out of trouble while the gifts were being unwrapped. This blanket was her favorite spot Christmas day!

After all the hustle and bustle of opening the gifts We had to make some changes to our plans and get Christmas dinner ready earlier so that we could catch the movie at the theatre! All went well, dinner was great, the apple pie was delicious and everyone had a full belly. We relaxed (yeah right!!!!) The kids played with their toys while Matt and I cleaned up some of the mess and got ready and took the kids to see "BEDTIME STORIES" at the theatre. I was a good movie from beginning to the end and we all had a great time together and I don't remember how many times we refilled the popcorn bags but it was goooooooood LOL.

Boxing day was a day of cleaning for us as the kids continued playing with their toys / laptops! By the end of the day off the gifts were put into the kids room and the house was looking cleaning and somewhat organized! During the afternoon we took the kids back to the theatre to see another movie "MARLEY AND ME" which was also a good movie but had it's sad moments. We ended the night off by putting the kids to bed early and got some packing done for our trip home to be with family!

What an exciting end to Boxing Day! Kohl lost his first tooth and got it under his pillow just in time for his first visit from the tooth fairy!

We had a safe trip to be with my parents but the drive seemed to take forever, but we eventually made it! We got to see a lot of my family, Matt and I got out for a couple of hours for a Chinese feast MMMMM then back to my parents house. The time went by fast but at least we got to be together over the holiday! Our next stop is to visit with Matt's parents before heading back home!