It was a full Christmas this year of family, friends and fun. Here are some pictures that attempt to capture the magic of the time we all spent together. There are so many pictures I thought that they would just speak for themselves...
Hope you enjoy!
Wearing our new jammies
Santas yummies waiting to be eaten
We made reindeer cookies this year and left Santa eggnog.
Daddy makes his Christmas waffles
Baby A gets into mischief. Are we surprised?
Litte E plays with his new toy...Transformers were a hit this year.
Some of the new decorations
All the way from Thailand
and a galaxy far far away
Dancing puppets...with strings!
Mischievous little girls
Homemade snowmen hand prints by little E
The kids play with there new toys
Baby A and Grandma open gifts
Little E opens something special
Boba Fett Helmut!!
Toys get set up...
Then we get dressed up to go to Grandpas for dinner
We meet up with cousin T and try for a photo op
Notice the gifts that made it into the photos?
The clubhouse was all set up...
More gifts were opened and sampled
Avery wasn't sure about this one...
Christmas bear in a can!
Lots of wonderful things to open...
Our Christmas shot this year...you know what it is like to get everyone looking...
Me, Mom and Leanne...and baby Hayden. Hard to believe that he was born just 3 days later!
Leanne and Garth...
The feast! There were 25 of us this year
We wear our special hats...
Some of us find treasure in our crackers...
We all eat the yummy dinner!
This was Great Grandmas 98th Christmas. Wow. What an amazing lady.
Grandpa Bob
Allison and Joe
Dad hams it up
The kids table (yes I am still there) had great name tags for the kids...every detail was thought of.
Here we all are! Well...most of us anyway
There was quite a bit of dancing after dinner.
Mostly by these two.
And Grandpa.
Baby A and Auntie Leanne
Love this shot! Captured the joy of the moment perfectly!!
Family time
Someone is having fun dancing with Mommy!
We are getting tired now...
Time for a rest...
Well...maybe some more dancing...
We have to keep the clean up crew entertained!!
Thanks everyone for making this Christmas special for all of us and especially the kids! Lets do it all again in about 300 more days or so.
