1.11.2011

Christmas Day *2010*

 

 

Santa has arrived!!

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The dogs are always as excited as the boys are about Santa’s arrival!

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“Oh – My - Goodness!! AC/DC Paper Jamz! Just what we wanted!”

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“a Bobcat with a snowplow!”    and   “the orange snowplow truck I wanted!”

“This is the best Christmas ever!!!”

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Team effort!      "What is it?”

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“A new train!”

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“WOW! An aircraft carrier!!! Awesome!!”

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This is what Buddy thinks about the boys getting all these presents!

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My little artist!!

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After presents & breakfast clean up we got ready to have our family come visit for the day! We always have the holidays at our house, A few years ago I decided that I didn’t want to spend Christmas day cooking & cleaning, but wanted to be able to enjoy the day too! I wanted to be able to relax & watch the kids play with all of their new stuff! So I started an *Open House Christmas*. Anyone is welcome anytime after 1p.m., food is out all day, eat when ever you want, stay as long as you want & relax! It works out really well since some family members “house hop” and this way they can come whenever. I make all kinds of picky food ahead of time so I don’t have to do it that day!

 

This is our niece Sophia loving the new baby that we got her.

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Collin zonked out! Such a rough life!

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But after his nap he preformed a great little concert for us!

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Hope everyone else had a great Christmas! Happy New Year!!

Twas the night before Christmas * 2010 *

 

Christmas Eve after church service we had a little photo session with my boys & my cousin’s two boys.

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What a bunch of hams! Especially this one. . .

 

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Before the boys went to bed I attempted to get a nice picture of them in their new matching jammies. Ethan wanted nothing to do with taking a picture with his brother.

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Finally after a dozen bad pics & a lot of coxing I finally got this one.

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Then they were off to bed to wait for Santa to arrive. Ethan was asleep within 5 minutes!!