Christmas for our family began in mid december. the day after caleb's birthday party we celebrated with lance's parents. we missed being with kent (lance's brother) and his new family this year, but hopefully we'll get it all together next year. it was fun to watch the kiddos enjoy opening together and get excited for and with one another!
great picture of the kids with grammie (most recently coined "gram" by allie) and poppy!
christmas morning was interesting to say the least. here is a pic of the christmas tree cinnamon rolls that were a tradition in my house growing up. it was fun to begin those type of things in our own home. this is the first year since we've had kids to wake up in our own home on christmas morning.... it was special - made even more special by the fact that lance had poison ivy and we had no water (gotta love living in the boonies)
caleb enjoying cooper's gift before he did. cooper's our dog (i should post pics of him soon... he's huge) we are slowly teaching him about his bed... right now... he just wants to eat it!
christmas morning presents.... handy manny tool box was a hit!
allie's excitement for her own bath soap, lotion, and body spray.... stocking stuffers are the best!
this has to be christmas 2008's best picture... caleb playing his electric guitar in his unders and stocking cap - what a rocker!
by lunch time we were at my parents house for total chaos! here are seven (youngest not pictured) of the grandkids waiting patiently for their gifts.
my aunt robin brought silly string for the kids... look close to find allie... she wasn't slowing down for a picture!
with seven girls in the house.... caleb quickly figured out what he could do around there! we were at my parents for three days and i think he did this or rode the big tractor a dozen times!
one last photo for mom and dad! what cuties!we had a great holiday. the thing that blessed lance and i the most was that allie's prayers after christmas were not about gifts and stuff, but she was praying at night and thanking God for time with all her different family members! it was touching to hear that. we are grateful for the Lord's grace in covering her with that mentality in this consumer driven world.
I love seeing all your Christmas pictures. Maybe now that I am a little closer to your parents, I might get to see you. Lets hope. I love your Christmas tree rolls. Did you make those from scratch?
ReplyDeletewe hope to see you too missy! they are sort of semihomeade.... HA... the only way i know how to do things!
ReplyDeleteOh, the kids are getting so big and posing great for the camera these days! That one picture of Caleb is definitely for the scrapbook - so glad that you had a good Christmas at home and with family.
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