Merry Christmas 2009!!! (Continued 2)

..My mom and I spent most of the early afternoon making Christmas dinner. After dinner the kids laid down for a late night. We had a fun night playing games and with our new toys plus eating yummy foods! We had so much fun that we decided to stay at my parents house one extra night! Couldn't have had a better Christmas!!

Rebecca all tuckered out after opening gifts!

Liana and I playing a new hunting game Jason got for Christmas...the guys were all surprised at how well we were at the game!

Dylan having a blast with Ryan's new race track.

Christmas dinner!!!!

Merry Christmas 2009!! (Continued 1)

...Once we were done we headed to my parents house where we were staying the night. Once there we put Christmas pajamas on, set out cookies and milk for Santa, and put the kids to bed (proved to be a hard task because Aaron and Dylan were too excited to sleep so they stayed up until midnight).

To no surprise Dylan was first awake Christmas morning. He was very excited to see that he got a "pretend shoot gun" from Santa. I must say I have never been a fan of pretend or real guns however Dylan loves his Papa and Papa enjoys big game hunting. Dylan is beginning to show an interest in that as well. Anyhow, he loved his gift and couldn't wait for the other boys plus Rebecca to wake up to see their gifts.

We had to wake up Ryan, also not a surprise (he loves to sleep in). Ryan received a Hot Wheels Trick Tracks set from Santa!! Ryan loves cars especially Hot Wheels at the moment. Actually a couple weeks ago he told me that he wants to be a race car driver when he grows up.

Rebecca was woke by all the commotion going on in the living room. She received her first baby doll from Santa. Now who really knows if she likes it because it is too big for her to really play with at this time. She did really enjoy her little Christmas baby that Santa left in her stocking.

Now that everyone was awake we were able to begin opening gifts. The kids got lots of wonderful gifts from all of our family!! We'd like to take a minute to thank everyone that bought a gift for them this Christmas!! This year has been extremely trying on us so Christmas would not have been possible without the gifts from family!!

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Merry Christmas 2009!

We just celebrated another wonderful Christmas!

A few days before Christmas we went to Bloomfield to exchange gifts with Jason's family. I have to start this by saying that it was a hectic night because Jason called me 1hr before we should be in Bloomfield to tell me the ambulance was on it's way to his work to pick him up and take him to the ER because he had dislocated his knee. After some scrambling around, my mother-in-law picked up the boys to take them to the family get together, and Rebecca and I headed to the hospital to pick Jason up. (He is fine now, just sore). We made it out to Bloomfield just in time to grab a quick bite to eat, open gifts, and head home.

On Christmas Eve we drove to Durango, CO to have dinner and exchange gifts with my step-dad's family. It was a great night (well except for the fact that my brother and sister both came down with the stomach flu that day so they weren't feeling very well that evening). The kids had a blast! ....

Snowflakes are falling on my tongue!

When we returned home the other night it was snowing out and I caught Jason, Ryan, and Dylan catching snowflakes on their tongues. Couldn't resist taking a picture!!

25 Days of Christmas!

Well with a little extra planning we managed to do one festive activity with the kids throughout the month of December. Some activities celebrated the Christmas holiday and others just helped celebrate winter. I defiantly want to continue doing this with our kids as a family tradition. It really was a great way to get in the mood for the season, especially considering how hectic everything has been trying to get the details of the upcoming move worked out. Anyhow here are a few more pictures of activities we did during the month.

Here the boys are playing in the snow!

We had several holiday parties to attend...this picture was taken at Ryan's class party.

Ofcourse we had to drive around and look at Christmas lights!