Christmas 2010

Christmas Eve was spent at Grammy and Papa's house. We all congregated for brunch and then enjoyed a nice day together.

Papa showed the girls some of the photo ornaments with their pictures on them.

Uncle T. read a Christmas story to the children.

Ava and Junie showed off their favorite ornaments.

Christmas morning the boys were up bright and early,

checking out their stockings and ready for the excitement to begin.

The three older children took turns reading the Christmas story

from the book of Luke before they began opening their stockings.

McKi

Jack-O

Mikey

Hairby

Kiki

My mom, little brother, aunt and cousin came by later in the morning.

Branden and Mikey

Aunt Cyndi and Cousin Kelly

Christmas evening we went to Ompa and Oma's house to celebrate.

I enjoyed a walk with the four older children down the country road.

Check out the root structure on this tree stump!

Back yard trampoline fun

Angie's family

Harrison and Mikey kept Uncle Jeff busy with scratch art.

So nice of Karsten to share his new Buz Lightyear bike with Mikey.

It was a great Christmas. I loved seeing all of the extended family and and watching the children play with their cousins. We are blessed to have family in the area.

Michael & Jackson's Carousel Party

Since Christmas is sandwiched between Michael (December 23) and Jackson's (December 26th) birthdays, it is much easier to celebrate at a different time. We had a super-fun morning at the local carousel where we rented the place for a couple of hours.

In lieu of gifts, the boys asked guest who were interested to give money to help the children who live and work in the dump in Ecuador. They were so excited to raise $303.60 to help!

We had plenty of donuts, coffee, and cocoa to keep us warm and full.

Santa stopped by for a visit. He handed out peppermint lollipops to the children and stayed for photos.

There were lots of laughs and giggles as the children took full advantage of two hours worth of free carousel rides. Though many might have been feeling ill by the end, only one actually tossed his donuts.










We had a great time celebrating our boys with family and friends. Thank you to all who came and enjoyed the festivities with us. And a big thank you for the donations that were given to help the children who live in the dump. It was precious to see our boys get excited about

giving their birthday presents to help other children.

Santa Photos 2010

The Santa photo this year was fun. We went to see good 'ol Clause after church one Sunday, since the kiddos were already looking pretty dapper.


We had the older children ready and then added McKinley at the last minute. She wasn't too happy about our plan.

It worked better to have Santa sneak up behind her.

Our little sugar plums.