Monday, January 5, 2009

Christmas Part 1 of 5

I won't bore you with all the long-forgotten details of our Christmas celebrations, but our first one occurred before Christmas. BIL and family were heading to Arizona for the holidays, so they came out to our place to open presents (along with MIL) and have Christmas dinner. The kids had fun playing with their cousins and enjoying the presents, of course!

Jeremy helping open presents. My nephew Caden,
who turns 1 today, is enjoying a bottle nearby.


Riley helps me hang an ornament on the kids' tree.

Riley helps J open his big present--a tool set.

Uncle Kevin opening his bag of "weed" that"
he wanted (it was really spices and seasoning).


After presents we ate dinner in shifts. That's what happens when you have 4 kids under the age of 5 who hadn't napped. I do have to say that dinner was rather delicious, with a roast, twice-baked potatoes, sunflower/poppy seed rolls, green beans (canned from the garden), roasted carrots and a tossed salad. For dessert was a four-layer dessert with pudding and tons of Cool Whip! It was so good!

The we attempted to get a picture of all the cousins before they hit the road. That didn't work out very well, as you can see below. Phil took BIL and his family to the airport--they were staying at a hotel that night and asked if we could keep their car at our house. By the time he got home, though, the kids had practically passed out! And to think this was just part 1!

Hello kids. We're over here!

My kids are smiling. I think Uncle Kevin did something funny.

Riley and Ethan.

Jeremy and Ethan making funny faces.

1 comment:

LynnMSH said...

With your hair pulled back you look SO very much like your brother!