I can't believe I went a whole month without posting a thing. I'm such a slacker! Well as I'm sure for many of you December flew by.
The weekend before Christmas Bruce and I ventured to the mall which was INSANE so that the girls could see Santa. We waited an hour in line, but hey we do crazy things for our kids ...right?? Anyway, they were happy and that is all that matters.
Santa told me he got a kick outa talking to Jordon with her 2 front teeth missing.
On Christmas Eve we had my family over (32 people) for our traditional Christmas Eve dinner and gift exchange. This year I decided instead of the hoagie sandwiches we usually had we were going to have a real dinner. Ham, cheesy potatoes, salads, rolls ... the whole kit and kaboodle! It turned out great! Afterwards we had a short devotional by Cade and then onto the gift exchange. The cousins were so excited! I think it turned out perfect. We sent the kids upstairs while the adults had our exchange. All in all I think it was a great night. Everyone was gone by 7:30pm to do their own traditions at home.
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| Rod, Cala & Dan chillin before dinner. See the delicious rolls Tasha made ... YUM! |
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| Tasha, Karlene, Rod, Cala & Dan |
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| Cody, Collin & Hailey playing football outside before dinner |
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| Alexa, Sienna & Peanut aka Alia |
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| I could not keep this little one away from the gifts |
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| Getting situated for our devotional |
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| Time to open gifts from the cousins |
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| Hailey, Alexa, Jordon, Cody, CJ, Collin, Colton, Payten, Alia, Sienna, Daigen, Vaughn & Bosten |
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| Grandpa giving all his Grandkids piggy banks he made for each of them |
Our tradition that was started from my Mom's side of the family is to open presents Christmas Eve. The kids could hardly wait! We were opening our gifts within 5 minutes I swear of everyone leaving. Jordon and Collin separated all the gifts out. By 8:30pm we had all the kids except for Collin in bed for the night. Santa Clause came about an hour later. Bruce and I were in bed by 10pm. Not too shabby!!
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| Gifts from G&G Baird |
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| Clay Matthews jersey |
Christmas morning the kids woke up between 7:30-8am. They were SUPER excited to see what Santa had brought them. It was a 2 sided art desk stocked with crayons, markers, colored pencils, scissors, glues sticks and all kinds of papers. Jordon also got a Monster High doll and Sienna got make-up. Alexa got a little dinosaur toy that spits balls out. Collin got some Green Bay Packers fat heads.
