Thursday, December 25, 2008

A Very Merry Christmas

Wow... it has been one busy week. Now that Christmas Day arrived I am hoping things will slow down a bit and let us fall into our regular schedule again.
My niece was baptized on Sunday which we made it just in time for after our own church meetings and a three hour drive. It was worth it. It was nice to have the whole family there with all the aunts, uncles and cousins there. Out of 11 kids in attendance this is all I could get to stand still long enough for a picture.
We spent a few days up at Grandma's house waiting for my sister in law to finally have her baby. Between rainstorms the boys helped Grandpa rake some of the leaves off the driveway. The boys sure love to be helpful. I enjoyed staying inside where it was warm.

On Christmas Eve the baby finally arrived only 10 days over due and weighing in at a whopping 10 lbs. We haven't seen her yet because we headed back home to spend Christmas day at our house with the other Grandparents.

There was no shortage of excitement as the kids checked their stockings and what was under the tree. Everyone was very happy with what they found in their presents. And I was happy that no body said "That's it?" when the presents were all open 15 minutes later. The kids just had a great time trying out all their new toys. Ian and Henry fought over loved the Speed Racer remote control car Ian found in his stocking this morning.

Everyone got new puzzles and books along with too many a number of fun toys and games.

The kids don't want to put anything away and it is all over the floor. We have all eaten a lot of good food and way too much candy and cookies. Everyone is happy and it was a very Merry Christmas. What more can we ask for?

I hope you all had a great Christmas too.

2 comments:

Angela said...

Your holidays look great! I hope they were! Thanks for a great year! Your the best!

Malissa said...

Glad you had a Merry Christmas!! You kids are getting so big!