Wow... We are exhausted! Our Christmas festivities started on the 23rd. First, the girls had their party at Annie's house. Mike and I picked them up after lunch and headed to his parents' house for Christmas with them.
And so it began...
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| Uncle Matt helped Taylor open a present. |
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| The girls made some ornaments for Gramma Karen |
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| My beautiful princess in her new dress-up clothes :o) |
After dinner, the kiddos played with their toys for a little bit before heading to bed. Then, the adults played the traditional game of BINGO! Mike and I won some pretty awesome prizes!
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On Christmas Eve, Mike and I picked the girls up from his parents' house and headed north to visit my parents.
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| I made New England Potato Soup for lunch... with help from my lovely assistant! |
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| The boxes were just as cool as the presents! |
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| Uncle Shane-O got J a cool penguin backpack! She loves to play school now. |
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| Mom loved the purse I made for her. |
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| Taylor had a little snack with Shane. |
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| It has been a family tradition since Shane and I were kids to get a new pair of PJs on Christmas Eve. |
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| The girls opened their last box on Christmas Eve. |
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| Blogger thought this picture of Santa's cookie plate would look better if turned. Thanks, Blogger. |
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| J left cookies and milk for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph. |
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| Their first glimpse of presents! |
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| Jaden picked out a new tool set for her Dad! |
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| She picked out sand art for me! I can't wait to do this with her :o) |
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| Shane still has to sit at the kids' table :o) |
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| Jude even got a little surprise in his stocking! |
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After opening presents at our house, we went back to Garrett for Christmas brunch at Gramma and Grampa's house.
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| The gift of the year... BABY BELLE! |
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On the 26th, we went to Grandma Teders's house.
We had a GREAT holiday! The only gift I would like to return is all of the yummy food! My waistline and jeans are NOT happy with me... but that is what New Year's resolutions are for, right? I hope you all had a Merry Christmas as well!
whew - what a busy christmas season you guys had! i LOVE jaden's smile in the backpack picture - so so cute!
ReplyDeletemichael is shy about showing pictures of his tattoos - so i can't share his rose - but it looks just like mine only bigger, not pink and it's on his shoulder. :-)
I am loving these big sister and little sister PJS!!! Adorable :) xxxooo
ReplyDeletegreat pics, the girls pj's are adorable! And I love the Christmas tree with the santa hat on it, so cute!
ReplyDeletebtw you're one tough chick to go running through freezing cold water in shorts & a tank top! YIKES!
Dang woman!! You were quite the busy family this Christmas! I LOVE the pic of T in the box.
ReplyDelete6 Christmases?! WOW!!!! So fun! I love those sister pjs! Super adorable!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures and super cute kids!!! I would be so exhausted after 6 Christmases but it looks like you and a lot of fun and look beautiful in all. Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun & love filled Christmas for you and your family. Those big/little sister jammies are so cute! We use to get jammies every Christmas eve as well,and now my kids do :)
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