CHRISTmas 2013

January 9, 2014 admin No Comments

What a fun day full of joy and love and family and magic. Having small children makes Christmas day and Santa so enjoyable. The excitement level is intense and the smiles and giggles are awesome. I am loving this time in our lives.
I also look forward to future Christmas’s when they figure out that Christ comes way before Santa Clause and it really is more fun to give than to receive. Check out some of these faces:

We opened presents and ate candy and pumpkin pie and eggnog! We played and opened boxes and set up and examined and then we got out of our PJ’s and went to Grandma and Grandpa Nettesheim’s for Christmas Dinner. We enjoyed time with family and LOTS of yummy food. (no wonder I gained so much weight!) We came home around 8pm and got the kids in bed and did lots of packing and cleaning to be ready for our California trip the next morning.

Isn’t he adorable?! and I love his serious look when he is figuring something out.

Millie and her new Minnie

the kid tablet was a hit for all ages

tea party!

XBOX games!

Cousins at Christmas Dinner!

We had a Merry Christmas and LOVED all of our traditions and family time. Rosie is already asking when is it Christmas again 🙂

Categories: General

Christmas Eve!

January 9, 2014 admin No Comments

On Christmas Eve we got up and wrapped a few presents and made some pies and got everyone ready for our McDonald’s lunch with the cousins! Ben had some extra days off so he didn’t go into work at all that day. We met up with everyone at McDonald’s and let the kids get all of their hyper-ness out. After McDonald’s we went home and avoided the busy streets and stores -there was definitely a Christmas Bustle this year. We gave the kids their Christmas Jammies to open. Having presents under the tree was killing them. In the Evening we had a party at Michelle and Udine’s house. Unfortunately Cali was pretty sick. I stayed home with her while everyone else went to the party. Since the party was next door I got to sneak over a few times and enjoy the food. They ate and played and chatted and then had the kids act out the nativity. They did it all on their own this year! No adult help! pretty cool. We came home tired and excited and ready for Santa to come! (so tired I forgot to get a jammy picture 🙁 )

McDonald’s

our shepherds

the whole crew

Packer left this note for Santa 🙂 Choowe is our elf Chewy and I loved that he pre-thanked for ALL of the toyz!

Categories: Nettesheim