Sunday, January 03, 2010

Christmas 2009

I am a little behind on blogging. Between traveling and Youth activities at church, I have not had time to blog.

We had an awesome Christmas. We were blessed to be able to head to my parents' with all of my siblings (there are only three of us, so it's not that impressive), and their families. The kids always have a great time with their cousins. Derek and I always have a great time with the adults, so it works out nicely. Luckily my parents have a large enough home for all of us to stay pretty comfortably (17 total right now - 8 adults, 9 children). We realized once again how blessed we are this Christmas. We have such wonderful family and friends that care so much about us. We also have a Father in Heaven that loves us very much. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too!

Here are some pictures:

One of Jenna's favorite things to do at my parents' house was to hold her baby cousin, Janie.


One of Kevin's favorite activities was playing in the snow:


On Christmas Eve we decorate sugar cookies for Santa Claus.

Kevin looks very excited to be decorating cookies. :)


I accidentally got blue frosting on Jared's mouth, which he immediately smeared.


Christmas morning the kids woke up at 6am. Unfortunately the adults hadn't gone to bed until between 1-2am. We were a bit tired. :) The kids were very into Christmas this year. They were excited about all of their gifts.

Here is Jenna helping Grandpa open his gifts


Here is Jared with his new toothbrush and umbrella


Here is Jenna opening new baby doll clothes with Grandma


Here is Kevin with his new pair of snow gloves. He will be much more prepared for the next big snow storm


Jenna and her little cousins (Levi in this picture, but all of the little ones) really liked playing with her new jogging stroller


Jenna also got a big house that she can color. We haven't colored it yet.

The outside


The inside


Kevin got a really cool remote control car that can drive on walls and ceilings. You can see it driving on the wall just behind the TV.


Finally, here are some pictures of us from Christmas.

Derek and Kevin


Kevin, Jared, and Jenna


Amanda, Kevin, Jared, and Jenna


The five of us

1 comment:

Stephers said...

They make baby jogging strollers? Haha that made me laugh. Looks like a great Christmas!