Here is the run down -
Day 1: We had Christmas Eve at Mimi and Pa's house.
Day 2 A: We have Christmas Day at our house in the morning.
Day 2 B: We all go to my Mom's house for Christmas Brunch (Ky said this is one of her favorite memories) and do gifts
Day 2 C: We all then go to Grandma's house for Christmas Dinner and MORE gifts.
Day 3: Mimi and Pa's house because Jay and Michalle were coming home.
Day 4 A: Mimi and Pa's house for gift opening in the morning.
Day 4 B: Off to Aunt Vonnee's house for Christmas with Dad's side of the family.
Day 5: Back to Mimi and Pa's house for Farewell dinner - Jay and Michalle went home the next day.
***This is where I stopped counting because we all became exhausted. OH, and you have to throw into that equation the ever present stomach flu that goes around every holiday. Luckily we only had two "go down," but some of the cousins got it a few times?!?!
The following Christmas pictures are not in order, but I am far to tired to put them into order (AND it is almost a month after Christmas and I am just now getting them up!)....
Kd and Kb both got storm trooper dress up stuff...it lasted about an hour with Kd before he put a hole in it. BUT they did love them, AND they have since stopped dressing up in their sister's princess dresses!!!
Mass chaos erupts at Mimi and Pa's house during present time...we went from youngest to oldest...and yes, I am after Maddie (the oldest grandchild)!!!! Towards the end, we abandoned routine and let them just tear the gifts open.
All the kids eat at the table....in the other room....far away from where we can hear them when we eat...kinda nice, but we take a big risk!
Me and my siblings...I used to be the tallest...not so much anymore!
Ky got my camera and took several pictures of people...this is the furthest away any picture was, most of them were right up my nose. We'll have to work with her on making people actually look nice in the pictures????
All my girl cousins (and my girls)....
Talk about a legacy that my grandparent are leaving! All my cousins (and my kids)....
My one cousin, Keith, apparently became the fun cousin to play with....
Ky got my camera and took several pictures of people...this is the furthest away any picture was, most of them were right up my nose. We'll have to work with her on making people actually look nice in the pictures????
All my girl cousins (and my girls)....
Talk about a legacy that my grandparent are leaving! All my cousins (and my kids)....My one cousin, Keith, apparently became the fun cousin to play with....
Kp and cousin, Olivia. She always remembers Olivia - I think it's because she was the first little girl she met in America!
My cousin, Shelley, and her little guy, Billy....
Billy and big sister, Sydney....
My cousin, Shelley, and her little guy, Billy....
Billy and big sister, Sydney....My cousin, Erin's little girl, Addie....
My cousin blessed my little girls with iPods...they were so happy. It was one of 3 things on Ky's list...and I didn't get it for her, nor did I know she was getting it for the girls....they were so excited. Now listening to them "sing" to their iPods is a little painful, but they love it!
Landon, well...he is just too cute. He loves to sit in strollers and pretend he is in a wheelchair. A good friend of my sister in law's is in a wheelchair, and although Landon acts totally afraid of him in the wheelchair...he is amazed by it. It is amazing as well what 2 year olds pick up on???
Sarah!!!!!! We LOVE Sarah! She came home for the holidays and stopped over to see the kiddos!
Apparently we should have bought the boys pink princess stuff to play with????
Mimi ended up with two left shoes...and yet every time you buy shoes, they "appear" to be checking that????
Aunt Michalle and Uncle Jay....
I did get over my fear of getting anything said to me, and let Kp do the "fro." She really liked it cause she didn't have to sit and get her hair plaited. The payback was at the end of the week - washing and combing it all out!!!
My brother, Thane, and I....notice the nice bracelets the girls made me that I wore ALL day :-)
All the kiddos with their stockings from Gabby and Pappy...
My cousin blessed my little girls with iPods...they were so happy. It was one of 3 things on Ky's list...and I didn't get it for her, nor did I know she was getting it for the girls....they were so excited. Now listening to them "sing" to their iPods is a little painful, but they love it!
Landon, well...he is just too cute. He loves to sit in strollers and pretend he is in a wheelchair. A good friend of my sister in law's is in a wheelchair, and although Landon acts totally afraid of him in the wheelchair...he is amazed by it. It is amazing as well what 2 year olds pick up on???
Sarah!!!!!! We LOVE Sarah! She came home for the holidays and stopped over to see the kiddos!
Apparently we should have bought the boys pink princess stuff to play with????
Mimi ended up with two left shoes...and yet every time you buy shoes, they "appear" to be checking that????
Aunt Michalle and Uncle Jay....
I did get over my fear of getting anything said to me, and let Kp do the "fro." She really liked it cause she didn't have to sit and get her hair plaited. The payback was at the end of the week - washing and combing it all out!!!
My brother, Thane, and I....notice the nice bracelets the girls made me that I wore ALL day :-)
All the kiddos with their stockings from Gabby and Pappy...
How cute! I had to document that my kids do actually love each other!!!
Every year my mom takes the kids to the dollar store to buy gifts for everyone in the family. She gives very little advice and lets them pick whatever they want. It is beginning to be the hit of Christmas...to see what each child chooses for each family member...
The boys each got foam swords for Christmas...one broke the next day and one sliced my foot open when I stepped on the handle...so much for safe ones???
This is Grandma, that lives with us, and all her GREAT grandchildren!!!!
This is Grandma, that lives with us, and all her GREAT grandchildren!!!!
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