Our Family Christmas 2009

Christmas Eve was a wonderful day.  We picked up Rile' and Hunter from Vanessa's.  They were so excited to start their time with us.  Rile' was so excited, she couldn't take a nap...which she regretted later, because by the end of the night, she was one tired girl!  Rile', Auntie Boo and Nana made no-bake cookies.  The plan was to have Hunter help too, but he wasn't very interested.  Although, he stayed pretty close to us doing his own thing.

After we were done in the kitchen, I got the crock pots going and the rolls in the oven.  The kids stayed busy playing from one end of the house to the other.

Lamar and Rile' started a fire in the fireplace....although we ended up with a house full of smoke  because the damper wasn't QUITE open all the way.  The kids thought it was pretty funny when all us adults started fanning pillows up in the air to try to get the smoke out of the house.  That made it a little better :-).

Once Andy and Kelly came from Portland, we ate our Christmas table full of yummy food.  Mmmmm...it was all so good.

Then, for the finale'...opening the presents!   There's just something about little kids getting so excited with every little gift.  We were laughing at Hunter, because after all the presents were opened, I gathered all his clothes and put them in one bag.  He found the bag, and started to take everything out again...all with the same excitement.  Throughout the evening, he got out the same pair of jeans about five times with a big smile and a "ooooh" every time.

So, from our home to yours, Merry Christmas!