Christmas 2010

It has taken me FOREVER to put up our Christmas pictures! Here they are! My camera died and so I missed half of the fun stuff we did while we were down there. =( These pics will just have to do for this year. Above is our cute little family picture on Christmas Eve. As you can tell Linkin just LOVES taking pictures. NOT!

The annual nativity skit done by all of the kids at Christmas Eve. Linkin has the shepherds can in one hand and of course he had to have Mader in the other. That tow truck from the movie Cars is almost always stuck to his hand! Heaven forbid when we loose it! :) The kids did a great job with the skit. And don't they just look so dang cute?!

Christmas morning started Waaaaay early! We had a late night the night before playing some pretty intense games of ping pong in my parents garage and the kids woke up at like 5:30 am!!!! Mamma don't do 5:30 am folks!!!! ;) Here is Linkin playing with his fun tag reader. Linkin is really into the show Super Why right now and the main character has the "power to read." He has a little "why writer" in the show and this is Linkin's "Why writer." He loves playing with his books that read to him. It is a way cute toy! (and educational :)

Linkin playing with his car tracks. I don't know where this toy ended up. I don't think it made the flight home to San Francisco. :( Hopefully we will find it somewhere when we go back to AZ to visit.
Here are the kids showing their biggest treasures of the morning. Linkin would have just been happy getting that Percy train for Christmas! Monterey with her treasures and Alexandra with her hamster. Good Christmas morning for all!

Nana and Papa on Christmas morning. Does anyone else think it's hilarious that my dad already has a tie around his neck?! hahahaha!! Love you dad!

Linkin was soooo tired after the BIG eventful morning that he just layed there and watched his Dinosaur Train track go round and round. We actually took a nap that day too! (naps don't happen these days!) He slept for like 3 hours after this! Such a fun morning!

My camera died after this so I don't have any more pics. =( We had a way fun time the rest of Christmas day at Doug's parents house doing secret santa and having Christmas dinner.

New Years was also super fun at our friends house Chad and Krissie. They just moved into a house 5 minutes from my parents house so we had to have New Years there and break their house in for them! Thanks for all of the great times guys!