Merry Christmas 2010

Hunter's gift to Mommy and Daddy, an ornament that he made in school with his picture on it. This is not the best picture, but he was so proud of this! He hung it on the tree right away!!

The boys opening our family gift...a soda maker! So much fun!!
Great idea, Daddy!

Alex and his favorite gift...an iPod nano!

Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas Card Photo-Shoot

This was the winning shot....

And here are some of the out-takes.....

Hunter's New Stocking

Grammy finished Hunter's stocking this year! Now the boys have matching cross-stitched stockings. Aren't they great!!! They are beautiful! And...more importantly for the boys, they are big (they can fit lots of goodies!).
Thanks Grammy! We love them!!

Christmas Morning 2009

Santa's been here!!! He ate the cookies....and look at the presents!!!!

What did I get??

Oooh, fun!

Mario for Wii!!!! This is what I wanted!!

The doll house I wanted!

We had an AWESOME Christmas this year! Both boys got some great gifts!! We had a very relaxing day filled with good food and lots of Mario playing!

The boys are already counting down the days until next Christmas!

'Twas the Night Before Christmas...

Putting cookies and milk out for Santa (and of course carrots for the reindeer).

Putting the "Santa Key" outside for Santa (we don't have a real fireplace or chimney, so he uses this special key to get into our house).

Jerry was going to be leaving with Santa, so we wanted to get one last picture!

We can't wait for Christmas morning!!

Our stockings are hung by the Chimney with care!

Reading 'Twas the Night Before Christmas right before we jump into bed!!

This is going to be a great Christmas!!!

Home SWEET Home

Gingerbread home, that is!! We had a blast making our first ever gingerbread house this year. It came pre-assembled, so that part was easy. I made the frosting a little too runny so our candies kept running off the house, but the end result still came out really cute. The boys couldn't resist the beaters from the frosting, and I could barely keep Hunter from eating all of the candy. They were bummed that I told them we wouldn't be eating the house...who wants to eat old, stale gingerbread and rock hard candy? Apparently my kids do!

All I Want For Christmas...

The boys were psyched to see Santa this year to tell him their Christmas lists.

Alex: "Bakugan and Star Wars people"
Hunter: "Three presents" (nothing really in particular, but the number is always the same....3)

We'll see if Santa comes through... I have a feeling he will!

Christmas Morning

Alex's favorite gift was his new Nintendo DS!

Although, Alex's Bakugan's definitely came in a close second!

And Hunter's favorite gift was his new Diego bike!

Visit with Santa

Every year the building complex where Frank works has a Christmas party. The big appeal, of course, is Santa. We went last night (despite the fact that I am VERY sick - which is also the reason they weren't wearing nice clothes...I just wasn't up to changing them before we left) and waited in line for about 30 minutes. It was worth it though to have both boys willingly sitting on Santa's lap. Last year the picture we got was of Hunter screaming and Alex not looking at the camera. Not impressive! This year, Hunter couldn't wait to see Santa - especially this Santa because he was giving out stuffed reindeer. My kids can always be bribed! Alex told Santa all of the things he wanted -- a Nintendo DS, Bakugan, and a "basketball game". I don't think he'll be disappointed on Christmas morning!

Alex telling Santa all about the toys he wants. Santa told him he'd get him some surprises too!

Alex and Hunter made the list!!

The "Nice" list that is....check it out here and here.

We've been Elfed!

That random elf in there kind of bothers me...I guess it needs to have five characters and since we only have four it just fills in with the other elf. It does make me laugh though!

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Alex's visit with Legendary Santa (Hunter wanted absolutely NOTHING to do with Santa) and our Christmas card for this year.