Christmas 2012

Christmas Eve we spent with my parents. We went out to dinner and then back to their house so the kids could "open" 1 present.

 

 

This year, we bought the boys "new" bikes (read -Craigslist finds that John spiffy'd up) and asked Grandpa to make each girl a dolly crib.

We had the kids hide downstairs in the basement while we set up the gifts..then blindfolded them for their walk up the stairs :)




all 4 were pretty suprised and excited!!

Christmas morning the kids were up before the sun. :)  We told them not to wake us up until 6:30 and guess what time ALL 4 were in our room?!  yep -6:31 :)

Stockings hung by the pool table with care ~

after stockings comes the unwrapping mayhem!

 

 

hard to tell, but Andrew just opened his air-soft pistol.



 

the girls got certificates for horseback riding lessons. I love Elizabeth's face in this!

after present mayhem and breakfast at our house, we head over to grandma and grandpa's to meet up with the cousins for more present mayhem!



 

Biruk got his air-soft gun too. :)

 



 

every year Janae (and the other big cousins) write a play based on the Christmas story. :)

 



This year we were blessed to have baby Jaxton fill in for baby Jesus in the play. :)