1.04.2013

Christmas Day


Warning: Overload of pictures!

Christmas morning
(at our house)

Love that morning hair...



Owen clapped after every present he opened.




Dru made a top 10 list of reasons why she loves Ryan with gifts to match.
sweetest. gift. ever. 

My parents continued the tradition of delivering their presents to each house.

Eiffel Tower necklace for our French speaking Liv
A beautiful art kit and sketch book


Rylie was over the moon for her new Repunzel doll and horse.

Olivia also got Olivia.


Dru got a Boogie Board, a cool paper ornament and some magnet sets.

 Thank you Grandma & Grandpa!

Next, we headed over to my parents.
We started with the Nativity.
I love this tradition!
It gets bigger and better every year.

   My cute cousin and her cute boyfriend came over for a bit to say hi.

We of course ate a lot and ate well.

Hot chocolate bar toppings.
Thanks Kris for the AMAZING gingerbread cookies! (far right)

The uncles did what they do best....
teased like crazy!


Cousin gift exchange
  


Every time I tried to take a picture of these two, Henry pulled this face.  :)



Then, we headed over to the Martins.

Aunt Adrienne spoiled us!
American Boy doll clothes.
Just what they wanted! 

Darling Elisabeth (expecting twins) and Alex.






Owen got a super cool race car set.  He loved it!

...so did Ryan.

 
  
 The boys all got a helicopter from Jim.
The perfect gift.

Everyone was so generous. 
We are so blessed to live by so many in our family.  We love to be with them and share the holidays together.

1.03.2013

Christmas Eve



Christmas Eve began with making gingerbread cookies.
Grandma Martin made delicious homemade 
dough and the girls went crazy decorating them.  
The adults went a little crazy too.







Aunt Ade was a good sport!



Even Owen got in on the action and loved it.

We then played a bunch of "minute to win it" games.
We had fun being silly.


 























1.02.2013

Sunday dinner

We were almost all together so we had to take some pictures!