Saturday, December 31, 2011

Christmas!

Well, the big guy showed up.

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Grace got a new bike

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Elliot got a DSi, to replace his ds lite, which he gave to Grace. It's a win win. I actually really like this one because he can create and animate cartoons on it. It's pretty cool.

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Maggie and Naomi each got a new baby doll.

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We woke up to a foggy Christmas morning.

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It was pretty crazy with 8 kids and 8 adults opening presents at the same time. But lots of fun!

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Grace trying out her new crackle nail polish.

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This is where Elliot spent most of the morning. :)

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Grace showing off her days of the week socks.

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Bailey indulging in a little of her own Christmas cheer! Actually every time I turned around she was eating some candy off the floor. Poor girl probably had a stomach ache by the time the day was over.

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The kids spent the morning playing with each other's toys.

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Beyblades...I had never heard of them until Christmas morning but apparently they are all the rage. Jack was very nice about letting all the kids play with his!

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Someday I might be good at getting pictures of all my kids 10 minutes before we have to leave for church. But this was not that day! Naomi was cracking me up in this picture!

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Everyone got to wear their new Christmas church clothes. Christmas on Sunday is awesome. I loved it.

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Elliot has turned in to such a ham in front of the camera. :)

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Okay, get ready to die from cuteness...




Norah Jane
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I couldn't pick just one!

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Our Christmas feast! Prime rib, *drool*, mashed potatoes, stuffing, salad, and homemade crescent rolls, made by yours truly. I don't mean to toot my own horn, but they were SO GOOD!

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Matt and Crystal gave us an awesome family gift, Just Dance Kids 2, which we got to by playing a bunch of awesome Christmas minute-to-win-it games! They were so fun. It was such a good idea, the kids loved it!

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And that is how we rounded out our Christmas. It was so great to spend it with so much family. Thanks so much to Colin and Lori for hosting us all. Wonderful family memories were made. Now on to 2012!

Friday, December 30, 2011

Christmas Eve

My mom and dad, and my sister Abby and her husband came to Spokane for Christmas. We had so much fun! On Christmas eve we all went out to my brother Colin's house for the night.

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We decorated (and ate!) a bunch of cookies for Santa.

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Everyone opened their Christmas jammies.

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It's hard to get a decent picture of these 8 kiddos!

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Grandpa in the middle of the action!

And this girl...
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I think I'm in love!

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FINALLY!!! They all fall asleep! :)

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Christmas, the build up...

I have lots of blogging to do before the year is over to get in all of our Christmas stuff! The week before Christmas we had great plans to go to the temple on family night to see the new nativity display they have, only to be disappointed when we got there and found locked gates. But the kids got to walk around the outside of the temple and we got some great shots of our beautiful temple at night.

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Later that week we baked all day and made lots of Christmas cookies to decorate.

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Just 'cause she's so cute!

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And the kids were crazy, as usual!

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More Christmas to come!