Our Christmas

We had a wonderful white Christmas this year. Ryan was tons of fun and he really understood about Santa this year so he was thrilled when he saw what Santa had brought him. In the morning we opened our gifts, ate a yummy breakfast casserole, and lounged around. We were able to web cam with Colin's family including the new baby of Stuart and Brooke's. It was nice to be able to share a part of the day with them. After we were done with our gifts I braved the cold and SNOW to head over to Grandma and Grandpa's house. We got some lovely gifts and trekked back home. Our day was great and we feel very blessed for all that we have been given. The pictures speak more than I can... so I'll let them talk now.



Ryan seeing what Santa brought him. Can you tell he's excited!
Daddy helping Ryan with the racetrack.

Ryan's stocking.
Evan's Santa gifts.
Colin showing Ryan how to use the trigger.
inside Ryan's stocking was an electric Diego toothpaste.
Ryan
Evan and Daddy.
Daddy showing Evan how to play with his new toy.
Evan playing with his new toy, assisted by Daddy.
Colin opening gifts
Web-camming over XBox to Stuart & Brooke's house.
Colin playing with the boys.
Mommy helping Evan open a gift.
Justin
Jess
Grandpa
Grandma
Cole & Jess
Cole and the boys
Evan playing with the Lincoln Logs tub
Evan playing with the Lincoln Logs
Evan crawling toward the camera as I try to take his picture.

Ryan sitting on his gift from Grandma and Grandpa- Lincoln Logs!
Jen opening a gift.
A new wool dress coat.
Ryan at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Comments

Regan said…
It looks like you had a really nice Christmas. And I'm sure Ryan loved that racetrack set. It's so fun to see the boys in the snow in those pictures. It makes me sad that Ethan and Brent won't be having snow like that to play in, but I guess they don't know any different, so they're still happy.
9:12 PM, December 30, 2008
The Estes Family said…
Hey Jen this is Melica from Highschool I went to Dinner with Stacey last night and she said you were one of her blog buddies so I thought I would say hi. You have a cute family and it looks like you had a great christmas. Check out our blog sometime if you want jayandmelica.blogspot.com
10:37 AM, December 31, 2008
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