Christmas Afternoon

In the afternoon we went over to the Grandparents and did some Christmas gift exchanging with them. It was a lot of fun and a lot of craziness too. The kids had a great time and Evan had really figured out how to open gifts by then. Ryan got a Batman convertible car/airplane and has hardly put the thing down since. He would open a gift then go back to playing with the airplane. Evan got a fun Fire truck and he's had a lot of fun moving the levers around and making the ladder swivel. I'm super excited about my new spice rack, luggage, and dress boots!
Thanks everyone for the wonderful gifts. We love them all, and we love all of you!
Ryan and Grandpa before opening gifts.
Evan with some new skater shoes!
Emry was excited about all of the ribbons and bows. Now that she's CRAWLING! she was glad to finally be able to really get in there and play with her crazy cousin boys.
Ry Ry
Jess and Emry. I was so glad that she liked the toy I got for her.
Cole, Justin and Dad being Paparazzi with it.
Mom opening an awesome Teflon pan!
And look, a shot of me!
What a wonderful Christmas it has been.

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