Bekki examines the gift from Nadya, two of the scented oil decanters! Nice!
Playing Apples to Apples on Christmas Eve!
This stocking is almost as big as little Emma! She was so thrilled with her stocking full of stuff! Notice the tutu I managed to add. :)
Emma's auntie VJ gave her the cutest little backpack full of animals!! She was very pleased!
Aimee's treasured gift. She savored this one since good things come in small packages!!
Twas the night before Christmas and all thru the house....the stocking they hung by the chimney with care....
Well, hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! It's hard to believe that several days have past since that distinct day and once again we are getting ready to begin a new year. I don't know what 2009 hold for us, but 2008 had a lot of twist and turns!
We celebrated Christmas Eve at home with my sister driving up from Kentucky with two of her kids, Ashleigh and Sidney who are 12 & 13. I set out a simple buffet and we relaxed and played Apples to Apples as well as chatted about life. It was good to spend a simple evening together. The girls went to the 11:00PM candlelite service at a local church. :) Christmas day was very layed back. Everyone slept in and then had a lite breakfast while the girls and I prepared brunch for all. The stocking were the first thing to be opened and enjoyed. Little Emma was so excited to open that stocking with her name on it. This is the first time she has fully enjoyed Christmas as far as the gift thing is concerned. We are working on the reason we celebrate Christmas with hopes of her fully embracing that next Christmas. :) The afternoon was relaxing as we slowly made our way through the gift opening. We had some very genereous "Secret Santa's" this winter. Thank you for making our Christmas more special. I decided not to prepare a big dinner since we were all enjoying just relaxing so we put out all our left-overs from the night before and munched on those until we were very full. Larry and the older two girls went to the movies that night to see the movie about Hitler, can't remember the name. Evidentally it was a very powerful movie. So, that was Christmas for us this 2008. No large crowds so we could keep Emma healthy for her surgery that is taking place on the 30th. Enjoy the photos!
We celebrated Christmas Eve at home with my sister driving up from Kentucky with two of her kids, Ashleigh and Sidney who are 12 & 13. I set out a simple buffet and we relaxed and played Apples to Apples as well as chatted about life. It was good to spend a simple evening together. The girls went to the 11:00PM candlelite service at a local church. :) Christmas day was very layed back. Everyone slept in and then had a lite breakfast while the girls and I prepared brunch for all. The stocking were the first thing to be opened and enjoyed. Little Emma was so excited to open that stocking with her name on it. This is the first time she has fully enjoyed Christmas as far as the gift thing is concerned. We are working on the reason we celebrate Christmas with hopes of her fully embracing that next Christmas. :) The afternoon was relaxing as we slowly made our way through the gift opening. We had some very genereous "Secret Santa's" this winter. Thank you for making our Christmas more special. I decided not to prepare a big dinner since we were all enjoying just relaxing so we put out all our left-overs from the night before and munched on those until we were very full. Larry and the older two girls went to the movies that night to see the movie about Hitler, can't remember the name. Evidentally it was a very powerful movie. So, that was Christmas for us this 2008. No large crowds so we could keep Emma healthy for her surgery that is taking place on the 30th. Enjoy the photos!
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