I video everything on Christmas morning and never take pictures! I wish I would have learned my lesson last year, but I am glad that I got some sweet video footage from Christmas morning....which included impromptu and heartfelt hugs between Beckett and Helen when they opened their gifts that they had specially picked for each other. Priceless! So when I looked at the pics on my camera from Christmas, the only one I have is taken at Nana and Papa's house with all of the cousins. The rest of my Christmas memories are on the Flip video camera! After our morning of opening gifts at home, we headed over to Nana and Papa's house for breakfast and fun with family. N and P always make a big (late) breakfast for everyone and then we enjoy opening gifts and playing with new toys with all of the cousins. Josh, Kathy and the kids were able to be with us this Christmas (afer a scary and slippery drive to N and P's house!) It was fun having everyone together this year!
It snowed off and on all day on Christmas and then again the day after Christmas. We were not able to get out of our neighborhood to go to church, so we had an early morning sledding appointment with our neighbors, the Guldans! Here is a picture of Sean and Matt getting the kids ready to sled down the street in front of the Guldan's house.
Beckett and Carson on their sled.......
Turner, Helen and Will on their sled......
Will enjoyed being pulled along in the sled!
Helen pulling her sled after a trip down the street!
Beckett, Helen and Will feeling pretty cold and wet, but still posing for a picture!
The whole family got in on the sledding action and Matt had us pose with props to remember our sledding adventures!
We enjoyed having Sean home for the long weekend which included Monday and just resting and taking it easy. Grankaki and Granbob were able to come over on Monday to celebrate Christmas with us. Their travel plans were delayed by a day due to the snowy conditions, but we enjoyed some time with them on Monday and Tuesday. As soon all the Christmas celebrations were over, Helen began asking how long until Tuesday night! The reason? These sweet girls promised Helen a "sleep over" at their house. The King sisters are good friends of ours and have been talking with Helen about a sleep over for many months. We "booked it" right before Christmas, and Helen has been so excited about it. I took this picture yesterday afternoon when they came to pick her up.
I picked her up late this morning and she has not stopped talking about all the fun that she had! She had a fantabulous time at her first official girls sleep over! (Of course she has stayed with cousins and grandparents, but this was the first friend sleep over.) Thanks to the King sisters (and their mom and dad) for the wonderful hospitality and giving Helen such a fun night to remember!
Looking forward to this coming long weekend with Sean home, celebrating the end of 2010 and anticipating the new year and all the new adventures it holds!
1 comment:
Looks like you all had fun in the snow! Great seeing you guys at Christmas and hopefully we will see you all again very soon. Love the pic of the whole family in the snow. Have a great week!
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