Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Ho, Ho, Holidays!!

This year we were very excited to have my mom, dad, and sis-in-law Rachel coming to spend Christmas with us here in GA. They arrived on Dec. 23rd, just in time for the fun!

Here is the beautiful packed in tree on Christmas morning!

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Kaydin trying out his new Tricycle!

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And this cool car racing track!

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On Christmas morning we always open our stockings first, so we let Kaydin play with a couple of unwrapped toys to keep him occupied while the “big kids” opened their stockings.

Here is everyone relaxing while our cinnamon roll breakfast was cooking.

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Once we had some breakfast, Rachel got to play “santa” and distribute all of the presents out to everyone. Kaydin even helped her out on the smaller gifts. Soon the tree is bare underneath and there are piles of gifts around each person.  

Here is Kathryn and Dad among their piles!

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Daddy helping Kaydin tackle his pile

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This was my pile, and Mom is on the left with her pile

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And this was Michael’s pile

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Sorry Rachel – This is the best picture of her pile 

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Once all of the gifts are distributed, we try to keep it somewhat organized and take turns opening. That way everyone can see what everyone else gets.

Kaydin did very good opening presents this year! There is a perk to having his birthday a couple weeks before Christmas  :)   He gets a lot of practice!

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Others would have Kaydin help them open too!

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Here are some of the highlights of our morning!

 

Mom and Dad looking through the calendar we had made for them

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Kaydin’s new big truck!

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The shirt Kathryn and I had made for dad

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And another in blue!

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GLEE!

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Yeah! I’ve been wanting to try this stuff!

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Cool new talking shapes puzzle – Thanks Aunt Cindy!

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After all of the opening is finished… the fun really begins!!

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He loved his flippy dog! It does backflips!

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Kaydin and I testing out our new ride!

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We had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends! We hope everyone else did too!

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