Christmas 2009

We started out our festivities on Christmas Eve at my parents' house....


Jozie all bundled up.



The 2nd annual hayride/caroling was a HUGE success (especially because of the recorded songs on CD, thanks Brad, and the hot coco!)

The kids always love putting on the nativity. They must love all the attention, amazingly they all stand very still as the Christmas story is read.


Calvin changed plans this year and had to be a shepherd like Preston (the real reason is that he wanted to wear the grey beard).... so Kai was the lonely wise man.



Christmas morning was fun this year. The boys really got into it. Kai was asleep in our bed with us and Calvin came running in to wake everyone up. He said that there were more presents and that Santa had come!! Kai was not too fond of the idea of getting out of bed until Calvin stated that there were not one, but two swords waiting for them downstairs. (Kai decided last minute that Santa had to bring him a sword and so Santa had to make a last minute rush to toys R us to see if there were any left) After hearing about the swords that were downstairs Kai leaped out of our bed..... he didn't really want to open any more presents... all he wanted to do was to fight with his new sword.




Kai and Calvin both got a RC car from Santa.

Jozie was a little confused about the whole thing but enjoyed the wrapping paper.

Kai got some blocks too and decided that it would work out great with his new Tonka RC car!

CRASH!!

Christmas afternoon we went to my parents house for dinner and a gift exchange. We had Shawn's name this year and we made him locate his present using some GPS coordinates.

He knew that it was well worth the hunt when he discovered that his gift was a Dunder Mifflin T-Shirt!!

My parents got the boys a tether ball and they had fun learning how to play.

Calvin thought Sydney was a hysterical driver in her new Princess FJ Cruiser.

Preston was one lucky boy this year.... Santa brought him a QUAD!

Kai was more than willing to get in on that action! He thought that he was so cool driving all by himself.

Grandma happily made everyone some yummy, frothy hot coco in her new coco maker!

This is Calvin's gingerbread house that he made in preschool.