Our very merry Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas. We went to a lot of family parties. We got to sit on Santa's lap at the Nielson family party. Here is a picture of us with Santa and my family with Santa.


We spent Christmas Eve at Jon's Dad's house. It is a fun tradition to go there and have some dinner, sing some songs, read the Christmas story and open presents. We look forward to it every year.

Gary and WendyJon with our new game, Ticket to ride.

We gave Emily a CTR ring because she is going on a mission in a few months to Switzerland.

Alicia and Colby

Domi and Tyler

Christmas morning was great. Jon got off of work at 7 am beacause he is working graves, so he was a little tired but he got to sleep while the kids and I made a disaster playing with the new toys from Santa. Calvin asked Santa for a castle and low and behold Santa brought him the castle he wanted. You have to watch the video. Lily didn't ask for much. She got a dollhouse and a doll that wets her diaper. She was holding the baby doll, feeding her a bottle of water when Lily says" uh oh" and points to the baby's diaper. The cloth diaper was all wet, we changed it and she thought that was great fun. Jon got a blazer that we purchased a couple of weeks ago. I can't remember if I blogged about that. But I think that is car #30 for our 6 1/2 years of marriage. I got miracle blades(knives I have been wanting for the kitchen). I also picked out a shiatsu massager which feels very nice.

This is Lily coming down to the living room Christmas morning.The kids got a kitchen and they absolutley love playing with it. Notice Lily's cute little tutu that Calvin gave her. Sorry, some of the pictures are blurry because the batteries on my camera were dying.Lily with her new dollhouse



Santa set up Calvin's castle in the family room and covered it with a blanket. Calvin was so excited when he pulled the blanket off.
Mommy showing Lily how to feed the baby.

Daddy gave Lily her very own toolbox because she always wants to play with Calvin's.

We visited with Jon's mom and my parents on Christmas and we had a lot of fun with both families and got a lot of fun gifts. We forgot to take pictures there. We made it home through the terrible snow storm, it took an hour or more, just in time for Jon to go to work and the rest of us to fall right to sleep.

It was a very fun filled holiday. Calvin could not get enough of the baby Jesus story and he already has the true meaning of Christmas in his little heart. Lily loved opening the presents and she didn't even get grouchy with all of the late nights. Merry Christmas everyone. We hope you had a wonderful holiday and we wish you the best in 2009.