Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful Christmas at home this year. After all of the running around and exhaustion last year, Jon and I agreed that it was too much right now, at this age of the children. His family was very understanding, thankfully.

We had our first Christmas celebration at Jon's brother's house with Grandpa Rick and Grandma Judy. Grandpa really wanted a pic of all 5 boys, so I tried to take a pic. Unfortunately, I was a little shaky, so the pic came out a bit blurry. But it is better than nothing, I suppose!



and here they are with Grandpa Rick!



The boys really enjoyed their gifts, and it was great to spend time with the newlyweds (congrats Dad and Judy!) The twins really got into opening presents this year.







That night, Great Grandma Kay and Great Grandpa Boyd came into town. We all met up at the Mellow Mushroom for yummy pizza and conversation. The boys all did so great while we were out.

The next morning, we were back at the house to open gifts with them. Some highlights were Corbin getting MagnaTiles and the twins opening Rock n Roll Mickey and Lets Rock Elmo.









Then we all went out to eat at Max and Ermas, where the boys did well, but mostly just drank chocolate milk.

On Christmas Eve morning, we celebrated with Jon's sister and her boyfriend. We tried again to get the 5 boys' pictures together.



We had a great time visiting. Then later that night, we had appetizers and played games. Jon's mom and Dusty joined us this year, and we had a great time with them. We had our usual bad-pun Bingo night and also played LCR.

Christmas morning, the boys got up around 7. They were excited to see what Santa left for them.







Christmas morning goofiness!






The twins loved playing with their new robot kitties. Here they are combing their fur.



Corbin got a new bike! He was so excited when he saw it that he lost his footing. Twice! Avery helps show him how to ride it.



The day after Christmas was very mild weather, so we took the boys outside. Corbin loved his new bike!





Here are the twins playing with their new trampoline, and me playing with my fish eye lens



I got some new camera equipment for Christmas. Here I am playing with some new bokeh lens shapes.

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