Christmas 2011

All was merry and bright.



Santa came!



He filled our stockings, all were coal free.



Don't be fooled, there are about 1 million presents under the tree, the blue ones are from Santa.



Everybody got exactly what they wanted, and then some.



Capri got her MP3 player, Oz got his truck.



Sable got her dishes, Rome got a rockin' archery set.



I got all the books I wanted, they are so pretty on the shelf I got for my birthday (that's a missed post still to come). I also got 11 backscratch coupons from Capri, I was only a LITTLE excited as you can tell.



Jeff got the "cereal shopping spree" that he asked for. This is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. He gets to hit Walmart and get whatever cereal his heart desires.



These mittens and animals are from Gramma and Papa. The littles also scored other individual gifts, their first painting, and a 2 day trip to Disneyland and California Adventure! Thanks Gramma and Papa!!



It goes without saying that there were a lot of presents given and not pictured. We all got great stuff that we loved.







After church I got some pics of the littles in their Christmas clothes. Can you believe the weather?



Gorgeous!





Oz was asleep when we got home from church, so after he woke up I snagged some pics of him still in his Christmas clothes.

Merry Christmas!
Many luvs, hugs and kisses to all!

Waiting for Santa

We spent the vast majority of today celebrating with Jeff's side of the family (and missing mine of course). There was a TON of food, we played a huge game of white elephant, and opened endless gifts. Best of all, every family member was in attendance.





Now, the cookies, carrots and milk are set out. The littles are asleep. We're all set for the big guy to come!

Merry Christmas!

Jonny & Jeffy **UPDATE**

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Friends and family,

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Thanks,
Jeff

Santa

The littles visited Santa's playland at Crown Center.



We're quite convinced, and have been since he was born, that Oz is one of Santa's elves. If you've seen his ears you know what we mean!

Classic!

Thanksgiving in "the City" 2011

We went to Silver Dollar City for Thanksgiving again this year. It was our fourth year there for Thanksgiving and we had just as much fun as usual!



Gotta stop for free cheese at Osceola (AKA "Cheesetown", at least in our house)



Oz was not too excited to sit with the dancing girls from the saloon show.



The littles wrote their letters to Santa as they have every year from SDC. This year they asked for:

Capri - an MP3 player with earphones
Rome - a play bow and arrow set
Sable - a Minnie Mouse cup, Minnie Mouse bowl, princess silverware and princess plate
Oz - Tonka dumptruck








Rome was called up to the stage for the Frosty show. He was so cute about it and did a great job.





We got hot chocolate both nights we were there, it was definitely a favorite part of the trip - walking around in the cold drinking hot chocolate and seeing all the beautiful lights and decorations.



Thanksgiving! We all ate till we nearly burst.





Oz ate BOTH of those desserts in entirety. I am not exaggerating.





Serious chow down.



After eating we rode some rides and then got in a LONG line to see our favorite show, "A Dicken's Christmas Carol". It's a great show but this year we had the boy monster to deal with. And he REALLY showed his true monster colors during the show. Plus, the actors were all mixed up in different roles than usual and really didn't suit their parts. We also noticed that scenes were missing from our show, later we learned that other showings did have those scenes. It was weird. Even so, we did have a great time watching. Except for the moment when Oz head butted me in the nose really hard. That moment (and the few minutes afterward) kind of stunk.

We had a great time and were so thankful for all we have. I'll post video later if I can find the Flip that Oz apparently stole and hid. I just found the case in a winter boot.



Happy Thanksgiving!