merry christmas 2009

we had a WONDERFUL christmas this year. i'm sad that the holidays are almost over :(. on christmas eve {day} we went to larry & darla's & had lunch & a little christmas program. here's gavin dressed up as a shepherd...& taya in a santa hat :).

kaden, gavin, & korbin...

jakob, kiri, & baby regan in front of the tree...gift exchange...

then...in the evening we went to my mom's house to spend the rest of the night and christmas morning....

my mom got all of us matching pajama's...

when we were little we took a picture exactly like this one below {i need to find it now and add it to this post}, so my mom thought it would be funny if we did the same pose again :). here's me and all of my siblings in a row :)...

all of the gang :)...

playing around & havin' fun...

my mom read the boys a christmas story after we read luke 2....

here's kaden & i being silly :)...

christmas morning...
here's the tree right before the kids woke up. my dad sent the boys the cute retro tricycle...i love it!

gavin asked santa for a blue car... one of the gifts grandma gave the boys was a sock monkey :)...

and the game, hungry hungry hippo's :)...

now-a-days a christmas morning without tickle me elmo just isn't a christmas morning ;). hehe...

kaden LOVES his cross bow. i mean we're talking OBSESSED with it! i think ben was more excited about giving him this gift that anything else on christmas.

{kaden also got a large toy gun for christmas, which he's equally obsessed over :)}...

playing hungry hungry hippo's...

kaden asked santa for a 'pedal ride on motorcycle' {ever since he played with yours, cori, he has been wanting one}!...the motorcycle plugs into the tv...

christmas afternoon

we headed over to larry & darla's around 3 to spend a few hours {and took ben's christmas present, a wii, with us to play}... :)

here's kaden & kiri hoola hooping on the wii fit {my christmas present from santa :)}...

christmas evening we went to grandpa & grandma slaydon's. i only have this one picture of my sisters and i there....sad, i wish i would have taken more!

hope everyone had a merry christmas! we really enjoyed our day this year. i only wish it would have lasted longer. love you all & merry christmas!