MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

It's been a long day ....  

 Our Stockings were filled...........  from left to right (in both pics) ... Daddy, Mommy, Cal, Noah, Nathan, Kaedyn, Mia, Marnie & Autumn. 

Our Tree.....

Gifts under the tree....

Other side....

there were six bags hung on the tree ....  one for each of us, one for Mom and one for Dad from the boys, and one for each boy from his brothers....

We didn't make them take turns, we just let them rip into everything ...  so it was CHAOS

Then we went to Nana & Papa's for Santa gifts, more stockings ...  and dinner!

Kaedyn and Nathan both got new LeapPad2's ...  Kaedyn got a green set, and Nathan got a pink & purple princess set (shhhhh he likes pink!)

Nathan on his

Kaedyn using his .....

Calahan and Noah got a Halo 4 Limited Edition new X-Box ....  (theirs broke a few months back)

Nathan and Kaedy playing on their LeapPads .... 

It snowed a little.. and melted just as quick

When I wished everyone a Merry Christmas over on My Unique Flowers Facebook Page, I ended with "And hopes of no hospital trips!" ......  well, that came back to bite me!   Nana & Papa have a gas fireplace with that has glass over it.  It's behind us in our 2010 Christmas Family Picture (which you can see on our ABOUT OUR FAMILY page in the 2010 pics)  Anyway ....  Nathan was laying down infront of the fireplace, and we were all doing other stuff.  Then we all heard screaming and assume when he got up, he put his hand flat up against the glass ...  the hot glass .....  and he burned his hand.

We ended up in the ER where he had 2nd degree burns on his hand...... 

Here he is laying in the hospital bed with a cold cloth on his hand, and his dino slippers hanging out.  those slippers were the hit of the ER.  EVERYONE who saw them commented on them, even if we were just walking by someone - you'd hear them comment on them... LOL....  

They bandaged up his hand ....   and we went home....  

Then we ate some ham, potatoes & corn.....   

Then we went home and just vegged for awhile.....  The kids had fun playing with all their new stuff....

Merry Christmas Eve!

We spent Christmas Eve at my moms...  we had Lasanga ...  then the kids got to open gifts.

Kaedyn by his set of gifts

 

Kaedyn's gifts when I wrapped them at my mom's (the striped ones are Cal's)

Cal by his gifts

His when I wrapped them....  he didn't have as many, but I bunched his together in groups otherwise he guesses ....

Noah with his gifts....  

His when I wrapped them....

Nathan with his gifts .....

His after I wrapped them..... 

I'm not going to share all the pictures from opening gifts ....  So I'm just share a few pics from the night.

Calahan super excited about his Call of Duty hat ....

Kaedyn waiting patiently for me to say "go ahead" cuz the kids were all taking turns.... 

I think this is a great picture of Noah :) 

Nathan loved EVERYTHING... lol...

I thought Kaedyn would LOVE this sweatshirt ...... turns out, he's scared of it.   LOL

Noah in his Lego Sweatshirt....

Nathan got a Dino Sweatshirt....

Calahan in his new Call of Duty hat and one of his shirts ..... 

We have a tradition of going to see Christmas lights on our way hom from Mom's on Christmas Eve....

This year, we ended up coming across a house that the lights danced to music.  You tuned into a radio station, and this is what you saw.  I taped during three songs.  You'll have to ignore the "stop kicking" commented from the teenager.

"Have a Holly Jolly Christmas"

"Let it Snow"


"Wizards in Winter"


Then Santa came over for a quick visit before he started his World Tour..........here he is with Marnie

Noah & Santa

Nathan and Santa

Santa, Mommy & Kaedyn (Kaed was scared - again)

Santa, Cal and Marnie again ...

Of course we left cookies and milk out for Santa

Marnie all cuddled up .... 

And that was our Christams Eve .....