Christmas 2011

we had a wonderful Christmas this year! 

we decided several years ago that we were not going to travel on Christmas...with little ones it is just too hard and too overwhelming to spend the day traveling...

yammy and papa and grampy are always here in the morning to watch the littles unwrap their presents and then my sister and her family come over for a Christmas dinner.

although it is unfortunate that we can't see our extended family this really works for our family and i am happy for that. 

Santa came!

and filled all the stockings!

i love this picture.  the girls had to wait for yammy and papa so here they are eyeing all their goodies.  look at abbie's precious face.

once they were given the green light they were like little mice scurring from one thing to the next...i love a house full of littles!

then i realized i forgot to get the annual "stocking picture" so i quickly gathered them for a photo (levi wasn't having it so i didn't even bother). 

and then within 30 seconds they scurried away yet again...

sophie with her walking moxie doll horse.

levi had fun opening one present and then he was done.

ella with her DS...she was soo thrilled!

cowgirl jessie

sophie went over to feed her goldfish, lila, and found that santa had left her a new goldfish...who she later named "shiny"....she was beyond thrilled. 

i had to snap this picture of ella nicely organzing all of her presents...oh how i wish her organization skills woud rub off on the rest of the littles (and mommy!) :)

i was pretty sure santa didn't leave this mess...but who would of??

do you know, levi?

the babies playing in levi's new tent.

ella trying out her new makeup.

momma and her abbie.

the next....??? i really don't follow basketball so i can't put in a name right there...oops. the only nba players i know are from when my brother followed nba when i was like 10...spud webb, larry bird, dennis rodman, isaiah thomas...are you impressed scott?? :)

we had such a great Christmas spending it as a family.  we are so blessed. 

happy birthday, Jesus.