We feel especially blessed this year by all our family and those who helped give us a great Christmas!
2009 was hard for us, like so many across the nation. But it has also been humbling and strengthening to see the outpouring of love and support we have received so I am grateful for the trials and what they teach us.
Christmas morning Cohen was so excited to see his very own bike from Santa in front of the tree!
We spent the morning together unwrapping toys and playing!
I wish I had taken more pictures of the rest of the day at Michelle's house, but we were busy with all the kids, toys, cooking and having fun together I didn't have a chance!
I really couldn't have picked better sister-in-laws! Stephanie, Tracy and Michelle have been great friends to me and I love them! They are supportive and fun and there for me when I need them! Too bad two of them live in California. But Michelle is so close I can walk to her house so that kinda makes up for it!
I love when Scott's parents come visit. They are a great example to us and I am grateful for the love that they share and the values they have taught their children.
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and spent it with the ones they love!
We blessed Ryder at church the Sunday after Christmas. It was a special day for us and we enjoyed having all of Scott's family and some of mine there as well as close friends. Ryder looked so handsome in his little outfit (thanks Ash!) and Scott was a proud Daddy! (Cohen was pretty impossible to have in any of the pics so he is M.I.A.)
We spent the morning together unwrapping toys and playing!
I wish I had taken more pictures of the rest of the day at Michelle's house, but we were busy with all the kids, toys, cooking and having fun together I didn't have a chance!
I really couldn't have picked better sister-in-laws! Stephanie, Tracy and Michelle have been great friends to me and I love them! They are supportive and fun and there for me when I need them! Too bad two of them live in California. But Michelle is so close I can walk to her house so that kinda makes up for it!
We spent part of Christmas Eve with my Mom and Kay and his kids. They made an amazingly delicious dinner at Kay's then we went back to my mom's to do presents with her since we would be with Scott's family all of Christmas Day.
Turn that camera around!
My little sweetheart!
Cohen is a really good little artist. Here are a couple of the paintings we have done together...
My mom started a tradition where we have a kids slumber party a couple weeks before Christmas and watch Polar Express.We now look forward to Polar Express Night because it really makes it feel like Christmas time! There are lots of treats including hot chocolate and popcorn, pizza and pop, pajamas and a toy to open and they got pillow animals to sleep on. My mom sure does know how to throw a party!
Kaden, Cameron, Kayler, Desi, Devan and Cohen
The boys all got Transformers! Cohen LOVED his Bumble Bee Robot!
In November my friend Stephanie came to visit from Logan. We have been friends since 6th grade and love that we still keep in touch. When we get together it seems as though no time has past at all!
