Courageous Joy

Christmas Photos

No, I won't show photos of each gift that each one of us received and gave....but just for MIKE...here are photos of our gifts to the children.

BreAnne, Krista and Josiah received ipods. These were a huge blessing. I thought we could maybe swing an ipod nano 4gig but then ended up finding an ipod 30 gig at the BX for cheaper than the ipod nano around town. The ironic part of this deal is that Josiah had one on his list, shopped around and saw it was over budget and crossed it off. THEN I said, "Wouldn't this be a great gift for the girls?" He knew I bought them for the girls. I told him that it was their birthday/Christmas for the year. I could tell that he was bummed he'd crossed it off his list. Christmas a.m. we had a blast watching the totally unsuspecting girls. I thought maybe Josiah had figured it out...but he hadn't. They were all wrapped in different size boxes. He found his in the bottom of a big box and said, "I NEVER saw this coming." The older 3 have been trying to figure out how to copy their CD's to the ipod. I'm no help whatsoever. LOL

Jamin's gift from us was "Lord of the Rings Trivia/DVD edition". It didn't arrive until today...but yesterday he received his second big thing on his dream list.....a set of videos from the History Channel. He loves to watch the History channel every time we move and are stuck in TLF or motels....this will be a treat for him. He had quite a list of videos he'd like from them.

Jared's gift from us was Civilization 1709 or some such year.

Arielle has asked for a "dancing Barbie" since she was 3. This is the first year I SAW one - I thought she'd imagined it. I knew she had to get it this year or be a bit old for it next year.

Nolan's gift from us was two sets of Duplos. I know this seems strange for his age...but he can't handle the legos and these will be great for improving his motor skills and eye hand coordination.

Zander's gift from us was Lego STAR WARS play station game. What a hit this one was. He's wanted to play the Star Wars game that the older boys have but we've felt it was to old for him. This is the perfect solution for him. He quickly earned 60 tickets to earn some play time today. ::snort::

Stacia's gift from us was Noah's Ark FP blocks and an extra set of Fisher Price blocks. She loves these blocks. This was another one of those toys that I didn't know existed until Mandy gave us some on Thanksgiving.