It's Christmas Morning - 12:54 a.m.
The turkey is in the oven - check out the recipe in this free Holiday Recipe cook book by Sue Gregg. The young men are over at Josiahs. Nolan stayed up to be able to be the first to say, "Merry Christmas". Mike is putting THIS together in the little boy's room. That allowed them to stay up and be a part of the festivities...but the thought is they'll fall asleep watching....soon?
BTW, this is Stacia's Christmas AND Birthday present and it fell within our budget. I found it online cheaper than what I was finding around town and had it shipped to Walmart for pick up - free shipping. We wanted to get it NOW so that she can enjoy it before all our things are packed up. LOL
Christmas is here...but Mom, here are a few shots for you and Dad from Christmas Eve/Day.
We got ahold of Mike's family today. They are also excited at all the news from our older children this week....and at the possibilities of grandchildren driving down to CA for a weekend. LOL
Played games, wrapped presents, made goodies today.
Chapel candlight service...Stacia checking out the finery.
I couldn't resist a "pew shot" but 5 of us were missing. LOL
We went to see the Christmas Lights on the Concho. Mike would like to go back and walk it with the Nikon and the tri-pod....I didn't bother taking photos with the point and shoot. LOL
Another clue "he who folds the laundry will find it"
Found it...
T-shirts for all
Jamin's says something about living in his own world. LOL
We opened Christmas Stockings....WE did NOT fill them - the kids did fill them. LOL
Jamin got this annoying, noisey monkey for Jared. ::snort::
Chocolate - always a hit around here
Yikes - look at those teeth
Could it be that this is at fault (check out the HAND)
I am hoping these markers will satisfy the artist in Stacia.
Alas, Bre loves them. ::snort:: I'm wondering what tomorrow will look like if 12 stockings made this much mess. LOL
We "ended the night" (though WE are still up) with Mafia. Bre ruthlessly turned on David.
While ARIELLE was the real mafia (I was dead and so took photos).
Cy misspeaks giving away Jamin's identity
I've been informed that "Gram's Cinnamon Rolls" are our traditional Christmas breakfast. Um....I'd forgotten. That means it's after 1:40 a.m. and I need to be up baking to have hot rolls by 8 a.m.
Ummm....I LOVE this man! 1:51 a.m. Mike always tells me to "buy quality" - and this is - but I think the plastic would have been easier to put together. 
So......Merry Christmas dear friends and family. It's hard to believe 2008 is nearly over.
©2008 D.R.G.
5 comments:
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
It's 12:42 am AK time and I'm going to bed soon. One more thing to do, not sure how long it will take.
Bless you for having stayed up so late to bake for your family! Labors of love are worth every effort when we watch them enjoyed so much.
Was that a kitchen stove the men were putting together for Stacia? How fun!
We have had some of those teeth in stockings before! The tray of goodies looks fabulous. Can't wait to see the finished product for Stacia. We have also taken advantage of Christmas deals for Carys's bday which is coming up on 1/17. She is getting a train table and train set (a boy gift, but she loves playing with this in Barnes & Noble) and a Power Wheels motorcycle. So spoiled! :) Merry Christmas to all of you!
So good cin. rolls of Grandma S. I never learned to do that stuff and congrats to you for taking the time to learn.
:):) I loved the bread stuff my helpers in Liberia and the Philippines made....... I was spoiled. :):):
love/prayers Mom T.
Linda - we were discussing that....we work hard on NOT spoiling the younger ones...and you often hear the pros of having young parents....but we realized that there a few advantages to having older, established parents....and I must say our parenting is much more grace-filled than it was 20 years ago. LOL
WHAT FUN! Sometimes I wish we had a larger family! The more the merrier!
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