Every year we have 2 Christmas's, either at our house if we are living in Fresno and at my moms in the afternoon. This year we were staying at my dads (which I will post about later) and spent the morning there opening gifts and playing with everything. Then we headed up to my moms for some family fun.
There is usually 20+ people there and we always have such a great time playing games, cooking, catching up with those we don't see often. I think the kids have more fun then the adults!
This year for Christmas we tried to keep the gift giving simple with our kids. We did 3 gifts for each of our kiddos: 1 from Santa, 1 they wanted and 1 they needed. We did an extra for Jt, which it was from T, but we found this really cool Dinosaur book and couldn't resist! We made my dad stick to the rules and you'll see why we did this later in the post! My mom and everyone else goes crazy! It's just ridiculous how many gifts these kids get! We appreciate them all very much and feel so blessed to have such a great family spoil them!
This is a rear picture of the 2 of them together in a photo! My mom and her sister, my aunt Charlene.
Jt who was patiently waiting to open his gifts, yeah right!
He was having such a hard time waiting and so were a couple of the kids, so we decided to let them open theirs early instead of waiting! Our family has always waited to open gift until after dinner, which I think is the dumbest thing ever. When your 4, you can't wait that long!
This guy who we never get to see is my cousin Richard and his 4 year old son Anthony. Jt and Anthony are just a couple months apart and this was actually the first time they met. They got along so well and Jt can't wait to see him again.
This is why we did 3 gifts for the kids! These gift were separated between 4 kids. so do the math, that's like 7+ gifts for each child. That is just to many for 1 kid! I will post their favorites in my next post!
The dog whisperer
My brother Jeff's girlfriend Kristle who we just adore! Love her!
My little niece Brooklyn! This was her first Christmas this year and boy was she spoiled. She had a great time ripping into her presents and playing with all of the new toys! Tanner and Brooklyn just love each other. They were sharing toys, giving kisses and he was showing her how the airplane flies! So cute!
My mom and step dad Larry getting ready to open their gifts!
While all of the big kids opened their gifts the little ones were asleep, so we opened gifts with Tanner after he woke up and the big kids were all outside playing. This made for a more relaxing and enjoyable experience for T man. I liked it because I got to watch the boys individually and actually enjoy it.
My sweet boy
Everyone, well most of everyone outside playing rings and smoking the ribs.
My mom got Jt this Imaginex T-Rex he had been wanting for the longest time and what did he do with it? Well, he found Samantha's Barbie and well, you can see! What a boy!
My brother Scott and Brooklyn. This is such a great picture of them! She is just toooo sweet!
T man showing Brooklyn how the planes fly! He's even making the noise for her! I wonder who he gets that from?
Anthony was getting the dance party started on the Kinect. For a 4 year old, he followed along really well. What a kick it was to watch him dance too. I did get a video of it, but I'm not sure how to upload it yet.
As the night was coming to an end, we made our rounds with kisses goodbye! Even the babies wanted in on it!
This guy who we never get to see is my cousin Richard and his 4 year old son Anthony. Jt and Anthony are just a couple months apart and this was actually the first time they met. They got along so well and Jt can't wait to see him again.
This is why we did 3 gifts for the kids! These gift were separated between 4 kids. so do the math, that's like 7+ gifts for each child. That is just to many for 1 kid! I will post their favorites in my next post!
The dog whisperer
My brother Jeff's girlfriend Kristle who we just adore! Love her!
My little niece Brooklyn! This was her first Christmas this year and boy was she spoiled. She had a great time ripping into her presents and playing with all of the new toys! Tanner and Brooklyn just love each other. They were sharing toys, giving kisses and he was showing her how the airplane flies! So cute!
My mom and step dad Larry getting ready to open their gifts!
While all of the big kids opened their gifts the little ones were asleep, so we opened gifts with Tanner after he woke up and the big kids were all outside playing. This made for a more relaxing and enjoyable experience for T man. I liked it because I got to watch the boys individually and actually enjoy it.
My sweet boy
Everyone, well most of everyone outside playing rings and smoking the ribs.
My mom got Jt this Imaginex T-Rex he had been wanting for the longest time and what did he do with it? Well, he found Samantha's Barbie and well, you can see! What a boy!
My brother Scott and Brooklyn. This is such a great picture of them! She is just toooo sweet!
T man showing Brooklyn how the planes fly! He's even making the noise for her! I wonder who he gets that from?
Anthony was getting the dance party started on the Kinect. For a 4 year old, he followed along really well. What a kick it was to watch him dance too. I did get a video of it, but I'm not sure how to upload it yet.
As the night was coming to an end, we made our rounds with kisses goodbye! Even the babies wanted in on it!
We hope you all had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year! I know we did, it's always so nice being home with our family for the holiday. That's what I enjoy the most these days.
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Looks like everyone had a lot of fun! Your moms house looks beautiful.
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