Until Next Year...

The decorations are almost all put it away, the out-of-town grandparents are gone, the Christmas tree is bare and the extra 2-3 pounds are well placed into my hips.
This was our first time ever hosting Christmas at our house. It was a wonderful Christmas!

Fun morning riding the Choo Choo

My new "babysitter"

Daddy getting ready to kiss his little baby girl

Opening gifts on Christmas morning

Vivian was more interested in chewing on everything and anything than playing with her new toys

Daddy horsing around with Jacqueline

Memaw started a new tradition with her grandaugher--- they baked treats on Christmas Eve

The best family portrait we able to get this year (hopefully next year our kids will actually look at the camera!)

All the girls (my mom and I look like midgets near Kyle's mom!)

There was dancing...

a lot of love

and innocent smiles!

He is the reason we celebrate! Although there are so many distractions-- a fat old man in a red suit, fake trees, gifts and too much eating. I always enjoy attending Christmas eve service at church b/c for an entire hour we are celebrating the utmost GIFT to the world--our Savior's birth. He is the true gift, the true reason of the season!!

Until next year...celebrate HIM!

Christmas 2009

We celebrated early Christmas (on Dec 23) with my mom and step dad in Charlotte. My brother and his family were in Brazil this year, so Jacqueline got all of Vovo's undivided attention

Jacqueline "reading" her book in the airplane in the way to Indiana. She was very excited with all the lights in the plane and this is was a rare moment of tranquility

We had a layover in the Detroit airport (the day before the terrorism attempt)

SNOW!! We had a white Christmas in Indiana. This was mine and Jacqueline's 1st white Christmas!

Kyle was getting ready to play basketball with his Dad and Brother

Papa(Kyle's Dad) and Jacqueline

Kyle's mom got the babies matching Christmas outfit. They looked so cute!

Playing with her baby doll that Mew mow gave her

On Christmas morning, Jacqueline had fun opening her gifts and playing with them

The blue sweater that Jacqueline is wearing was Kyle's when he was a baby! Jane let me borrow it, so Jacqueline and the new baby can use it. I loved that our babies girls can wear something that belonged to Kyle

Roger's "playground"--He already cut lots of wood for the Winter

I was so happy that snowed in Indiana. Since in Charlotte we rarely get snow, this may be the only chance will see snow for a while

This is the view of the backyard of Kyle's grandmother's house
We had a little bit of snow(not enough to stick in the groud). It was f-r-e-e-z-i-n-g!!!!

Doesn't this look like the set of "That's 70's Show"?
A rotary phone...really?!! You can even dial the "operator"!

Poker face

Some of the family playing Texas Holden--I'm proud to say that my husband won!

It was so cold this day, but I really want to take a picture by the lake

This is Beulah(Kyle's grandmother) . Christmas was the 1st time she met Jacqueline. The other baby is Lucy(Kyle' brother's daughter). She is 3 months older than Jacqueline.

I think this is such a sweet picture. They are both staring through the glass door. I bet they would love to go outside to explore the backyard