Friday, January 13, 2012

Christmas time!

Christmas came to Southern Illinois!
Of course the kids were spoiled! How could they not be? They are so stinking cute and have a bunch of family and friends who love them! Enjoy these pictures :)
This is the bird house Sydney painted this summer. She bought it with her own money and painted it by herself.
After begging us to put of the Christmas tree and wanting "Christmas at mine house," which is Peyton for wanting decorations in his house, we finally decorated and put up the tree!
Finally Christmas Eve arrives! The kids got in their new jammies and put out cookies and milk and carrots and a note for Santa, posed for pictures then off to bed! Look at those smiles!
It's amazing how many gifts were under the tree since friends and family had to mail packages to us this year! They were overflowing our family room and Santa hadn't even come yet!
Dad and the kids checked the Santa cam on the internet to see all the places Santa had visited already and how close he was to Illinois! We saw he visited Uncle Ryan and Aunt Irina in Bangladesh already!
Santa came!!
Since it was nice and sunny and warm, the kids got to play with their new toys outside! Sydney rode the scooter she got from Uncle Ryan and Aunt Irina all over and Peyton tried out his cool new green bike!
What a fun Christmas! We got together with a few friends for dinners and parties, but we sure missed our family! We have video of christmas morning and of Sydney's school program that we'll share the next time we see any of you! Here is a poor quality picture, but a picture none the less, of Sydney as an angel at her school program.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christamas! Happy New Year! We love you all! :)

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