Christmas 2010

so we had an awesome Christmas this year.  it started out with all of us fighting colds and getting over them.  poor jellybean had a hard time with it.  she missed all week of school, only going the day of her class party because i was in charge of it.  lol it went well, and she slowly was getting better.

at the ward party, they had asked clint to do 'the night before Christmas'.  so he decided to do it a bit differently.  he did it like 'rage against the machine'.  it was AWESOME!!!!  the kids loved dancing to it too, i think he did an amazing job!

monkey is mostly a dad only type a kid, so while he was holding poor sleepy z, monkey attached himself to his father.  so poor Joseph had both babies while i helped the big kids.  cute boys!!!!

here is chunk with Santa.  he was so excited to see Santa and tell him that he had been good, and tell him what he wanted.  it was cute.

wish i could say the same for monkey.  there were tears.  he's pulling my hair there- hence the funny expression.  he did give a fist bump.  i thought that was rather good of monkey to do that.  we'll see how it goes next year.  lol

poor jellybean was starting to feel rather blah again.  but she was still super excited and talk to Santa very sweetly.  it was cute.

so Santa knew that the kids were in LOVE with zhu-zhu pets.  so he hooked them up with the kung-zhu battle ring and then a zhu-zhu town place.  they were so excited when they saw it.  they snuck out to peek the little stinkers.  they were so excited to see it!!!  so because they peeked, we ate breakfast before they could play with it.  lol- i think they learned their lesson!  lol.

Santa brought kung-zhu, slippers, books, nerf guns,

 and treats.  he was good to us.  Santa is wise and knew what to get!  =)

and here is our little cookie family for Santa.  i am going to have to come up with a SUPER delicious recipe, Santa deserves the yummiest cookies ever!  but they were cute, they had a blast making them.  it was a bit rushed because of all the family stuff going on, hopefully next year i will be better prepared.  but they had fun, so that is all that matters!

our tree.

the traditional before presents family picture.  who is taking the picture?

 and here is the one i took.....

and then after that, its all on the camcorder.  i totally missed taking pictures!  lol

jellybean and chunk had an awesome time.  they loved everything they got and was so excited about it all.  they did often remind us that this is really a party for Jesus, and that we need to remember him, because He loves us and He is really special.  =)  happy parent moment.

monkey really did not like it!  he cried the whole time!!  it was hilarious!  poor kid.  i hope that's not how he is going to react every time he gets a present! lol

and z was just happy about all the wrapping paper he could try to eat!  it was cute.

Christmas was nice.  it was nice to be able to spend time with family, and celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour.

Merry Christmas!!!!