We had a nice Christmas holiday this year, over and over and over! Our tree was pretty colorful this year. Also a nice pic of the stockings over the fireplace, all filled by Santa :)
We started off with Christmas eve over at Taryn & Daniel's house. Dan is in the Air Force and had to work a 12 hour shift the next day. So we did our exchange and enjoyed watching Brayden open his gifts. Bray loved the Brobie he got - he's a total Yo Gabba Gabba junkie! He also really liked the Wonder Pets flying boat with Linny the Guinea Pig, Ming Ming Duckling and Turtle Tuck.
On Christmas day, Tim and I exchanged our gifts and had Taryn & Brayden over for breakfast. We gave Bray his stocking and Taryn a little something I held back so she could have something to open on Christmas day.
Two days later, we went to Tallahassee to pick up Tim's girls. And...you guessed it, we did our gift exchange with them Saturday night. Here they are doing silly faces in their new jammies.
Then on Sunday, it was officially Alex's 15th Birthday, she got a sweet new digital camera. She was really excited for that! We had a family get-together and Tim's mom came over and we did our Christmas exchange of gifts with her. On Tuesday, Alex got her permit - watch out Florida drivers!
Christmas came over and over again, it was fun to spread it out like that. Its the most fun for me to give gifts and watch people's faces as they open them. I try to put a lot of thought into them and get them something that is just right. With the loss of my job it was hard this year and very limited but I did what I could and I am satisfied at how things turned out. After all, Christmas is about that one special person who was born in a manger and then later died for our sins. It is a season of giving, family and joy. We definitely made the best of it!!
Here is a pic of Taryn and I. Not one of my best but I gotta be in at least one right?
The yummy food and cake. The bakery did a fab job on the cake! Its the same bakery we used for our wedding cake.
Here are the girls playing the baby bottle game. They had to see who could suck down 4oz of juice the quickest and with a newborn nipple too!
I know! Gross! But...it was hilarious! This is the "guess what kind of choclate" game. We took 5 different kinds of candy bars, melted them in the microwave, and smooshed them in infant diapers. 
Even Brayden got in on some of the fun - he was pretty occupied with all the Baby Boy balloons.
There was a break to eat that delicious sandwich and other munchies.
So where do you think the men were? In the kitchen by the food of course!
And on to the gifts. She got some real useful things. It was a fun party and there was a lot of laughing. Logan will be here soon!
