More family is here!

The Holder's arrived!  It had been 3 years since I last saw them and it was so fun to see them again!  The kids all get along so well and they were able to get re-acquainted again.  I got a good laugh when little Yamel said that she had forgotten my name and asked me what it was!

I loved her face of wonder she gave when I told her!

 There was plenty to entertain the kiddos, including giving Baby Alive her first meal!

 Juliana was able to feed the baby and give her water, then the baby would dirty her own diaper.  The kids got the best laughs from Baby Alive when she would ask if her diaper was dirty, or she'd say she wanted to play instead of eat.

 Juliana was one happy little girl!

 The house was a hopping place with cousins running around, toys being played with, and nails being painted.  At any given time there was someone sleeping too.  That's how we rolled, we played, drifted off to sleep, then woke up to keep playing again!

Table for 18!!

We went to eat at Ciro's, an all time family favorite!

Merry Christmas!

From our family to yours!

  

(A big Thanks to Rhonda for coming along to snap these pictures for us!)

Christmas Day!

Bryson woke up in the morning and I could tell that he hadn't realized it was Christmas morning.  Brady and I gave him the hint and he got excited to go into the living room.  We woke Kendyl up and came out of the room just as Ingrid's family was coming down the stairs.

Santa came!

The bed tent is Bryson's stuff, the things on the coffee table are Elisa's, Brayden's are on the piano, Lydia's is the jumperoo, Kendyl's is the baby playpen and doll, and Juliana's was beside Kendyl's.

(the blur on the right side is a very excited Brayden running to his toys!)

Juliana guided Kendyl to the toys Santa left for her!

Santa brought Bryson a blue belt to go with his costume!

Kendyl quickly started taking care of her baby!

Going through his stocking!

Kendyl found a yummy treat in her stocking!

She didn't waste any time eating it too!

Elisa showed Ita the responses Santa gave on her note!

Juliana's baby alive doll!

Bryson decided to get into his full costume!

Kendyl putting her baby to sleep.

Then decided she could take better care of her baby while inside the crib too!

It came time for the adults to go through their stockings too!

Woody & Buzz!

After a morning of playing and having breakfast, we got ready and headed to church!

After church we enjoyed our Christmas dinner!

That evening we were ready to open up all the gifts!  Elisa & Juliana were in charge of reading and delivering the gifts to the right person!

Bryson stayed in character the whole night!

When all the gifts were opened we gave my parents one last gift, we made a shutterfly book with pictures from when we were little to the present time!

It took so much time to make, but it was so worth it!

Kendyl had slept through the whole gift openings, so she was able to open hers when she woke up!

The tea set was a hit!

It's not every day you see Buzz pouring tea!

Ito was a happy customer!

This Christmas was super fun and didn't feel fast paced at all, it was great!