Christmas Day!

After the kids waited patiently they were finally let loose

to see what Santa brought.

Thanks for Band Hero Santa!

Logan was so excited to see what was in this big box -

it was a remote control airplane.

Jack loved keeping the place clean with his new vacuum cleaner.

Grandma and Grandpa couldn't resist getting all the kids Giants shirts

Grandpa made Tyson this beautiful train.

He also made pen and pencil sets or puzzles for all his grandkids.

Using fondant to decorate a Christmas Cake.

Some assembly required...

Time to enjoy the presents...

Let's Dance

Band Hero

Grandma made all the girls scarves and hats - so cute!

It was a great day! We were so lucky to have so many

people here to celebrate with and Grandma and Grandpa

willing to put up with all the craziness!

Christmas Eve

The day before Christmas is always a busy day.

Fortunately there were a lot of people to help.

Bruce and Mike are helping prepare for Christmas dinner.

Tyson and Grandpa helped get the carrots ready.


Kyle and Megan worked on dessert.


Logan and Max helped lick the frosting bowl clean.

Grandma worked like crazy to make the

traditional Cinnamon Roll Wreaths.

Megan helped decorate the wreaths.

And then, like it or not, everyone delivered the wreaths.

I took some pictures during our delivery visits of Megan and Kaitlyn

and Kyle, Denise and Tyson.

We have gone to visit the D'Ambrogias and the Jankes on

Christmas Eve for as long as I can remember, but I think

this is the first time we have taken pictures of my

mom and dad with them.

They have been friends for well over 40 years and it

wouldn't be Christmas Eve without them.

After a delicious dinner it was time for the Nativity Story.

Kaitlyn was a shepherd and Macy was the angel.

Logan and Lindsey auditioning for the donkey and Mary.

Mary (aka Lindsey) had a hard time keeping baby Jesus (Jack) in character.

All the actors kindly posed for a picture.

Next we sang some Christmas Carols.
It was Tysons favorite part!

Next up...sprinkling reindeer food in the front yard.

and our last event of the night was drinking the "sleeping potion".

Macy

Max

Kyle

Kaitlyn

Tyson

Megan

Lindsey

Logan

Looks like it worked

We can't wait until tomorrow!

Muir Woods

One day we ventured out to Muir Woods.
Other than the traffic we had a fun day.

Christmas Week

We had such a great time while our family was here for Christmas we have a lot of pictures to share.

We played Wii games...a lot







Played board games too.



Played with "Jack in the box".



Helped grandma with her Christmas cards.



Visited Santa Claus whether they liked it or not.





Christmas crafts.





Worked on puzzles - Macy is a pro!







and enjoyed the tradition popocorn tin.