Christmas Round 2 and 3

Round 2

Well on Saturday the 27th we got to celebrate Christmas with Tim's dad, brother and his daughter. We had a great time eating and hanging out, but the kids just wanted to presents. We also got to open the gifts from Aunt Carol and Great Grandma Settle from San Diego. The boy got a lot of great new stuff. Spencer has already read two of the Magic Tree House books he got from Papa Bill and we have been playing with the chemistry set Aunt Carol gave him. The giant jiggly crystals are his favorite so far. Cameron has been playing with all his new Iron Man action figures and a new game that Aunt Carol got him called Snakes, he is good at it too! Cooper got some new clothes and some Clipo blocks from Aunt Carol and find they are more fun to play with than Lego's cause they are easier to put together.

Open the blocks.....NOW!

Hey Andy you look natural playing with Kenna's Barbie! Keep telling yourself you were "putting her together".

Telling Papa Bill something?

Cooper thought his new ornament was a cookie!

ROUND 3

After Bill had left we all went to Tim's Mom and Step Dad Rich's house for the night. We got to spend some good time with the family, again eating (way too much!) and I stayed up way to late with Andy on Saturday night, but it was a good time! Then on Sunday we let the kids open their gifts from Grandma and Grandpa. We even surprised them with a picture collage of all of us kids and grandkids. They loved it and asked for a new one each year. We then got to have a great lunch of prime rib and all the fixings....yummmmmy!

Bring on the presents!

Cooper got good at unwrapping his gifts.

I wonder what the exchange policy is on this?

Merry Christmas...Santa Came!

Santa made his way to Nana and Papa's house for Christmas this year. The boys has strict orders to not come out of their room until at least 7:30. So at about 7:00 I heard them rustling around in their room, and in and out of the bathroom. It was killing them to not go out and see if Santa had come. Well I finally went into their room and told them they could come out at 7:20. Spencer got his Nintendo DS, and a game he was wanting, and Cameron got the Pirate ship he wanted. Spencer played with his game most of the day and Cameron had fun shooting the cannons on his ship at the pirates. Cooper was a sleepy head and slept through most of the early morning excitement. When he finally woke up he found that Santa had left him some Leap Frog toys. He loved them, but spent most of the day with that darn ball he got the night before from his brothers.

Cooper loving Sayde!

Chilling in the snow tubes that Uncle Kyle and Aunt Kelly gave them.

Dressed and still playing!

Christmas Eve (Christmas Round 1)

This year we spent a couple days at my Mom and Dad's house and celebrated Christmas with them, my brother's family, and my Dad's sister and her son. We have started a new tradition the past few years of having soup dinner, we each make a different type of soup. It was very yummy. Then after that the kids got to go to town on all their presents! They got some really neat stuff. Spencer is getting to the age where he like all his gifts but the gift cards really excite him. Cameron was loving his Iron Man figures, and Cooper was in love with the Dollartree ball from his brothers. Humph! We spent more money on him, and all he really wanted was a $1 ball. Hehehe, of course!

Tatum and Spencer.....How cute is that?

The look on his face is priceless!

No Holiday is complete without Broncos stuff!

My new pots and pans set....I love them!!!!

Only an Aunt and Uncle could get away with getting two boys lacross sticks.....The stiches and new window bills will be going to them!

There is Cooper with that $1 ball!


OK so Mom and Tim will kill me for putting these onhere but they were far to funny to not share. Oh and no Mom is not passed out from drinking.......she was just tired. LOL! (Sorry Mom!!.....kind of) Oh and Tim is always asleep so that one is not as funny.

Merry Christmas Mom!

What do you get the person that has everything? Well Kyle, Kelly, Tim and I decided to give my mom's living room a makeover, and surprise her with it this weekend. Mom has been staying with a friend while she is working such long hours for the holiday's, so we took advantage of that and got to work. Kyle started on Thursday night after he got off work and took the old tile down and rewired a light switch. Friday I dropped Spencer off at school and headed out to help out. My arms are sore from all the painting, but boy was it worth it, I love the new colors. Tim picked up Spencer and came out after he got off work, and he got to work on painting the end tables and where ever else he was needed. Then Saturday was a rush to get it all put back together(I'm sure dad did not think we were ever going to get his house back in order). Kelly did a great job getting the pictures on the wall and the furniture arranged. We had to make a couple calls to mom and give her a list of a few things we "needed" before she got home, just to buy us some more time. I worked cause we got it all done just in time for her to get home. She was, lets just say overwhelmed and super happy. Merry Christmas Mom, we love you!

These are the before pictures....

The after pictures.........

The reaction pictures......

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Remember there were only white walls before. Kyle took before pictures but I have not got those yet, but I will try to add them for you to see what a BIG difference this was.