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| Dinner at PF Changs with my parents and siblings--it is the only time all year that we are together without children (we missed Brooke and Jeremy). |
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| After we ate, my dad gave aprons to everyone--cute flirty ones to all the girls and manly ones with chef hats to all the boys. Here he is donning his chef's hat. |
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| We started the tradition of going out to breakfast on Christmas Eve the first year that Ryan and I were married. Now the kids join us as well. Here is Ike at Einstein's Bagels. He is showing off his cinnamon-sugar-coated fingers. |
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| Maddie insisted we take a picture of her fingers as well. |
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| Christmas Eve with my parents always includes Mexican food and Henry Weinhart's rootbeer. Here Ike is downing his first cold one. |
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| My cousin Katy with D and Maddie. She is always so nice to our kids. |
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| Brian was in charge of blended drinks this year. It's about time somebody put him in charge of something. |
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| A Kodak moment when Maddie spontaneously embraced Harper instead of bossing her around. |
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| Ike the shepherd before the first annual Christmas Eve nativity. |
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| Ryan and Ike mowing down some Mexican food. |
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| Ike and Fischer playing shepherds. |
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| Davis and Harper sharing a smooch before the big production. |
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| Maddie the angel. |
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| Livy and Jake played Mary and Joesph. |
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| Maddie loves Jake. The other day she told me that he was her best friend. |
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| Believe it or not, Davis is the smallest (well, youngest) baby in the family and therefore won the role of baby Jesus. |
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| The babe and I. |
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| The production in action. This was taken right before D wriggled out of Livy's arm and landed on his head. |
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| It didn't seem to faze him too much. When the shepherds started using their canes as swords, we wrapped things up pretty fast. |
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| As expected, D's favorite Christmas gift was wrapping paper. |
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| Ike and Fischer in their twin pjs on Christmas Eve. |
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| Ike and his Monster Truck Lighting on Christmas morning. |
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| D doing a little bit of baby yoga in between opening presents on Christmas morning. |
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| All three kids on Christmas morning. |
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| Unfortunately, I ran out of picture-taking steam by the time we got to Ryan's parents' home. I did get a couple of shots. Here is Maddie wearing her new kracker crown. |
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| Ike with the race track from Grandma Mary-Ann and Grandpa Lynn. He was in heaven. |
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| We had Ryan's parents out for dinner and FHE right after Christmas. Here are Maddie and Grandma playing puzzles together. |
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| D and Gramps playing with cars. Bring on 2011! |
2 comments:
I think baby Jesus is getting ready to walk off the set.
Merry Christmas! It sounds like your families have so many fun traditions! I love it!
BTW, when are you coming back to ice-covered Iowa? Where are you going to be living?
I was a hog and nabbed almost all of yours', Auprielle's, and Amanda's spices (way more than I'll ever use), so when you get back can I bring some over and see if you want them? Also, if you want any of the toys/books back, you're welcome to them. And don't feel pressured, but if you want to use our love seat for the four months you're here, I'd love it! It's got a couple springs broken, but I'm hoping it'll be completely destroyed by June so I can get new couches when we move! Haha! Just, FYI...
See you soonish!
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