Christmas 2008

Christmas Eve brought fun, laughter, presents, and love. We had a Christmas Eve lunch as Matt had to work at 3 P.M. (Bummer) and then opened a few of our gifts. We have always had the tradition to open one gift on Christmas Eve, but with the kids grown and having families of their own and building their own traditions, we often open up all or most of the gifts after our dinner. Tabby wasn't feeling well so we missed her and Joe, but Griffin came with LJ and that was great! We all ate too much - well - I know I did - and had a wonderful time.


Chantile - such a cute Christmas elf!!

Amber stuck these bows on Dalin's head - he had just awakened from his nap and wasn't quite sure what was going on. He kept looking over to Matt who was sitting next to him with a, "what are they doing to me, Uncle Matt?" look on his face. It was pretty funny!

Uh, uh, uh....tools.....who cares if they're pink!

I painted this for Ciara to go in her room - I think she liked it. The lettering on the painting says "Just because you're small ... Doesn't mean you can't do BIG things." I know she can be or do anything she sets her mind to. I believe that about all our grand kids -

I think this was one of Matt's favorite gifts - it's a set of mini remote control helicopters Amber and Zane got for him. He's a big RC fan!

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Isn't Jasmine a beautiful girl!!

Griffin is a car nut - he got soooooo excited about these cars. (He gets excited about ALL cars!) I wish I had a video clip so you could hear the excitement in his voice - he was way cute dancing around as Uncle Zane opened the box for him. I am so glad he got to come. He brought smiles to everyone!

An elephant?! Wow, how did you know I love elephants??!!