The house was all cleaned, the food was prepared, baking had been done and the cast of characters was returning for Christmas! Our children Tim, Mike and Chelsea with all their clan is coming....I can hear them on the rooftop. Or maybe it's coming down the driveway....car 1, then 2 and 3!!
Chelsea and Bryden
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| Mike, Lori, Bailey and Emma |
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| Bryden was still excited from his birthday and knew what opening gifts was all about. |
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| Sweet little Emma, patient and enjoying it all. |
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| And then Santa Grandpa came in.... |
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| Paw-Paw and Cooper... |
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| and hugely funny ones! Getting 4 children to pose before church is a challenge! |
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| These 4 year olds responded well to bribery.... |
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| and we finally got this shot! |
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| After church, we had a bite to eat, put jammies on and commenced gift opening. |
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| Bailey with treasures... |
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| and me with mine!! |
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| Bryden with a new toy...a recording microphone! See videos below. He "sang" that loud in church too!!! lol |
Bailey's expression just makes me laugh too!
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| Again, we tried to get them all in a cute pose..... |
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| while going through this!! |
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| These two year olds (one soon to be....) looking very innocent! |
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| and again finally got this shot that I like. |
19 comments:
What a lovely family you have Donna. You must think it's Christmas every day!
Looks like much family fun with the Fab Four! The random, unposed pictures are often the best :)
Clearly much joy in YOUR "world", Donna. God bless you all!
I'm glad everyone made it and it sure looks like you had fun. The pics of the kids are really good! You are brave to hand them huge suckers! Very cute...now on to Larry....ER? I hope he's feeling better and I also hope you had a nice Christmas day with rest. We'll need it for this work week! Merry Christmas Donna!
How adorable. i love the lollipop pics..We'll have to try that!
Your grandkids all look adorable in their cute present outfit.
There was lots of energy in the room after those big lollipops, especially with the young budding singer. Too funny. I hope that they tuckered themselves out, enough to get a good sleep last night. Blessings for the Holidays. JB
Lovely family photos. Glad you all had a special lovely Christmas.
I love the lollipop guild!
Cute, cute, cute. The group photos are great and I bet it was a hoot to try and get them posed. The matching jammies......priceless!
What a beautiful family! How wonderful to be all together!
Your family is great, Donna!
We had the same pre-Christmas program at church posing, too. In fact, I posted the results on my blog today.
It's clear you guys had a wonderful Christmas!
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It looks and sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas. What would we do without family? I feel so sorry for people that don't have any. One of my best friends never had children and I felt so sorry for her this Christmas. She usually goes back to Iowa to spend the holidays with her sister but wasn't up to the trip this year. I am so glad that I had five children. We were fortunate to have been with two of ours and all their family.
I loved the little guy singing for all his worth. The videos were short, but very cute. The pictures were all great. What a happy good post this was.
Enchanting! They're so wonderful!!!
So sweet Donna, I love the PJ's shot and especially the ones of Grandpa Santa and his beautiful Mrs... :)
Warmest wishes Donna for a wonderful New Year to you and your family, may it be filled with peace, love and joy throughout the year!
Jeanne xx
HAPPY NEW YEAR DONNA! hope you and your family is blessed with health, happiness, prosperity and peace in the coming new year!
Beautiful family and a lovely celebration with them. Your grandchildren are so, so lovely. I can only imagine the fun you had with them all.
Oh Donna I am so happy your family returned for Christmas. Your pics of the day are just fab as I knew they would be. I love how you share your babies with us.
Wish I could do the same
Sending you nothing but the best for the New Year.
Love
Maggie
Blessings spilling over with all the love this Christmas. Glad you had such an amazing Christmas with your family. Treasure all those moments.
Happy New Year!
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful family Donna. Your grandchildren are growing up - I know you had a precious holiday with all of them around.
Your pictures of family are always so wonderful - this is what makes your blog so very special - I can feel the love~~
Happy New Year!
Vicki
Lucky you to spend the holidays with those beautiful kids. It looks like a memorable time was had by all. Happy New Year!
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