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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Christmas Morning

Mom and Taylor under the mistletoe :)

Camryn with the toy she couldn't live without Stinky the Garbage Truck
Mom and Cal
Dad, Feefee, and mom by the Christmas tree
Cal with his new Elmo toy! He loved it
Taylor, Randee, feefee, Me, Camryn, Andy, Kenzie and Cal on Christmas day
Camryn on her new scooter
Cal and Andy
We got up bright and early to Camryn saying "Santa came" and we started opening presents! it was so much fun to watch the kids open their gifts! I can't wait till Trav and I have ones of our own!

A day with the boys

Colt loved this neck massager
The tiger sleeping
Colt in his batman jim jams and Davie Crockett hat.

One night Colt and Jax came back with us to the Tri-Cities and spent all night and the next day with us! It was so much fun playing with them and acting like tigers all day! Its amazing how much communication can happen with you and three year old boy when you just growl. All day long Colt and I were wild tigers! In the evening he was Batman and I was one of the Wild Cats. We ran around wrestling which of course he always won!

Ice Skating

Me and Camryn
Andy, Camryn and Kenzie on the ice taking a break
Camryn getting her skates on

I thought it would be fun to take Camryn ice-skating since she asked. It was pretty funny to see her in skates for the first time. It was like those cartoons where the person just has their feet going every which way and can't skate to save their life. After a few slow time around the rink with Andy on one hand and me on the other she started to get the hang of it and could stand on her own. Kenzie would hold her and me a foot away would tell Camryn to skate and she would and she'd say, "I did it! I am skating! I told you I could Mom." It was cute and I am glad she had such a good time!

Meg Time


Meghan my good friend drove down from Spokane to see me. She stayed the night and it was so nice to catch up and really laugh together!

Tea Time with the Aunties


The week before Christmas my Aunties as I call them all came over for tea so we could celebrate
Christmas together! It is Marilee, Bonnie, Robin, Jane, Me, my mom and sister Randee. It was so good to catch up and laugh together!

Christmas Eve Snapshots

My and my bros!
Me and Camryn
Getting a wet and almost enjoyable kiss from Cal
Things got heated in the Nerf gun war! It was a fight till the death and Colt won
Cal looks a little tired
My mom has started this tradition of Nerf guns! So the kids really got into this year and shot all of us grown ups! But we did get them back :) This is Colt loading his gun and about to shot me!
Camryn and Colt shooting the bad guys!
Jax...How could you not love that face! He is so sweet!
Care and Jax
Colt and Camryn sleeping so Santa will come
The boys in their matching jim-jams. Dave, Taylor, Dad and Andy
Girls in their jim-jams. Mom, Carolyn, Randee, Kenzie and Me
Taylor and Colt
Colt and Camryn. Colt has a black eye from Jax accidentally hitting him.
Jax and Colt

It was a great night and we all had such a good time! It was so much fun to be with my niece and nephews. I miss them so much and it is sad I can't play with them more since I am their favorite Aunt:)

Early Christmas Eve


Colt and Camryn's famous smile
Colt, Camryn, Cal and Jax

We went to Walla Walla Sunday night before Christmas to see Colt at his recital! He was so cute and sang Twinkle Twinkle Might Star. It was so much fun to watch him and we were all cheering for him! Then we went back to Dave's house for dinner and opening presents!

Fat Faces

Camryn
Calvin
Andy
Randee
Carolyn
Kenzie

So at dinner with the family we were talking about apps you can put on your Iphone and Kenzie told me of this one that makes your face look fat. Soon I had it down loaded and we we magically turned fat! My favorite was Camryn's!!!

Dinner as a Family


Jax on Dave's lap

Jax is the sweetest and calm little boy I have ever met! He would put this hat on his head and just sit there where we called for him. Then he would take it off with a big smile and we would all go "There is Jax."


This picture is very important because this is Carmryn's new smile you will see it a lot throughout these Christmas pictures. It is like she has had a stroke, but is making a strong recovery! We all laugh so hard when she puts this face on, because it is to cute and we don't know where she picked it up because she doesn't hang out with stroke victims. Hopefully it is a phase so her kindergarten pictures don't make her look so handicapped!
Camryn and Colt painting pictures for Uncle Travis! Colt's although looks simple was about Travis beating up the bad guys! They love to hear about how Travis is protecting them and as Carmyn would say "If you catch the bag guys put them in a cage and shot them" aren't kids so cute :)This is Dave (imitating Carmyn's smile) dad, mom, John (my sister's boyfriend) Randee, Carolyn and Kenzie (who is gangster).



In the middle of the week my brother and his family came down for dinner! Again I couldn't believe how much each kid has changed! Colt really looks like a little boy now! Jax is so sweet and him and Colt are very quite which is perfect because Kenzie's kids are the noise makers!

Off to Washington

Camryn brushing my hair!
Camryn, Me and Cal
Rocking 3D glasses

My next stop was Pasco, Washington to see my family for Christmastime. The first thing was take Camryn to the movie Tangled. It was so fun to see her in those glasses and have her sit at the end of her seat. Being 3 1/2 years old she still doesn't have the gift of whispering so whenever she was curious about something she would talk really loud over the movie to make sure I heard her! The night Camryn and Calvin where there and I had so much fun playing with them! It is amazing how fast they grow up!

Christmas in California



This year I had two amazing Christmases! My first stop was with Travis's family in Fresno, California! It was non-stop fun from the time I got there! Susan made great food, and we literally shopped till we dropped! It was Ryan, Susan, Gordon and I every night just eating and laughing together. It was so nice to be in a big city where there were real stores! I was a little overwhelmed and probably would have bought everything but was constricted due to suitcase size! It was a short trip but I loved every minute of it and am so thankful to have such a great family!