Here's our Christmas Eve Chaos. To give you an idea of how this works, we eat, the kids leave to play video games or with the toys downstairs, and when the adults have the meal straightened up, someone just yells "presents!" It's the only time they come the first time you call them.
This is Sam, Holly (Erin's kids), and Lizzie (Scott's daughter) tearing into Christmas jammies. Erin is 8 1/2 months pregnant in back, opening Max's jammies with Valeri. Max is due January 3rd.
This is Valeri with all her boys: Raiden, Draken, Seth, and Orion. Mary's in the chair. She is Kathi's youngest daughter.
This is Sammy. He doesn't know the meaning of personal space, especially when he's around a camera.
This is Holly and Lizzie. They are a year apart. Holly is 6 and Lizzie is 7. Here they are sporting new jammies and matching stuffed animals.
This is Draken, Valeri's youngest. He has the funniest little face, and the sweetest smile! He loves to give hugs.
Here are Kathi's kids showing off their jammies. Sorry the flash didn't work. I played with this picture in Photosmart because the flash didn't work but it is still a little grainy. But check out how gorgeous these kids are! And look how tall they all are! Brittanie is in blue in back. She's 17. Katelynn is in pink. She's 19. Jake is next. He's 13. And then Mary in green. She's 15. 
This is everyone. There are three of them who are taller than me: Katelynn, Orion, and Rainden. I love that some of them managed to look so teenage bored and excited at the same time. They love Christmas Eve Chaos (really, it's not anything like the parties normal families have with games and order).
This is Sam, Holly (Erin's kids), and Lizzie (Scott's daughter) tearing into Christmas jammies. Erin is 8 1/2 months pregnant in back, opening Max's jammies with Valeri. Max is due January 3rd.
This is Valeri with all her boys: Raiden, Draken, Seth, and Orion. Mary's in the chair. She is Kathi's youngest daughter.
This is Sammy. He doesn't know the meaning of personal space, especially when he's around a camera.
This is Holly and Lizzie. They are a year apart. Holly is 6 and Lizzie is 7. Here they are sporting new jammies and matching stuffed animals.This is Draken, Valeri's youngest. He has the funniest little face, and the sweetest smile! He loves to give hugs.
Here are Kathi's kids showing off their jammies. Sorry the flash didn't work. I played with this picture in Photosmart because the flash didn't work but it is still a little grainy. But check out how gorgeous these kids are! And look how tall they all are! Brittanie is in blue in back. She's 17. Katelynn is in pink. She's 19. Jake is next. He's 13. And then Mary in green. She's 15. This is everyone. There are three of them who are taller than me: Katelynn, Orion, and Rainden. I love that some of them managed to look so teenage bored and excited at the same time. They love Christmas Eve Chaos (really, it's not anything like the parties normal families have with games and order). As we were taking this picture, we asked if it was time for the older ones to give up the Christmas jammies . . .
. . . They all yelled "NO!" The boys in back, left to right, are Raiden, Seth, Jake, and Orion. Draken and Sammy are in front. The girls in back, left to right, are Brittanie, Katelynn, and Mary. Lizzie and Holly are in front. Notice how mad Sammy is in both pictures? He didn't want to get in his jammies.
. . . They all yelled "NO!" The boys in back, left to right, are Raiden, Seth, Jake, and Orion. Draken and Sammy are in front. The girls in back, left to right, are Brittanie, Katelynn, and Mary. Lizzie and Holly are in front. Notice how mad Sammy is in both pictures? He didn't want to get in his jammies. Christmas Day, I went to Mom's and opened up my presents but no one else could make it in. So we did our little family Christmas on the 26th. The weather wasn't much better. Here is the before picture of my car:
And then after I shoveled and scraped it off (It doesn't look much better):
And then after I managed to pull out. Look how deep the snow is around where my car was.
Despite the weather, a wonderful Christmas. Now, what are we doing for New Years?
And then after I shoveled and scraped it off (It doesn't look much better):And then after I managed to pull out. Look how deep the snow is around where my car was.
Despite the weather, a wonderful Christmas. Now, what are we doing for New Years?
I vote we go to bed early.
2 comments:
Go to bed early? What kind of celebration is that? You just want to curl up with Twilight and convince yourself that that book isn't nearly as dumb as it really is!!! Tsk, Tsk, I am ashamed....We should do somehting fun!!
I vote for early bed times!! Unfortunately I have kids that are too smart for that, even if we turn all the clocks ahead. (Yep, we did that when Tev and Kaydee were really little!)
BTW, Thanks for the book we all loved it!!
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