Scott * Rae * Marc * Matty: 2008

This year we celebrated Xmas with Grandma and Papa on the 26th. It was much more fun for us to spend time with Papa and let the kids have some one on one time with him w/o all the hustle and bustle of the huge family party and the big dinner, etc. We brought along Donna with us. She loves my Grandparents, and had a special gift for them, so I picked her up and surprised Papa with her. We had a good dinner and a great night :)

Marc and his Great Grandpa

and again with his Great Grandma (GG)

Matt wearing GG's hat

GG's other hat

Auntie Donna

Donna's gift to GG and Papa - a professional picture taken by her and Scott's sister Michelle in Alaska.

Matty found Flower the skunk

Dinner

My Papa

Again

Matty loves his Great Papa

Scott, Marc and Don

The gingerbread house the boys made for GG and Papa

Piggyback

Time to go home. Good night Grandma and Papa!

That same day, Dad went fishing with Uncle Mike - Nice catch Daddy. I love you.

Christmas this year was BUSY - and everyone made out like bandits!! The kids has a wonderful time, all day long, and Scott and I were able to relax, enjoy our families (which is our fav part). and mostly watch the kids tire from excitement, magic and Christmas bliss..................

1st thing... 7:20 a.m. Matt tears open his "best" gift

I make him pause to pose with Marc

Marc's favorite present

My fish Marc bought me - picked it out and paid for it all by himself. This is my fav.

Then we headed over to Nana and Papa's house...

Where Baby A was all dressed up.

My favorite little girl :)

I think Uncle Scott's favorite little girl too

Matty LOVES Uncle Jeremy

Cousins

OK - not sure what they were thinking

Xmas morning brunch

Matty opening his HUGE Geo Trax train set. This thing is awesome

J, Hil, Mug and A

This is the coolest Lego set

Bug was so excited when she opened her new toys. She wanted to go home immediately and set it up to play ;)

Obviously it was for Ayla. Here's a great pic of Ayla looking like her mama and some of her aunties when we were babies

Sittin' on her present...

Oh ya... layin' on her present....

Who got baby A shoes?? Of course Auntie Rachey did ;)

Marc's Jack Sparrow Mickey straight from Disneyland

Matt's FireMouse that he called "fire place"

Papa opening his present

Mom

Hil made these for Mom's "Wizard Of Oz" guest room down stairs. Hilarious!! She's going to put them under the bed.

One of Dad's more recent hobbies include making sourdough bread. He's showing off his new sourdough cookbook

Molly opened up a Room Warmer....

So did Hil. They were not amused.

So Moll traded Hil for her brown one, and Hil is going to return the Zebra.

I don't know why I took this - Mom's feet

Nat got home from work just as we had to leave. She did not know I was going to take an extreme close up. Truth is, I did it because I'm going to show my friend who's a dentist the anterior composite I did on tooth #9 (It was chipped - "Never fear Nat, I can play Dentist! Here, come and sit in my chair...")