Christmas Weekend

We let the kids each open 1 present at home before we headed up North for the long Christmas weekend...

 

Stopping in at Grammy & Papa John's to play with Cousin Alex

Gabe, Garet & Campbell took a trip to L&M. Uncle Garet bought Campbell a deer & she was very fired up. She colored the nose red and called it Rudolf.

Destroying a paper tube, just because. Love that face. What a boy!

 

Prime rib dinner & opening presents with the Amundson's on Christmas Eve. Best dinner of the year.

 

Hard work for Peanut watching all the present opening commotion.

  

Poor Blake had a fever and wasn't feeling good.

Year of the saws and hatchets. Everyone had the same idea...all the guys got fun toys to play with.

Family pictures....

 

Christmas morning at Nana & Papa's. 

 

Blake still had fever (103*, poor guy). He wasn't feeling good and showed it with his "Not impressed with what's in my stocking" face.

Campbell made Daddy a cell phone for his Christmas present.

More fun with Cousin Alex

Loudest toy ever! Of course Blake thinks it's the greatest toy he's ever seen. Uncle Garet knows how to pick toys the kids LOVE! On Christmas Day, since Blake still had a high fever and we couldn't risk getting Papa Stan sick with him in and out of the hospital with pneumonia, Blake and Gabe stayed with Grammy while Campbell & I went to my family's Christmas.

1st Christmas in the new house in town! Nice open space for our big group. We had a lot of laughs with the Dice Game again this year.

 

Headed back home and Santa had come while we were gone! More presents!

Sign for the screen porch at the cabin... "Every so often you go where you can hear a wooden screen door slam shut."

Love the presents the kids made for me at school...

 

 

Campbell & Daddy rocking out with Campbell's new guitar.

Santa brings ornaments every year. Love looking at them each year as we decorate the tree.

Merry Christmas!