Christmas 2009

We had such a wonderful Christmas this year! Christmas is just so much more fun and magical when you have your own kids! Keslin was totally in tune with Santa Clause coming to town this year...it was so fun to see the look on her face when she woke up Christmas morning and saw all of the goodies Santa had brought her:0) Her wish list included a doll house, a car, a camera, and a playhouse (the best we could do was a power wheels...i think she was asking for the "real deal", but she's going to have to wait about 13 more years!)
On Christmas Eve we went to my grandparents house as usual, along with all of the rest of my mom's side of the family. We had our traditional feast of Fondue and Lot's of other goodies. The girl's got all dressed up in their Christmas dresses and loved showing them off to everyone. Christmas morning the girls dug right in and opened up all of their presents with tons of excitement...it's amazing how quickly the presents get unwrapped in comparison to how long it takes to wrap them!
After opening gifts, we headed to my mom and dad's for a delicious Christmas breakfast, followed by more present opening with the girls. Man did they get spoiled, thanks mom and dad for all of the fun stuff for the kids! We then headed into Portland where we celebrated Christmas with the Thompson side of the family and at more food! We had an awesome holiday and can't wait to do it all over again next year!

Our little beauties on Christmas Eve.

Say Cheese!

"The Girls"

So excited that Santa came!

The girls playing with their new doll house:0)

Keslin playing in her new play house.

Getting ready to test drive the car.

Driving in action!

Hi Mom!

Cookie Decorating with the Cousins

Tonight we went over to Leo and Amy's to decorate Christmas cookies with all of the Stoddard cousins. Since there are now a total of 8 grandchildren...soon to be 9, we decided not to exchange gifts amongst the kiddo's seeing that it would be quite an overwhelming shopping experience for all of us parents! So instead, we got together as a family for some fun cookie decorating Christmas festivities! The kids had a great time decorating their cookies together, such a priceless gift in comparison to toys, and at no cost! We continued our evening by shuttling the kids to all of the grandparents houses to deliver cookies and sing some Christmas carol's, such a fun evening and wonderful memories! We finished off the night by going to Dennis and Julie's for an "oh so yummy" Christmas dinner and celebrated our Stoddard family Christmas with Leo, Amy, and the kids since they will be heading to Bend in the morning. Santa came early to all of the grand kids, and they got to open up their presents! Thanks Dennis and Julie for all of the wonderful gifts! We had a wonderful time...it's hard to believe another year has gone by, I am looking forward to all of the fun Christmas festivities we will get to experience next year. Happy Holidays Everyone!

Owen thoroughly enjoying some frosting.

Adi doing some finger licking:0)

Keslin and Bronwyn going overboard with the sprinkles!

Loving it!

Judah and Colin scoping out which one they want to eat!

The finished product.