Christmas Day

Christmas Morning was wonderful. We took our time so the kids could play with things as the opened them. then played for a few hours be for going to mom and dad to open more. Then off to The bowles for Christmas dinner. But it was a great day. I hope all of your days was just a wonderful.

I had the kids pick out some thing for Daddy just from them . Thea looked at a lot of things she thought Corey would like but when she looked at the SeaHalks PJ's she said "Daddy needs new sweats for his foot ball games." so that what she got Corey and he of corse loves them. Donovan also got him the new Bat Man movie hopefully it will work because Donovan liked to shake it all up and down the store.
Santa gave Donovan a little Foot ball he love foot ball and is really good at throeing it. He will thorough it with you as long as you will keep going and then some.

Santa gave Thea a new dress up box full of dress up dress.

We (he) know she would love it. And she dose.

Corey each year give each kid some thing he picked out just for them from Daddy. Donovan needed new shoes so that's what Daddy got him but Donovan was so happy playing with the toy Thea got him (we made sure that they give each other some thing Thea did really well and was really thoughtful) he did not want to open any thing else so he was not happy about the shoes.

What is it? what is it? will i love it?

It's Barbie Ballerina doll. And yes she loves them

So this is our after pic's. paper all over toys and boxes for them all over. but it is worth it we had a wonderful Christmas Morning. I do think that the kids may be all presented out.

Nothing under the tree.

More boxes and paper and the kids lost in the middle.

Donovan's Fave gift a drum. My mom says I crazy for getting it for him but if she could have seen his face she would get why I just had to get it for him he loves it a plays with it all the time.

Thea the Christmas Elf. This is a super cute pic of Thea.

As you can see she has changed her cloths again.

We gave mom a new dog book she keeps trying to look up some thing in hers but it's lost.

This is Donovan After we opening gifts and the trips to both Grandparents house. Corey set him down there and there is where he stayed till we got him ready for bed.

Thea playing with her toys.

Thea got new slippers and robe for Christmas.

Thea and Daddy cuddling after a long day.

(in the corner you can see the blanket I made Donovan,

Don't have one of Thea's but it is super cute.)

Christmas Eve

This years Christmas Eve was a busy one for us. First we went to Corey's parents house and had dinner and played bingo the kids loved it and all tryed hard to win. Then we opened gifts Corey and I got a 72 hour kit from his parents. I loved it because I keep saying I want to get it started. Then we went to mom and dads to see Thomas open his gifts and and for him to give his gifts to us because he has to work at the fire house on Christmas Day. He gave me my fave gift a date night tickets to a movie money for dinner and free baby sitting by him. Corey and I can always use a night out. We also did the gift from all the siblings. Then we came home and got the cookies and milk and reindeer food put out than all the bed time stuff. I gusse this worked out well because the kids went right to sleep no asking if Santa came yet. The we went off to wait for Christmas morning

Kelly calling out the numbers for bingo with Thea's help and Ian and Andys

When Ian was not helping call the numbers he played with me or took over for me

Allan and Alex playing Bingo

Donovan opening his present from Grandma and Grandpa Bowles

What is it, What could it be?

WOW It's Buddy Farmer and a See and Say Animal sounds.

He loves it mostly Buddy the Farmer.

Thea started to open her present be for it was time so she had to wait till every one else is done. But she still got it so...

Snow White and a Horse. She love it and plays it more than any thing else she got.

one of the gift Tom opened I don't' remember what it is

(Thea looks cute in the back ground)

We got Jessica a penguin blanket.

Thomas got Jared a pre-pay phone and blue tooth. As you can see Jared love it.

Jessica made dad a scrapbook of all the things she and him have done this last year.

And a tickets for him and Jared to some concert.

This is Santa's cookies and milk Thea said Santa needed to eat Santa cookie's.

We made the cookies and She picked out a cookie plate and milk cup for Santa. this is the first year we did the cookie and milk Thea thought is was great Donovan just wanted to drink the milk.

This is the reindeer food Thea left out so the reindeer could bring Santa to our house.

She said that Santa's Girl reindeer would find the purple food and tell Santa.

The stockings all stuffed.

I wish I would have taken a be for the gift came out pic so I could really show how over Bord I always end up going. But I think this shows it well. Each Person had there own colored paper so the kids could find there own gifts as you can see the kids are in green and blue most of the gifts. The Santa gifts are left out so there the first thing you see.

Sledding

This is Thea and Corey sledding Corey thought that he was going to hit Kayla and Travis so he but he's feet down and then Thea was covered in snow

Donovan really liked going up but we'r not sure if liked going down he didn't cry but he didn't really do any thing on the way down.

IT'S SNOWING!

Thea went around the house yelling IT'S SNOWING!! Yesterday. She could not wait to get out in it and play. Corey didn't make it in to work because it was to icey out, he tryed to go in but he said he watched a few to many cars going crazy and sliding every where so he came back home. We had great family snow day. Went to our friends the Houskeepers and played at there house with there kids and Ella and I made tons of Christmas goodie. Amber and Corey one of the few of us together

Our Family playing in the Snow

Thea and Kayla making snow angles

This is the first time Donovan walked in the snow he was not sure what to think. But he learned to love the snow. Yesterday he like being out with the big kids and mom and dad but was not sure about the cold snow. but when I took the kids out this morning he love it and cried and cried when I brought them in over an hour later.

The snow was fun but there was a really cold wind that made it a lot colder.

Getting ready to go out to play.

Thea and Kayla 3years old

Corey Birthday

So Corey's Birthdy is was befor the Christmas trees stuff but I put them up in the wrong order.

Corey didn't have much to open on his Birthday Because he got his snake and all the stuff for it a few weeks ago. but he did get new work pants and belt buckle.
For Daddy's Birthday Thea wanted to make him an animal From Build-a-Bear like he made for her. So she made him a Dog and dressed him like Daddy. In a bike coat and what she said was black work boots, I think they are black dress shoes, but she said they were work boots like Daddy's. Donovan really like the dog and plays with him a lot but not the cloths he likes his dog fur only.

Merry Christmas

Thea and Donovan with the finished Christmas Tree.

This years theme is red so we have red ribbons and Thea's Fave. part the red Candy canes.

Christmas Trees

We went to a cut your own tree place with some friends the kids ran all over the place but they had a lot of fun. We got a nice tree not to big because we don't have that much room. After we put the tree on the car we put the kids up there Donovan thought it was really fun, Thea on the other hand didn't like it so much, odd because she is such a dear devil.