Naciemento 2010

I nearly forgot to post pics of this years Naciemento. It's been really fun to find new ways to put this together. This year I added the night sky with glittering lights. Actually, the gems I used for stars look really pretty with the lights on at night. I think I will add them next year also.

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas everyone! We had a wonderful day. We ended up doing things a bit backwards as Kaeryn and Tristan left around 6:30 in the morning to spend the morning with their mom. The kids did open their gifts from Santa before they left. Kaeryn was excited to recieve a cresselia pokemon doll. Tristan got the Magic kit he wanted and Jaxen got his Mario and Luigi action figures. After Kaeryn and Tristan left Ron brought out a few of my birthday gifts. He gave them to me in phases this time since we didn't get to do it first thing in the morning like we have always done. So every couple hours he would bring one out and we would have fun with that while we waited for it to be time to go back and get Kaeryn and Tristan. Ron and the kids got back around 4:00 that evening and then after getting dinner in the oven it was around 5:00 or so when we finally sat down to open the gifts from the family. That's always a fun paart of the day. the kids expressions were priceless! We take the kids every year and let them choose gifts for eachother. It was really sweet this year, after the kids would open a gift from one another they would give eachother a hug. We did have alot of fun! I can't wait until next year! After we finished opening our gifts we finally had dinner. Ron made lasange for my birthday dinner. Every year he usually makes or gets a german chocolate cake for my birthday. German chocolate cake is my favorite. This year he decided to do something a little different, he made a german chocolate cheesecake! His little invention. It was FANTASTIC! So Yummy!!!!!!!! I loved it! After that we all played until bed. We got two extra controllers for the playstation 3 so now four can play at a time. So Ron and the kids all played Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and then X-Men. It was a lot of fun watching them all play together.

We had such a wonderful time as a family! Playing and laughing and smiling! It was a great day! We look forward now to the new year and all the wonderful memories we will make. Merry Christmas Everyone! We hope you all had a day filled with fun and true Joy!!!!

Decorating cookies!

This year instead of decorating sugar cookies I made gingerbread cookies. The kids were still excited and we all had alot of fun decorating them. When I went to get the candy to decorate I had Kaeryn with me. I said to get three different bags of candy. So she choose three different kinds of M&M's. We had Pretzel, cherry and mint M&M's. I made the frosting instead of using store bought. We had a fun filled evening with yummy cookies. A great way to celebrate the season! We definitly have a fun time as a family!

Jaxen's wish

Jaxen's class made a list of their Christmas wishes. This was Jaxen's wish from Santa! so cute!

Jaxen's Preschool Christmas Program

December 10th Jaxen's Preschool had a little Christmas program for all the parents. Each age group took turns singing two songs. Jaxen's class sang "We wish you a Merry Christmas and the Hokey Pokey". It was really cute! They all had fun! At the end of the show the teachers surprised the kids with a visit from Santa! Then we all enjoyed some treats. I made grandpa cookie cookies to share with everyone. It was a fun night!