Merry Christmas!!!

We hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas, as we did.

The kids had a blast opening their gift's from, Auntie's,

Uncle's, Cousin's and Grandparent's.

Mom and our neighbor's came over for dinner.

Santa brought the kids a Wii this year, however Daddy and

our neighbor Kevin, spent all night playing it.

The kids gave a present to each other and this was their "Thank You".

Garrett had been asking for this Pokemon Dialga set for ever...He finally got it!

Lauren made everyone presents from her bead sets...

So, a new bead set was an appropriate gift for her.

Christmas Eve

When we got home from Christmas Eve service,

the kids and Spud decided to get in our new pj's and watch

Daddy's favorite X-Mas movie..."Christmas Vacation".

The Walters at their best...In their PJ's.

Lauren and Garrett drinking hot cocoa with a ton of marshmallow's.


Lucy had to get in on the fun too.


All relaxed...Ready for Santa to come!!!

Christmas Eve Presents

We always open one present on Christmas Eve, as I'm sure most

of you have the same tradition. However, this year the kids

remembered that they always get pj's for the X-Mas Eve gift.

Not so much fun!!!

Spud and I decided to let them open another present, a fun one!!!

Boring jammies.

Garrett got Magnetix Gears. Lauren got an iTunes gift card.

Cookies For Santa

Lauren & Garrett got so involved this year!

This was fun...I usually do all the baking and then let the kids decorate,
but they wanted to be a part of it all.

Daddy even helped out.

Each piece Lauren decorates is a work of art.
She spends so much time on one cookie...

Then there is Garrett. He slaps as much frosting and candy on
one cookie as he can, then moves on.

Santa is going to have fun eating all of these cookies...

Merry Christmas Santa!!!

"All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth!"

I think we have all had that addicting song stuck

in our heads at one time or another...

Well that is all we are hearing from Garrett these days!!!

All Garrett really wants for Christmas is his two front teeth...

I just don't think they will grow in by then!!!

Gingerbread House

Aunt Bev thought it would be a great idea to decorate a gingerbread house to kick off the holidays. I, on the other hand, was a little scared about the mess that comes along with frosting and little, sticky bouncy candies. But, it turned out to be a fun project.

Lauren and Garrett really put their heads together and came up

with a great decorating plan...

They worked and worked and worked...

They didn't stop until it was done...

Well almost done, Lauren had a better offer from a friend, so she was outta there. Garrett enlisted the help of Gigi and Aunt Bev to finish.

Thanksgiving

Aunt Bev and Uncle Lou made the trip up from Maryland to stay a few days. Mom came over of course, help me prepare a big dinner. Dave and Molly also came for dinner. We feel so blessed to have such great friends and family in our life. We had a great day!!!

Garrett thought Daddy's friend, Dave from work, came

over to play Pokemon cards with him.

Uncle Lou, Lauren and Molly.

Mom and Aunt Bev after a long day of cooking.