My Magnus Opus: 1/10/10

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

More Christmas Day

Ari making one of our mosaics.

The pups love Christmas too. Below Sara is hanging out with the pups!

Above Daddy is putting together a Star Wars vehicle. Below Ari is taking a break with a pup.

Papa and Arianna coloring.

Ryan got the Star Wars movies for Christmas. Here he is watching one of them.

He crashed during the movie. yes he is really asleep here. This is what the family Christmas tradition does to little ones:)

My sister joined us Christmas night. Here Graceson is playing video games the next morning with Ari and Ryan.

Everyone watching another Star Wars movie. We watched all 6 during the few days everyone was visiting.

Christmas Day

Wanna know what we did all day Christmas Day…

…put together legos, legos and more legos!

Christmas Morning Part 2

The kids were so excited to open their presents!

Above Ryan shows off one of his new star wars figures. Below he is excited about his new slingshot.

Arianna is excited about new clothes and shoes for Sara.

Above Chris shows off the gift from Ryan. Below Chris has his new mug…Everything tastes better with dog hair

Above,Ryan is dressed up as a Ninja. Below Arianna is already building with legos.

We were glad to have Yaya and Papa with us for the festivities. They were the beginning of this goofy family tradition many, many years ago!

Our family tradition is that you can get up anytime after midnight for Christmas. Well Arianna was up at 12:01am. I guess she stayed up and watched the clock. So we were opening gifts while you were probably visions of sugar plums were still dancing in your head. This year we changed things up a little bit in that we didn’t leave special gifts under the tree. Instead there was a Star hanging on our tree for Ari and Ryan to follow to try to find the presents similar to the three wise men and how they found Baby Jesus. My husband is really good at making up clues. The kids enjoy following the clues! Ari keeps saying can we do this every Easter and Christmas?

Christmas Eve

This was the first Christmas Eve (that I can remember) that I spent with my Daddy. We enjoyed the time with family!

Above is my Mema…she is one of the strongest women I know. I love spending time with her. I always learn so much from her!

We all shared a meal together.

The kids were excited to open presents together.

My Dad wasn’t feeling very well…he has been fighting Shingles in his face and eye. I didn’t even get a picture with him but thankfully there will be many more times together unlike what we thought this time last year!