Sunday, December 28, 2008

Gifts, Gifts, Gifts...

We had such a fun Christmas! My mom and Shayla came up this year and it was so wonderful to have them with us. This Christmas we were given so much! I can't believe how generous our family was to us. Our kids were especially spoiled this year! They got lots of new clothes (thanks Grandma Kathy and Grandma Arloa!), new books (thanks Grandma Janna and Grandma Leslie), a homemade quiet book for church (thanks Grandma April), a Baby Vsmile, and lots of fun toys (thanks to everyone!). They definitely did well this Christmas. We now have enough toys to last all year long! Matt got me a nice coat that has "Ford" embroidered on it and some clothes. I got Matt a "Ford" barstool and the Nascar 2000 game for our nintendo. We were also given some books, a pressure cooker (thanks Dad), a Little Giant ladder (thanks again, Dad), a shopvac (thanks Cliff and Leslie), an electric skillet (thanks again Cliff and Leslie), money, a gift certificate to Texas Roadhouse(thanks Brett and Nicole), food storage, and last but definitely not least a kitchenaid stand mixer (thanks Mom)!! It was a wonderful Christmas for us! Later that afternoon we got our snow gear on and played outside. We were pulled by the 4 wheeler on a sled (Alora had a blast doing that) and we rode around on the snowmobiles. It was so much fun! We want to thank everyone for all of their generosity. We are so blessed! We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! See you next year!




Alora seeing what Santa brought her!

Caleb and his Tonka trucks from Santa!


The "before" picture (look at all those gifts)


The "after" picture (what a wonderful mess!)

Playing in the snow!


Alora playing in the snow!

Our new toy closet


Alora's "Pet shop" house
My beautiful KitchenAid!
Our Christmas cookies

3 comments:

crystal carlson said...

I'm glad you guys had a good Christmas! Looks like you got some awesome gifts--you will love your KitchenAid, I love mine!

MAK said...

O my funny, we got a gift card to Texas Roadhouse too!

Stef Kelly said...

Yay! I love my kitchen aid...looks like you guys had an awesome Christmas! We'll definitely need to get together when I'm a "single mom" again. Happy birthday again too!

Stef