Christmas Day! Hip Hip Hooray!

I will simply sip my machiatto, and let the pictures do the "talking"!

My prayer for you is that you have a blessed New Year!

If you don't know my family...
this post might be boring for you...
no witty insight into life...
no lessons to learn...
just random family shots that I'm willing to share...
because...
we have lots of family that lives far away...
and the boys are adopted and their biomoms like to see them grow up and do fun things...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

The boys coming down the hall to spy what Santa brought them!

This is the spy plane from Cars 2.  I had no idea it shot missiles...

Well, it used to shoot missiles...

Perhaps I should have gotten him a hair brush to go with his tooth brush...

The teenager!  She wakes!

(and is promptly put to the task of assembling the first toy!)

When she FIRST began looking at colleges...

she tracked the distance to the nearest Trader Joe's...

I've since explained that there will be plenty of good stuff wherever she decides to go.

Plus she got a gift card to RoadRunner Sports...

She can run to wherever!

Hey Kid!  Now that you have your own Angry Birds game ~ LEAVE MY PHONE ALONE!

These two have had a long night!  Neither one stayed awake through present opening...

Jesey (the Queensland Heeler) found their gifts two days early and spent the rest of the week eating them!

2012 Baby!  The year she graduates!

Tour books for our European Mommy/Daughter Backpack trip across Europe!

Shelby got toe socks and clothes!

Aiden got TWO MONIES!

This kid is a money freak!  He would rather have money than a gift.

He also got a "Cars" hat.

OK - enough gloating!

Ashley does this guessing thing before she opens any gift.  They guessed the gift correctly ~

a power inverter for her cigarette lighter in her truck.

Seriously?  How do you guess something like that?

I have no words...

when these two are together...

anything can (and usually does) happen!

Tim was so excited that he got a box from Victoria's Secret!  LOL!

We have matching SNAP Fitness memberships.  I know ~ we are adorable...

Look what my awesome daughter bought me!

A copper bowl fireplace!  LOVE IT!

Tyler made me Christmas Tree ornaments!

These are so much fun!

Christmas Morning, 2011!

Shelby (15), Ashley (17)

Tyler (5), Isaiah (3), Aiden (3)

Dog pile on Dad!

Christmas morning relax time!  Just chillin with the raisins, popcorn, and toys!