Christmas Day!

Elizabeth & Giselle!

Jerry & Giselle!

Giselle & Grand Mare, and her birthday cake!

The family, minus Sam!

I tried to take multiple pictures of the kids with Great Grandparents Zobro, but they were just not having it! I had gotten Giselle a dress that I wanted to get her last year, but thought it was to much. And then I seen it this year at the Outlets and it was half price of what it was last year! And for Sam, I had found his a cowboy, horse and lasso vest that he just loves so we made it his Christmas vest!

Sam excited about his new barn!

Giselle investigating her new pajamas!

Well, it was really Christmas Eve, due to the fact that I had to work Christmas and the weekend after! But never the less, after the kids had went to bed the night before, we put all the gifts under the tree. We have decided to adopt the tradition that Nana & Papa's neighbor has done, she gives her kids 3 gift just like the wise man brought 3 gifts to baby Jesus! Nana & Papa have done this for a couple of years now, and it is really nice, because after all Christmas is so much more than just gifts! I love the way Sam open his gifts, he opens it and is so excited he gives it his full attention. He would just be set with that one gift. So about 30 minutes later, we give him another one. Giselle on the other had, loves to make a mess, so she opens the gift plays with it and then comes back to rip more paper and continues to make a bigger mess! LOL! After we open our gifts, we relaxed at home and let the kids play with their toys then, off to church. Sam loved that they had a stable, so we went to visit it about half a dozen times. He even stole some Hay to bring home for his new barn (this was Nana's idea)! We even got to see Santa, he came to church to say a prayer before his big adventure at night! Then it was off to the Myers to celebrate Christ's birthday and Grandma Mare's Birthday! But the night was still not done, we then went over to Tia Chela for some oh so good tamales! We ended up getting home a little before midnight!

Merry Christmas to all!

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!

All season, the kids have been watching the classical movie "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and have loved it. So we thought, what a Great idea to go to Rivertown and let them see the animations and get their pictures taken with Santa, and their Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer theme setting. Not so much, as you can see. Mike was so embarrassed and all I could do was laugh, it was a CLASSIC moment. SO here is our 2009 Christmas picture was Santa & the kids!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

The photo shoot started out OK, I couldn't get Rockne to join us to save my life though. He usually does pretty good, but saw both kids and opted not to participate. It only took 2 minutes until they were done!

On a much greater note, we have decided to go cold turkey and take Samuel off of the diaper. We will have to see how he adapts, but he has left us no choice. We have used cheerios, gummy, goldfish crackers and so much more. And still, he refused to use the toilet, but we came to a conclusion, he hates being wet or dirty, therefore we believe this will force him stop using a diaper and use a toilet! We will keep you up to date, but have faith in us, because we are going to need it.