Lots of Christmas Everywhere...2008

Merry Christmas and of course now Happy New Year! I'm behind in blogging so I am sitting down and trying to get all caught up! Christmas was very busy for us this year...but a TON of fun! Especially with the kids, they LOVED it! And thankfully the snow and ice were pretty much done! But we can say we had a white Christmas!! So here are some fun pics of our Christmas with the family and the new memories that were made.

But first here are some pictures that Dan took out at my parents house when there was still a ton of ice and snow, a day before Christmas Eve. We were dying to get out of the house so we headed to my parents to spend some time there! They have 10 acres so it was some great scenery to take pics of!

My parents dog, Roscoe...he's so cute! 

The barn out in the field...


And now for Christmas...

Christmas Eve we had a service at our church, so we headed over there after we had a delicious pot roast dinner with Dan's parents.  It was fun to have the kiddos in the service with us, while they were singing anyways, after the singing was done they got a lil antsy! But it was a very long service so that was nice.  Then we came home, got jammies on and Gpa and Gma let them each open a present, got cookies and milk out for Santa, and went to bed!  They were super excited! 

The boys enjoying some cookies before bed...at least they left a couple for Santa!  

Cambria balancing herself while standing on her own...so concentrated...by the way, do you see the sparkle in her ear!  Guess what we did for her birthday!  She looks so cute! 

The boys enjoying opening up a present.

The kiddos with Grandpa and Grandma!  We are so thankful they made it here, as their plane was delayed on the 18th and weren't able to get here till the 19th, right before they cancelled a LOT of the flights due to the severe weather here!  

And now Christmas Day...

The kids woke up to presents and yummy cinnamon rolls...thanks to Dan's mom!  Here is Cambria with a couple of her gifts.

Micah getting into opening up his big package.  He was so careful taking off the wrapping paper and sometimes he'd take forever to open it! 

The boys and their stockings. 

Then after we opened presents at our home, Dan's parents headed down to Albany to be at Jill and Nolan's house with them and we headed to my parents after the kids had naps.  Here is Auntie Mels with Cambria and the cute little outfit that she had got Cambria last Christmas for this year.  

Cambria and I before we left our house to go to my parents house. Doesn't she look so stinkin' cute!  

I apologize these are a little out of order...we opened presents after dinner at the end of the evening...here is Carissa and David, a lady from his church made him tall man footie pjs' and matching ones for Isaiah.  He put them on for a lil while for fun!  It was funny to see a really tall guy in those...:)I told him he should have taken them to the hospital and wore them around while they were in there when they had Isaiah! 

Josiah and his new camera/video camera from my parents...the kid is way into electronics!  I think he knows how to work some things better than I do!  

CAmbria in her new rocking chair...all the grandkids get one when they have their 1st Christmas or 2nd, I guess in Cambria's case. 

We draw names so we don't have to buy EVERYBODY gifts, this year Dan got my name and I got his!  Funny how that worked out!  Do you like his wrap job?  WE ran out of scotch tape at home!  

Dan and the kiddos being goofy!

Dinner time...a delicious ham dinner with a lot of scrumptious sides!  

Picture time...my sisters and I with our grandparents, (my mom's parents!) It was fun to have them join us also!

My parents and all the grandkids...

The Pfnister fam...

Our fam...of course it can't be a normal picture with everybody looking and smiling!  Oh well!

Before dinner we got to open stockings...

My Grandpa and Grandma with Isaiah and Josiah...I love how Josiah cuddled up to my Grandma without even telling him!  

Mels and her new bike...now she can be like the rest of the people in Corvallis.


The evening came to the end and the kids were POOPED!  On the way home Micah put his blankie over his head and he went to sleep...funny lil guy!  I thought he was faking it...but he wasn't!  
We had a lovely evening!