Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Our Christmas at Home

We had our "family" Christmas the Saturday before Christmas. That way, we didn't have to haul extra things to the farm. My dad was in town, so he came over for a little bit. Nate and Cade were so much fun this Christmas. We have a Santa that sings. I would catch Nate talking to the Santa. Nate always made sure to ask the Santa to please bring Dylan some Bakugan. I love that he was thinking of his brother. We also had an elf on the shelf who came to our home. We named him, "Scout". Dylan and Cade loved looking for Scout every morning. One morning, Scout had not moved. We figured out that he had lost his magic for a night because Nate had touched him. It could not have been because someone forgot to move him! I also loved that Chase made it a point to buy gifts for his family. He made sure that we took him shopping for his brothers. Cade found the perfect gift for Chase at the little gift shop at Cade's school. It was a shark tooth necklace. A volunteer helped him budget his other gifts so that he could get that for Chase. He was so very excited to give Chase his gift! Made me proud!
Nate loved his present from Dylan
Chase really, really wanted a cell phone. He was happy to have walkie talkie, they were almost as good as a cell phone

Cade's gift from Dylan

Mark opening up his gift from Cade

Cade's gift from Chase

The shark tooth necklace

Mark got this for Chase. Chase loves it so much that I can barely get it off of him to wash it.

Mark waiting for his present from Chase

A gun case - how thrilling!

The boys were thrilled with Guitar Hero Rock Band - one of the cymbals is already messed up. So much fun to mess with warranty stuff.


Nate loved his Club Penguin playset, and his race track that Daddy got him, and really everything that he opened. I was thrilled with the video camera that I got. Mark was even sweet to put a video on it with the boys telling me, "Merry Christmas". Mark was very pleased with his gun scope. Dylan was thrilled with his ipod nano (Mark gave Dylan his old one, which did not bother Dylan one bit). We had a really nice night appreciating each other and spending time together.











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