Christmast 2012, Part 1

We kicked off our Christmas extravaganza at Great-Grandma and Great-Papa's house the Sunday before Christmas.  Colin was sad there was lasagna, BUT Great Lori more than made up for it with homemade ice.  MORE than made up for it!

We all had a good time eating, visiting, playing, and, of course, kicking off of the present-palooza.

I think Matt and Rachel enjoyed their reindeer book for Baby To Be Named Later.



I KNOW Colin loved his skeleton sweatshirt.


Gillian enjoyed her goodies as well.


Oh yeah, and standing on Papa Greg.


After a fun afternoon, we headed over to Papa Frank and Grammy's house for Christmas with the Keisters.  YAY!  We always have the best time partying with them!  Gillian even did her Jingle Bell Rock for them!  And the ladies got to model the lovely scarves Mrs. K crocheted for us!
 

We had a good night sleep at GraGra's house (well, okay 3 out of 4 of us did) and we spent Christmas Eve hanging out, playing, and cooking.  We opened a few presents since Real Leah was headed back home.


Oh, this BOOK.  This fossil book was and is a HIT.  I am learning a lot.



No Pants Presents.


We had a delicious dinner prepared by GraGra, Uncle Stevie, Uncle Willis (and me) and AMAZINGLY it was served 5 minutes early this year!  Woo hoo!  Then it was time to get dolled up for church.
 

And a big thank you to Papa Greg for persevering to get a great family picture for us!  He had a lot of work to accomplish that!


We had a nice church service. Made me good and teary.  Then it was pajamas and cookies for the BIG GUY, then off to bed!



I think it took Gillian a bit to fall asleep, but Colin seemed to be out quickly.  They both slept well and LONG.  Miraculously, everyone slept past 7:30!  UNHEARD of!  More on the big day to come.....