The rest of our CO Trip!

Family Pictures!...

Everyday in Colorado was packed with lots of fun! Gamma made sure that the kiddies had something to do everyday!

Making the annual sugar cookies... the recipe we use was a little on the... used side! We thought it was quite funny!

We cheered Brad on at his B-ball game :) ...

McKenna and Chris with their Gingerbread House!...

Britt eating the famous cheese dip... (It's a big joke that if you don't get there right when it's open... you won't get any. You could also easily lose a finger!)

Chris and some of the other gang went to Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol!...

And the best part of the entire trip was just getting to sit around and be with everyone! It was so great having EVERYONE home and that the girls finally got to spend some quality time with their cousins and aunts and uncles! McKenna won't stop talking about everyone (Okay.... specifically Peter... she developed what we might call a little crush hahaha!

We can't wait for the day when we can see everyone again!!!!

Christmas Eve and Christmas Morn!

On Christmas Eve we woke up and headed to the North Pole! McKenna had been talking about this for a MONTH! She was so excited! No one was more excited though then my siblings and I because it was our family tradition to go to the North Pole which is a small (slightly ghetto) amusement park! It was as fun as I had hoped... except super cold!

Aunt Tara and Adyson...

Gamma and McKenna!...

When we were little this slide looked HUGE!!!!... it was still big though... and still fun... kinda :)

Once we were all too cold to feel any of our body parts we headed back home to get our Christmas eve dinner all ready to eat!

Tara... being SUPER domestic :) ....

After dinner the girls opened up their Christmas Eve Jammies!

Then we had our annual Christmas Eve Shanna program which was amazing as always!

McKenna was so excited that it was Jesus' birthday! She was very excited to sing happy birthday and for the cake!

CHRISTMAS MORNING!!!

Santa found his way to Colorado and spoiled the girls with exactly what they were hoping for!...

McKenna asked for princesses...

and Adyson asked for duckies :) ...

The girls seeing what Santa brought them... they were ... less than enthused. It was actually quite anti-climatic.

Then we headed off for 10:00 church!

After church everyone was nice enough to let my 2 crank monsters nap for a couple hours before presents! Not an easy task for a group of 17 people!

Then it was finally time to open presents!...

With 17 people opening presents took quite some time! Adyson got a little bored!...

We all got spoiled rotten including a sewing machine from my parents, a video camera for me from Chris and lots of other fun stuff!!!! The rest of the day was spent eating and playing with all of our new toys! Chris especially liked his gift from the girls... a remote controlled helicopter!

Chris playing kerplunk with Livsters and Joshua!...

It was everything we could have wanted and more!