Christmas Day

Santa was pretty good to our kids, even though there was some questionable times there with the three of them.   We had a wonderful Christmas and we hope all of you did too!

 Getting ready to come down the stairs.  Matthew was the first one up and he had to wake up Max and Molly about 8:30

 Max slowly but surely making his way to his presents

 Matthew looking pretty excited about his Ghostbusters Lego set

 This was a group gift from Grant and I

 Our wrapping paper from  Molly's gift

 Matthew's wrapping paper

 Our very elaborate card from Matthew with a pop up tree in the middle

 back of card

 Molly's gift

 Matthew's two gifts

 This one is a towel

Christmas Eve

We were very blessed this year and welcomed two nephew/cousins into the world.  Logan is 8 months and Chase is two months, we were very fortunate to spend Christmas Eve with both of them.  The first Christmas with the new little one is always so much fun, we had such a great time.  It was so amazing to see how much of a difference just 6 months makes in our two nephews. You don't always realize how incredibly fast they grow and change in that first year.  

 Uncle Dane. Chase, and Aunt Danielle 

 Chase already learned that clothes is not very interesting to pay attention too.  

 Our kids liked helping to open Chase's presents and explaining what they were.

 Uncle Grant and Chase

 At least Chase looks happy, Matthew's new smile seems to be more of a painful look than a smile.

 The boys

 Our Family

 Logan and Molly

 Bo bo and Nine with their 4 grandkids

 Daddy and Max

 Molly and Mikayla

 Uncle Bobby and Matthew

 Max being used to push the garbage into the bag

Matthew's turn

Santa

We drove all the way to Oak Brook on Monday to meet Santa and he wasn't there.  So we had to design our own sled and take a sleigh ride all the way to the North Pole to meet him.

 This is Max's sled

 Matthew's

 Molly's-After we designed our sleds we took a ride where we followed Shrek to the North Pole.  We were high above the clouds and even felt the wind in our faces, we saw some beautiful fireworks.

 But we finally got there and were able to meet him

 Our Family 2014

 I love this picture, Matthew looks adorable giving Santa a big hug.  He is such a sweetie