Christmas!!

Ok - so I think this will be my last post to catch me up to 2012!!  ;)  - - Once again, sorry for the 100 pictures!!  ;)

I hope that everyone had as great of a Christmas as we did!!!  We are truly blessed to have such a great family!!  Our kids are so lucky to have so many people that love them & that are so thoughtful towards them!!  Like always, we had 3 rounds of "Christmas" - actually, we had 4, counting Christmas Eve!!  :)  Shayne had to work on Christmas Eve, once again, but the kids & I went to Nana & Tata Martinez's, and enjoyed visiting with everyone, and, of course, enjoyed some of the best food around!!  Tamales, tortillas, beans & rice. . . what could be better!!!??  ;)  Since all the great-grandkids were there, I took a picture of them with Nana & Tata!!  Not the best quality pictures, but it's the only one I've ever taken with both of them!!  :)

Once we got home, we set out milk & cookies for Santa, and also left out a sheet!  Since Shayne was working, he was bummed that the kids would wake up before he got home & he wouldn't get to see their excitement when they saw what Santa had brought!  :(  Sooooo. . . being the clever person that I am ( hahaha ;)  ;) - - I said I'd leave out a sheet for Santa to cover the gifts with, then we could take the sheet off when he got home!!  :)

 Santa ate the cookies, drank the milk & left a note!!!  :)

Surprise!!!  :)

 Hooray for Santa!!  :)

 Sooo excited to get a BB Gun!! :)  He also got a camo shirt - it wasn't long before he had it on, along with an orange vest, and was "hunting" in the living room!!  ;)

 FINALLY!!  She asked for a "princess baby" & finally got one!!  (Along with a "shopping cart that you can put your baby in"!!  ;)

 Noah was much more excited that the picture shows, but he got just what he asked for!!  :)

 Madelyn wanted a microphone & Santa gave her one that she can connect her iPod to & sing along with!!  It's actually quite cool!!  :)

 An "Olivia" car!!  She LOVES the show, and was very excited to play with the car & the family!  (Mostly William, Olivia's baby brother - every time the show starts & it shows him, she says, "her baby brother's so cute"!! ;)

 Madelyn also got a Paper Jamz guitar that she wanted - - she was rockin' out with the guitar & microphone!!  :)

 This child!!  I'm SURE he's the only 6-year-old (boy) that wanted, let alone even knows what this is!!!  He has wanted an "organizer" as he calls it, FOR-EVER!!  Ya know the info-mercial that shows how you can "organize" your stuff & move it from purse to purse???!!  I tried to tell him that he didn't need it, being that he doesn't have a purse, but he was SURE he could use it in his "bag" or backpack!!!  ;)  He's wanted this for a long time & I found it at Office Max for like $2.50, so I HAD to get it!!!  ;)

Madelyn found this costume at the store one day & insisted on buying it (with her own money), for Olivia!!  She's such a thoughtful kid!!  ;)  Olivia was so excited & had to try it on!!  :)

 After we opened our presents, we headed to church!  How awesome it was to be able to go to church on Christmas day!!  :)

 After church, we went to my mom's for our traditional Christmas breakfast!  However, being that we both got out of church at 11:30, it was more like brunch!!  (And being that we didn't eat right away, it was more like "linner" - if there is such a thing!!  ;)  What ever you call it, it was good!!  ;)

After my mom's, it was on to visit with Shayne's family!!  Rudy made his traditional (delicious) prime rib!!  The kids were spoiled, yet again, by even more gifts!!  :)

 Deb gave them a card that told them to go look in the garage.  Well, when they got there, they were excited to find electric scooters!!!  They are so fun to ride!!  (And yes, I know this because I've tried them out!!!  ;)

 One of the perks of having a tall dad. . . when you throw a sticky ball to the ceiling & it sticks. . . he can help you get it down!!!  :)

Rock Band!!!








And this ends 2011!!!  Hope that 2012 brings everyone lots of HEALTH & HAPPINESS!!!!  :)