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Our Charlie Brown Christmas tree.
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Alex opening his first present- he used his mouth a lot.
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One of my presents- very quickly being stolen by Serra.
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Serra stealing another of my presents...
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Serra with her Christmas presents we opened before our trip.
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Alex excited that he found a gift bag within his reach!
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Ian with some movies.
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Serra looking at her Monsters vs. Aliens movie- she was VERY excited to get this movie [she picked it out at the store- she LOVES monsters!]
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Serra happy about her new Barbie.
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Alex looking at the Christmas lights on my sister's Christmas tree.
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Alex playing with some ribbon on a present.
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The kids with Great Grandma & Grandpa Johnson. [my mother's parents]
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Our stockings after Santa came.
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The MacGregor family Christmas tree- hard to fit presents for 18 people!
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Serra LOVED her cash register from Santa- she had to scan every present that came within 5 feet of her- even others'!
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Alex with his stocking- and Aunt Lorie.
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Ian pranked his brother-in-law with a "foot" in his stocking instead of his treats from Santa.
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Ian with some more movies.
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I got some fruit in my stocking- I LOVE pears!
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Alex with his Great Grandma Christiansen. [Ian's mother's mother]
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The MacGregor kids playing a tribute song for their Grandma & Grandpa MacGregor [we held an at-home belated funeral service since their grandmother passed just this year.]
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Serra playing basketball- and this picture shows her splint from fracturing her elbow right before Christmas.
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Look how LONG he is!
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The bowling alley had it's "I" burnt out- we liked how it ended up looking at night. We'll have to show Serra this picture when she's older.
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I took Serra to Build-A-Bear for the first time. Needless to say, she was VERY excited about the bear she just made.
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Serra on New Year's Eve. Such a cute, big girl!
3 comments:
I love all the pictures! The kids are so cute. (As are you, I might add.) :-)
Looks like a good holiday to me!
What a fun holiday! You are looking great and that Alex is getting so big but he seems like such a sweet baby! I miss that MacGregor family- fun to see them all playing instruments together! Looks like the whole family was there!
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