Okay, so I finally have Picasa down and can post some pics.  So here is Christmas.  WOW….yup that long ago that the old camera broke. 

We had all the kids sleeping in their room.  We had the baby gate on their room so we would have time to get the video camera out before they came barreling down the hallway.  And we woke up before them.  I actually got up and made a yummy breakfast before they got up.  So we went in and got them up.  Then they came and saw the tree and got their stockings.  Santa filled them up with goodies.  Candy and nuts and oranges.  Ryan asked Santa for a shovel and he got a red plastic snow shovel.  Kara got a broom to help clean up.   And Brooklyn got a stuffed beanie pony.
Then there were all the other gifts to get to.  I know I won’t remember it all since it was 3 months ago, but here’s trying.
Ryan got buckets of animals, a glowing doodle pro, trains, puzzles, books, and more stuff.  Kara got leapfrog fridge magnets to share with Ryan, 2 baby dolls, books, art stuff, and more.
Brooklyn got baby books, a ball rolling giraffe thing, stuffed animals.
Mommy got 2 cameras.  YUP!! Justin went all out and got an awesome awesome SLR camera for me.  It took me a while to get used to it, but I am using it more frequently now.  Though I feel awkward taking it out of the house since it is so large.  I also got a little digital camera for the ease of taking pics on outings.  Ryan had just broken the camera the week before Christmas so this was a necessity.  Thanks honey!!!  I also got wayyyyy too much Pampered Chef stuff that I had saved for Christmas and not opened.  I was proud of myself for that.  Justin got a nerf gun set that him and Ryan played a little bit before Ryan was hit in the face and started crying.  He also got clothes and giftcards and I am sure I am missing something, sorry!
We had a very good Christmas spending time together as a family that day.

Later Christmas afternoon we went over to the Rivard’s place and had a get together with Jason, Erin, and Leah Rivard, Nick, Dag & Alina Barney, and Jayson, Chelsey & Reggie Jones.  We played games, ate a lot of food, and had a white elephant gift exchange.  Ryan loved playing with Reggie and Kara had to get used to him.  Chelsey was great with the kids, thanks!

We all had lots of fun and it was snowing like crazy outside.  So I was thankful we all were safe on our drives.