Family Christmas

We had a very quiet Christmas Day, just Rick and I at home, me cooking, preparing for the next day and Rick playing with my Christmas present, an iphone. It was my present from him but as usual he has to figure out how everything works for me. Russell, Cassie and Wyatt came to spend that night with us. We gave Wyatt his Christmas present early Friday morning before everyone came over, so he'd have time to play with it.

Macey ask for boxes for Christmas so I thought, since the weather was supposed to be warm, it would be fun for them to play in boxes outside, so Wednesday I spent the afternoon searching for large boxes, even did a bit of dumpster diving to find some. Dumpsters aren't filled with good stuff like they used to be.

Caitin looking out the window.

Caitin hanging from a tree.

Macey is also a tree hugger.

The kids making gingerbread houses, they had a good time and were quite creative. Of course some had to have adult supervision.

This pic is out of order and I can't seem to fix it right now but this is Wyatt getting an assist opening his gifts.

Now we're back to gingerbread houses.

Somehow I lost some pictures, think maybe too many people are posting blogs right now and the thing is over worked. I'm quite sure it is not the operator on this end.

We had a great day. The kids had so much fun playing in the boxes and building their little homes, then making gingerbread houses. I didn't get a picture of the finished products or I'd make you look at their superb craftsmanship.

I was able to add the pics I'd lost earlier. Russell is teaching the kids how to play football. They were so cute and he was a trooper to play outside with them then later that evening he went upstairs with all of them to wrestle. I don't know who had the most fun, the kids or him.  Made me proud of all of them, listening to them squeeling and giggling.