Christmas 2010

Here's a few pictures from our Christmas.....

Christmas Eve our family always attends the service at church, eats taco soup (yummy and simple), and opens our gifts to each other.

Jud has been smiling lately with a scrunched up nose like J.R. :)

For the past few years our boys have been drawing a brother's name to buy a five dollar gift for. They love to give gifts but we were realizing that the Dollar Tree gift they would buy for each brother didn't always hold up too long. This way they can spend a little bit more and be surprised by which brother bought for them.

When the tongue is out, Jared means business!

An arctic circle gift card...my hubby is in love with that greasy place. He already knows most of the workers by name!

A few Christmases ago we started giving each boy a book for their future library. I don't know if any other parents out there can relate, but sometimes the gift thing can get over rated. Sometimes you even feel like you are trying to find anything to buy to reach a certain dollar amount. Enough of that! The past few years we have cut back on the amount of gifts for each boy and now include a book for future use and a few well thought out family gifts. It seems every year I am worried that our boys will be disappointed, but again they were thrilled with their gifts. Jesse, who is always very appreciative, even put his "boring" book as one of his top three. :)

Justin was really into these. For the rest of the evening he would hold out him arm and push the "button" on his jammies to shoot his laser beam. :)

Christmas morning, after stockings and breakfast, we headed to BJ's parent's home for a delicious lunch and Christmas fun.

Of course the only shot that turned out was the silly one!

I hope you all had a blessed Christmas and New Year.