Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Christmas 2010

Twas The Night Before Christmas...

Our traditional Christmas Eve stocking picture. We always tell the kids to line up tallest to shortest for this one, but were quickly corrected this year by Amber, whom Haley recently passed up in height. "You mean 'Oldest to Youngest', right?!"

We make the kids wait until 7AM to get up Christmas morning. This year we woke to Lyssie yelling up through the vent in her bedroom (directly under ours) "It's 7:05!!" We opened up presents, had a delicious brunch of traditional currant biscuits and ham at the Humphreys' and then drove over to Portland to see the Williams side of the family, who were all together at Nana Jo and Papa Jim's house.

Christmas's biggest surprise this year was probably for Amber and Haley, who finally got cell phones...and have been on them since!

Monday, January 3, 2011

Gingerbread Houses

Every Christmas the kids participate in a 'graham cracker gingerbread house' class at the YWCA. Lots of fun!

Jacob - focused on house design.


Alyssa - frosting away.


Amber and Kyli - trying to look cool despite being 10 years older than the other participants.


Finished products!

(No Haley and Danny this year - they were home sick)