Christmas 2008

OK, so I'm a little behind with this post ... but we were out of town the week after Christmas and who knows what I did with the rest of the time! =) So backtrack to Christmas Eve: we made cookies for Santa that the boys decorated. Myles made the biggest mound of icing I've ever seen on a cookie.

Santa LOVED the uniquely decorated cookies! Here are a few pics from Christmas morning:

Cannot contain the excitment!!

New movies ...

Christian got some sweatpants, that I hear he's going to start wearing to school! Ha! I apparently wasn't there ... there are no photos of me. Oh well! So later in the day we went to the Lyons' house for a huge Christmas lunch/dinner. It was fabulous! Daphne got an Easy Bake Oven that she was anxious to try out. So she made the cutest little cake and cut it up to share! Too adorable!
The next day we drove to South Carolina to stay with my oldest brother and his family. My dad came up and so did another brother and his family. It seemed a little slim compared to our Thanksgiving get-together. We were missing 3 siblings + some kids. It was still so good to spend time together, though!

Myles was worn out from Christmas Day!

You can always find us around a table playing a game together!

This was a popular hang-out for some of the cousins!

Older cousins are SO cool!!

Myles & Gabe got to ride a pony and a horse. They rode like pros - with no fear! I think they would have ridden all day if we had let them. Thanks to Cousin Christi and Aunt Joanna!