Merry Christmas 2009!!

We had a great Christmas this year, it was spent with good friends, good food and good laughs! We joined the Putz family on Christmas Eve for dinner at their house followed by Christmas Eve mass together. Usually we open most of our family presents when we get home from church, but the kids were exhausted by the time we got home so we let them open up one each then it was off to bed! Austin could hardly wait to open up all of his presents Christmas morning though, the kids had a ton, they got so spoiled!! We spent all morning hanging out as a family in our PJ's, opening and playing with their gifts, and enjoyed a yummy breakfast together. It was so fun watching Austin and Brooke get so excited over their presents! Christmas day, our friends the Putz's and the Bourland's came over to our house for dinner and football, it was a great day and the kids had a blast running around playing with all their new toys!!

CHRISTMAS DAY 2009...

Austin was clearly the only one awake and ready to start Christmas day in this picture!! He jumped into bed with us to snuggle while we waited for Brookie to wake up so we could open our presents!

Look at all those presents!! The kids got spoiled this year, they had so much fun opening them all...Austin had double the fun, as he opened up all of Brooke's for her!

In present heaven!

Brooke's 1st Christmas, Hunter's 7th!

Hunter's favorite thing...opening his own present! (He always knows which one is his!)

Brooke had more fun eating the paper and the ribbons than actually opening her gifts! We had to keep our eyes on her, she always seemed to find a bow and get it into her mouth!

I just love seeing the excitement on their faces when they see their presents!

Austin couldn't open his gifts fast enough!

"YAY!! A double u!" (His exact words!)

Now how do I get this ribbon off so I can eat it?!

Brooke got her first cheerleading outfit!

Brooke admiring Austin's present opening capabilities!

Look who's standing up!!! Brooke can pull herself up now, it takes her a while to do it, but she loves it!

Our two little elves...Brooke kept trying to steal Austin's presents, he spent all morning picking them up and moving them all over the house so she couldn't get them!

Having fun with his new toys! Austin couldn't figure out which toy to play with first he had so many!!

DJ-JJ and DJ-Gabe having fun with their new toys too!!! JJ was trying to mix us some music on his new idj for Christmas dinner but he didn't have all the right cords yet...it was funny watching them get so into it though, just like the kids ;)

My only other picture from Christmas night...Brooke and Ethan playing!

'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS...

Happy Christmas Eve!

Ethan and Brooke

How adorable is this picture?! These two didn't even need mistletoe, they had Christmas spirit all on their own!

(Austin and Lauren...we need to keep our eye on these two!!)

Merry Christmas! Austin and Lauren, aren't they too cute!

Kaelyn, Lauren and Austin!

All the kids together...

Austin, Lauren, Brooke, Ethan and Kaelyn