Christmas 2009

This year for Christmas we decided to head back to California since we were the only ones who weren't planning to be there in my family. Rob & Jess usually come for Thanksgiving but they switched and decided to come for Christmas instead. We haven't packed up Christmas and taken it with us since Kelsey was 1 and Rob was in a halo so we changed our plans and packed up two days early to help Jess with him. Back then it wasn't such a big deal with only 1 kid, but when you have to pack it all for 3, it's a little more tricky. Fortunately Kaylene was going down too and offered to take whatever we needed so they wouldn't find anything they weren't supposed to.

We headed down Wednesday afternoon so we would have the long weekend to spend with everyone. We decided to spend Christmas Eve with Dave's family and all the cousins and Christmas Day with my family. It was the first time my mom was able to have Christmas at her house since my grandpa had been in and out of the hospital after his heart surgery. Saturday night Kaylene watched all the girls so we could all go out to dinner with my parents and brothers and sister. It was great time had by all and a nice change of pace to be out without any kids tagging along or kids menus to deal with. Our original plan was to come home Monday morning before the migration of people to Las Vegas for New Years Eve, but we changed our plans.
We packed up to leave, but took a detour to Mojave for a few hours to take the girls motorcycle riding with my family instead. Dave and my dad spent a few hours over the weekend getting a little motorcycle ready for Kelsey to ride and a quad for Katelyn to ride. I think that was the highlight of the trip.

Taking inventory of all the loot Santa left for them.

Stocking Time

This is a great picture of the two of them. He's such a proud uncle.

Bring on the Presents

Katelyn looks so excited about the Snow White puzzle she got.

I just love the look on her face. Pure excitement.

Addison's 1st Christmas

Look at those tired eyes

But she had to play with it for a few minutes before going down for a nap.

Katelyn just loves Tinkerbell. She was so excited about this and The Lost Treasure movie.

This might have been the most asked for present in this girl's life. Ever. All she wanted was a microphone. Good thing the Big Guy in Red came through.

Katelyn's big present. I wonder what it could be?

She couldn't wait to try out her new "big girl" bike. Wouldn't even wait for shoes.