Christmas 2011

Decorating cookies at our neighborhood Cookies with Santa party

Camden was eating as she worked.

Camden loves dogs. This dog was at the clubhouse and she kept walking up to it and loving on it. She told Santa all she wanted for Christmas was a real dog and a basketball (random). Maybe one day her parents will come around, but for now we bought her a stuffed one.

My boys have never been very interested in going to see Santa. We actually don't ever go do it(gasp), but Camden warmed right up to him at the party. Holt even sat on his lap to make sure he knew he would like a ds.

This is how I found the boys on Christmas Eve when I went in to kiss them good night. I stood outside their door that night when we put them down. They were precious talking about what time Santa would come and what time to get up. Then Holt said Pierce "can I sleep with you tonight?"

All ready at the top of the stairs on Christmas morning. Pierce first woke up at 5:15, we told him he had to go back down. Camden slept in until 6 am, so after that we went down.

I love this look on Pierce's face when he got a new lego set.

We headed to Philadelphia the day after Christmas. We all rode together in the minivan with my parents. I was dreading the drive but they did really great overall. We had a really fun visit seeing all our family.

Camden drying Rachels hair.

Love us some Rachel, she took the boys to the aquarium one day. They loved it. We are still trying to get her to move down here with us. CA has nothing on Charlotte Rach :)

These two were roommates while we were there. Camden got up around 6, Rachel about 10 or 11. Very similar sleeping habits.

Jimmy brought the handcuffs over, I think I could use a pair of these on a wild afternoon. We also had a fun 'game' night at their new cute house.

Trouble, Trouble, and Trouble. Bill is convinced that I should put Holt on a plane and send him to CA to surf with him.

We (Camden, Holt, Mom, and I) went to see the bears with Charis and Amy. The girls are in front of the gingerbread house at the Ritz, we stopped on the way to the bears.

Every year we go to the live nativity at a church near us, the kids love it. Holt decided after seeing the kids in this nativity that we wanted to do the one at church this year. He had previously decided not too since Pierce had aged out of it.