Christmas pics

So I still haven't found my camera but I realized that I took the Christmas pics off the camera and put them on my computer before we left incase I lost or broke my camera.  I am such a smart thinker!  Here are our lovely Christmas pics, enjoy!

Santa's cookies and fudge.  The letter to Santa is from ben and it says (translated) "Ben dea (Dear) Santa I want a nu (new) trdo (turtle) vet (that) crd (could) pap (pop) is (its) frt (foot) and vets (its) hed (head) and vey (the) te (tail)  (supposed to be in and out but he got distracted) lav (love) Ben"

all the presents ready for Christmas morning

stockings

the traditional line up

they all went for the marbles first (from MeMa and Pops)

Then the race cars (from MeMa and Pops)

and then Brynna grabbed her leapster and like a pro, opened it, turned it on, and started playing (made me wonder just how many times she had snitched her brothers' without me noticing)

finding stockings

lifesaver storybooks of course

and toothbrushes to clean the candy out of their teeth :)

this was a gift for all the kids so that they now had 3 potato heads total, but the boys didn't let brynna participate much

so she got to open her next gift first

SHOOOES!!!

play boots and nice boots (courtesy of MeMa and Pops)

new rain boots to replace the ones the dogs chewed (M&P)

and new boots for ben also (his first santa letter asked for new boots) (M&P)

a usa map that goes with his tag.  It teaches him the states and their capitals and lots of other stuff

ethan's solar system map that goes to his tag (it folds out so that it is long and skinny).  He now knows all the planets. 

and brynna got a pooh bear book for her tag

ethan got a new white church shirt from MeMa and Pops

Brynna got new jeans from MeMa and Pops

and so did Ben

Ben got a take a long thomas that he can take with him in the car or to other peoples house from GG and Grandpa

Ethan got one too (from GG and Grandpa)

Brynna got a little portable doll house (like a poly pocket) only with a little mouse and its a toy shop (from GG and Grandpa) 

We got a fun board game from Ben's parents

Ben and the kids got me a new bathroom set (soap dispenser, trash can, etc).  Their wrapping job was superb!  I guess Ben and the kids put it in a box and put a line of tape along the middle.  Then Ben walked out and left the tape in the room.  Yeah, it was quite the adventure getting into that box!

See's candy from Ben's Parents

The kids' and my gift to Ben (secret to a good wrapping job is not letting the kids help)

a chain saw!

and finally, at the very end, the kids noticed the presents on the tree from santa (well, their hats weren't the present, that was just to get their attention).  

And that was our wonderful Christmas.  We went to church and then went up and ate dinner at Ben's parents house.  We missed everyone that we didn't get to see!