Christmas Part 2

After we had our Christmas and then Christmas at G&G Snay's we came home, changed out of our Pajama's and went over to G&G Casson's.  

Grandpa, Uncle Michael, and Liam getting ready to open presents

Liam enjoyed opening presents but was getting pretty tired, so he opened a few and then dad had to help him with the rest.  Once he opened a couple choo-choo trains he basically just sat on couch and played with those.

Colin attempted to open a few presents too :)

He did enjoy pulling his daddy around in his new wagon.

After G&G Casson's we all came home for a much needed nap.  Liam did not nap well and took longer than normal to get to sleep.  There was just too much excitement!  Around 5:00 we went back to G&G Casson's for the big gathering.  Here's Uncle Mike with the cousin babies

Devynn and Colin

Colin and Grandma

Yup these are the only pictures I got that night!  I am so mad at myself.  When we got home I realized we did not get a picture of the boys or a family photo.  So we captured a quick one of the boys and left it at that since they were both exhausted.

They had a great day :)

Christmas was wonderful and stressful! We are truly blessed with wonderful friends and family and thank everyone for making our day so special.

The next day we were making dinner and this sweet happy boy was playing with his new toy.

I LOVE his big smiling face!

Christmas 2012 Part 1

Here's our Christmas tree on Christmas morning!  The boys were kind to us and woke up at 7:30.  I am sure once they truly grasp the concept of Christmas we will be waking up much earlier :)

And next to it were the boys gifts from Santa!  Liam loved the wrapping paper Santa chose, he immediately pointed out Percy.

Colin checking out his stocking

Liam enjoyed opening presents but he also liked to check out Colin's gifts. 

Liam opened the big gift that Santa brought for both the boys.  Liam was pretty excited and immediately noticed the play cell phone, Colin will enjoy it a little later I am sure :)

Our precious angels Christmas morning.

Uncle Matt took most of our pictures at the house but I got one of him opening his gift from the boys.  He seemed pretty excited about it and it didn't come from Dollar General (where he does almost all of his shopping, including clothing)

Liam with his gifts from Santa, Mom and Dad, and Uncle Matt

Colin with his gifts from Santa, Mom and Dad, and Uncle Matt

After we finished up at our house we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Snay's house for breakfast and more gifts.  Here's Colin checking himself out with his new toy.

Grandma getting a kick that Liam and Colin bought her some tequila rose for Christmas ;)

Aunt Sadie got quite a few picture frames to go with her new camera.

Uncle Matt sat back and watched us all open gifts until we told him his gift was in the back room.  He was pretty excited that he got a new grill for his backyard.

and a propane tank to go with it!

Liam enjoyed his new basketball hoop

Uncle Matt got Sadie the new Just Dance 4 and Chris and I decided to show off our skills. Apparently, Chris is a much better dancer than I because he dominated!

Next up more Christmas!

Christmas Eve

Sunday afternoon Aunt Sadie and Liam decorated a gingerbread train and my mom and I baked a couple batches of cookies.

Later that evening we went to look at Christmas lights, we put the boys in their PJ's and loaded the car.  We thought Liam would really enjoy it since everytime we passed a house with lights on it he'd say "lights house"

Colin was more excited about his carseat toy

We decided to go to the coolest houses in town first. There is a street with three huge homes that do an amazing job with Christmas lights.  Here is Santa fighting Darth Vader

The Grinch

I took more pictures but they just didn't turn out so great.  Once we passed the houses we went up the block and turned around to pass by them one more time.  When I looked back at Liam he was out!

It was only 6:45 and he had fallen asleep and stayed asleep the rest of the night, apparently looking at Christmas lights in tiring :)

Christmas Eve we went to the Bradley household

Great Grandma with Devynn

Liam really enjoyed dragging his cousins Alex and Faith around.  He kept telling them "Come on" and they had a good time together

Liam, Alex, Faith, and Misty

Colton, Grandma, Colin, Uncle Michael, and Grandpa

The girls visiting with Colin

We were waiting for some of the gang to arrive from picking up Cassie from airport in Las Vegas and Liam was getting a little anxious because it was past his bedtime and he was wearing out.  Aunt Trudi let him open a present before everyone arrived and he was excited.  Luckily, the rest of the crew arrived about 10 minutes after this.

Cassie meeting Colin for first time

Awesome quilt Brandi made for Liam

I had a few more pictures but they also came out blurry, maybe something is wrong with my camera!  We had a lovely time visiting with everyone and thanks for all the wonderful gifts!

Polar Express

Saturday morning we went over to Sandy and Larry's so Liam could get a good nap in prior to our Polar Express experience.  Colin and Larry hung out for a little while

There was plenty of snow on the ground so Chris, Sadie, and I had a snowball fight.  Here is Sadie chillin' after our fight.

When Liam woke up we let him go outside and play in it.  He was more interested in stomping on little pieces of snow rather than running around in it.

We left Flagstaff a little late so we were basically running to get on our train.  Luckily, G&G Casson had our tickets and everything ready to go.

Tyra, Colin, and Chris

Liam was pretty excited about the train ride and that he got to have a cookie, too.  On the way to the North Pole they read the story The Polar Express and go up and down the aisles showing the pictures to the kids.

Paige and Brandi

Liam and Uncle Michael

They encourage PJ's and all the little kids wore PJ's, I basically decided to at the last minute. Liam wanted to run around a little so he did a some seat hopping.

The train was fairly warm and I had Liam double layered in PJ's so we had to strip a layer.  Here's Jess, Cason, Liam, and Paige checking out the North Pole and waving to Santa

Paige, Liam, Neely, and Grandpa

Colin also got a PJ change.

Liam was a little nervous meeting Santa this trip

My babies with the jingle bells from Santa

Colin, Grandma, Brandi, and Colton

Neely, Jess, and Cason

Aunt Sadie

Once we arrived to the North Pole and Santa jumped on the train, we sang Christmas Carols the whole way back to the train station. Liam sang loud and clear :)

Daddy, Liam, Neely, and Trudi waving by to the next train departing

Daddy, Liam, and Aunt Sadie

It was a great trip to the North Pole and all the kiddos and adults seemed to enjoy it.