Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas... Better Late Then Never... Right?!?!

I know... I know... I know. It is the middle of January and I am just NOW posting about Christmas. After the holidays I was ... burnt out ... to say the least. So catching up on the endless blog entries just didnt seem to rival the need for loafing around. Now that I am completely over loafing around catching up on my blog only seems natural. 

Christmas Eve was spent with the family and once the kiddos where in bed finishing up on last minute gifts and stocking stuffers followed by cuddling with the hubby filled the day. 

Matching felt flower clips for the girls...

...and a painting for the LivieBug

 Eva sporting her Christmas PJ's for her First Christmas

 Olivia helping mommy fold laundry ... yes she is wearing daddys (clean) socks on her arms...

Our Stockings... Who wants to guess what stocking is mine and what Ryan put in it?! 

 Christmas Morning!!! (Im thinking we need to upgrade to a bigger tree)

 Ry made Green pancakes for breakfast...

 & what did those green pancakes have on them you ask?! Red maple syrup of course!!

It was a delicious breakfast... best Christmas breakfast Ive ever had! 

 Olivia thought they were pretty darn good too!

 One of many gifts Santa brought me... a Bread Machine!!! Which has been used many MANY times! (Santa also brought me 2 beautiful papyrus scroll paintings that are remakes of those in the Pearl of Great Price, which you can see to the left of the picture.) 

 Ryan being a little over zealous about his new Shirt...

 Olivia helping her Daddy open more of his Christmas gifts... 

 Olivia got some super awesome quiet books ... 

 Eva got some super cute outfits...

 The girls also got blankets, which Olivia is a pretty big fan of as you can see...

They also were given some adorable ornaments from our neighbor!

After opening presents the girls went down for their MUCH needed naps and after Olivia opened her stocking and played with all of her new fun toys!

We then went to a friends house for our Christmas Dinner/Fiesta...

The two newbies of the group... Miss Eva and her friend Karly. 

Our Christmas was wonderful... best one we have had in awhile! It was such a blessing to have Ryan home for Thanksgiving, Christmas AND New Years. Thank you so much to all of our wonderful friends and family who helped make our Christmas a good one your gifts, cards and warm wishes were graciously received. Christmas of 2010 was the perfect way to end such a wonderful year! 

Dani