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My baby girl will be 4 in a few days...time sure does fly!!

christmas day

We had a great Christmas and were spoiled by family, friends and Santa!

Our Christmas day in pictures...

round 2 of present opening...

the last present under the tree...

we were left with enough recycling for 3 weeks...

mailboxes

In John's family, everyone has a mailbox made by Grandma Lounsbery. They held a few dollars when the kids were little and then lottery tickets. I finally got around to making the kids one to carry on the tradition...

John's sister made me mine the first Christmas I spent with his family.

christmas eve

On Christmas Eve, we had a bunch of hockey friends over for dinner...

we tracked Santa throughout the night...

decorated LOTS of cookies (courtesy of the Serbus family)...

more cookie decorating...

Jackson much preferred sprinkle eating--Mr Jason getting in on the sprinkle eating...

any color was fair game for trying...

mouth full of sprinkles...

lots of decorated cookies...

best pic I got of all of the kids together...

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After everyone went home, we had baths and got ready for Santa's visit.

We left a melted snowman cookie & eggnog for Santa...

and some veggies for the reindeer!

The kids each opened one present before bed.

gingerbread display

Last week we went to the JW Marriott's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" display.

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over 350 pounds of gingerbread dough

over 220 pounds of chocolate

over 75 pounds of nuts & dried fruits

over 475 pounds of candies & gum drops

hockey stick

I came home from a Christmas party tonight and found my little guy sleeping with one of his hockey sticks...

Santa 2010

We got our picture taken with Santa at the Polar Express this year.

Each year keeps getting better...

Polar Express 2010

On December 8th we made a quick trip up to Williams, AZ to ride the Polar Express to the North Pole again this year...at Maddie's request.

We saw Mrs. Claus.

a chilly 49 degrees before we boarded the train

on the lookout for Santa

there is Santa

patiently waiting

a wave for Santa

getting our bells