This year was our turn in Russell for Christmas. We had a great time with my family. We got to Russell late Thursday night and drove home on Monday. The time always flies by and goes way to fast. On Friday we went to Hays to have the Budke Christmas, my mom's side of the family. I think this year there was 66 of us there and missing lots of cousins and a few aunts and uncles. My mom has a huge family :)
Christmas 2011
After about 5 pictures of Thad's silly face we tried getting a nice smiley one and this is his best- no smile!
He did give me a little smile in this one so it was okay. He looked so handsome in his little vest. We went to the Christmas mass where his cousins were Angels and sang a few Christmas songs.
Ollie wanted no part in a picture! He wasn't feeling the best and was mad I put him down. He caught a little bug Thursday night and had a fever so we took him to Hays to see a doc. After a few doses of motrin and tylenol he was as good as new.
Both boys were good this year so Santa brought them what they wanted. Ollie could care less but Thad was very excited for this Christmas. He finally understood what Santa meant and had fun leaving him cookies and milk the night before. On Christmas morning he was very excited to see what Santa brought him.
Ollie got a driving toy and a toy you put on the table that spins. Thad got what he asked for- binoculars and a boat with animals (noah's arc). He was also excited to see Santa left him a little cookie. Santa ate 2 full cookies and took one bite of a cookie and left it for Thad. He thought that was pretty neat Santa left him a cookie to eat in the morning.
He loves the binoculars. He has wanted them ever since he saw Dino Dan had them to hunt dinosaurs. Now he can too :)
The best part was opening the gifts Thad got us. At his school they have a little shop that the kids can buy gifts for family. I sent him to school with $10.00 to buy Adam, Oliver and myself a Christmas gift. He was so happy to give them to us. He got Adam a notepad that said Best Dad Ever, Oliver got a stuffed animal and I got a little green jewelry box. I was pretty impressed with our gifts. Thad's teacher said all the kids had fun picking out presents for their families.
(I love the look on Adam's face opening his gift)
Of course the boys got too many toys they don't need but they had fun opening all their gifts. Next year I need to buy extra batteries. One of the toys needed 8 AA batteries! We were stealing batteries from Grandma to make them all work.
Santa's little helpers
Mike, Mindy and Michelle
The family
We set the self timer and took a few pictures of the whole family. Dawson had to go home early so he didn't make the picture but everyone else did. It took a few try's but here is what we got!
We hope you all had a great Christmas. It's hard to believe another year has come and gone but we are looking forward to 2012.
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