Christmas with the Yoders!

The kids having some quiet time painting. Not sure how long the "quiet" part lasted! :)

Allie's "Masterpiece!"

Chris injecting the turkey with seasons before it's fried.

Blake (2 1/2), Adam (2), Natalie (4) and Allie (4 1/2)

Bill and Chris frying the turkey.

Gift time! We just exchanged with the kids this year. Thanks guys for the fun gifts!

Evan, the youngest Yoder grand-baby! :)

The guys back from squirrel hunting.

All the gang.

Cowboy Adam!

The boys with their pappa.

Thanks Yoders for your hospitality! A big thank you to Bethany for letting us stay in the "suite!" Looking forward to the next time we can all be together! Love you guys!

Christmas with all my family!

Hanging out with family at my parents! What a fun day... lots of laughs! :)

Sorry Erin, I had to post this picture! :) This was Erin's gift from Aimee - A clock or was it a necklace? :)

All my sisters: Me, Ashleigh, Megan, Erin and Lindsey, Liz, Annah, Sarah and Aimee.

The next day the Kings came up for a visit! Look at all that yummy food!!!

Alex, Lily and G-dad.

"What? A picture of meeee.... now how did that happen?" :) I'm always the one taking the pictures... not the one in them! :)

The little girls lovin' on Lily!

Ryleigh and G-dad

Granddad with his oldest granddaughter and one of his great-granddaughters.

Me with my handsome little man!

Adam and Maddax checkin out the Santa choo-choo train snow globe. It was a big hit! :)

Uncle Jeff and Ryleigh

Megan and Alex

Sarah with a surprised Maddax. :)

Steve, Ash and a sleeping Ryleigh.

Alex and Aimee Ryan and Ash
Some of the family photographers.....

"Say, CHEESE!"

Most of the Grandkids - we were missing Joe, Megan, Sarah and Matt. Oh, and look, there's Buddy. He's sitting on g-dad's lap in the right hand side of this picture! :)

The King cousins - Alex and Ryan.

Lizzy, Maddax and..... Ryleigh, AGAIN! :p

My wonderful Aunt and Uncle.

And last but definitely not least, my amazing mommy and wonderful g-dad.

It was so great seeing everyone! It was a bitter sweet day... Christmas was my grandma's favorite holiday. And now that she's not with us, it's always sad celebrating without her. Christmas will always be filled with lots of wonderful memories of her and everything she did to make each and every Christmas so special for all her family! She was an amazing grandmother and will always be missed!

We love you guys and wish we were able to see everyone more! :) Thanks for all the wonderful gifts!

Christmas!

Christmas morning. Somehow I didn't get many pictures Christmas day. I think I was so tired (up all night with the puppy) that I wasn't thinking straight! :)

A very funny picture of Allie, but it's the only one I have of her opening her gifts.

Adam loved his stocking candy!

Cowboy Adam

Allie playing with her huge Barbie house. My parent's neighbor gave us this doll house - gotta love a good deal.... FREE! :)

Relaxing after a very fun morning!

"Anyone home?"

It was a VERY Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve!

Chris and I decided to get the kids a special surprise this Christmas......

A PUPPY!!

I'm sure our families think we're crazy, and maybe we are. But we thought this was a good time to add a pet to the family. The kids are young, but not so young that they need my attention 24/7. Having a puppy is just like having a new baby.At least I don't have to change more diapers, but house training her is a full time job. :)

She's a Boston Terrier. Her mom and dad were both 15 lbs. so she shouldn't get much bigger than that.

We named her Lily.

Allie loves her, but mothers her to death! :( Poor Lily!

Doesn't she have the sweetest face!

Adam loves Lily too. Not sure how much Lily is liking all the attention she gets from the kids.

We are crate training Lily. The first night was kinda hard, she woke up every hour whining. By four a.m. I decided I would just sleep the rest of the night on the floor with her. The next night was much easier.... so far, so good! :)

Allie's Christmas program, Snow and Santa!

All ready for her school's Christmas program.

Allie was in the back row, so you can't see her in this picture. This is the morning and afternoon classes. The morning preschool is much larger, 30 some kids. Afternoon there is only 13. So most of these kids we don't even know! :)

Allie singing her heart out! :)

Each child had a little part they had to say. The did the Christmas story (the kids version) it was really sweet!

Allie and her buddy, Ella.

Emma, Ella and Allie. All best friends!

SNOW!!

Pictures with Santa! Adam was not too happy about sitting on his lap! :)

Allie telling Santa her long list of gifts she wants this year! :)

Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas!

Christmas time!

Allie posing in front of the tree.

The kids keeping an eye on our Christmas cookies.

I was trying to get some pictures of the kids by the tree, but as you can see, they were being way too silly to sit still for pictures!

Someone decided that his face, hands and the table were more fun to draw on than paper... thank goodness it all came off the table, his face wasn't as lucky! :(

Sleepy boy!