Christmas at Grani's Dec. 26, 2007

Katie and Presley - the little buds - waiting for present time!
Rylie and Uncle Justin

The girls with their pile of clothes each!!

Now passing out the loads and loads of presents...



Justin, Sandi, Curtis, and Presley


Katie and Presley just had to help Grani open her's!!


Grani and the Girls playin' around!!
As always, Katie WILL put your hair in ponytails if you will let her!!

Christmas Day at MamaJan's and Papa's

This year we slept in a little, it was already 7:15 when we got up to go open presents. Yes, everyone sleeps at my Mom and Dad's House - Mom, Dad, Sunny, Holly, Tony, Cheyenne, Savannah, Sierra, Jonathan, Sierra, Me, Ryan, Katie and Rylie. We have a full house, but there are no changing traditions!! But, we are thankful for Mom's new schoolroom that was added onto their house this past year. It made a nice big living room for everyone to open their presents.














Here are all the grandkids with their bins and in their brand new pajamas (MamaJan gets them new ones every year to wear the night before Christmas)!! MamaJan decided a couple of years ago to put all their unwrapped presents in these bins - then one at a time they go around and pull out everything in it. Then we have a storage bin to take home - how nice!!


All the big girls got matching boots - what models!!


After presents we cook breakfast, we all gather 'round the table and eat!

Christmas Eve

Well, Santa stops by our house the night before Christmas EVE so the girls can open their presents on Christmas Eve morning, since we will be spending the night at my Mom and Dad's house for Santa to visit us there on Christmas Day! Not that Katie really wants to have anything to do with Santa at all, but anyway...

They had fun tearing into their stockings...Rylie found all of Katie's candy and was trying to eat it right through the package!

Ryan (above) and Rylie (below) open the presents Katie wrapped all by herself especially for them!


Rylie got Katie a Hannah Montanna CD (her favorite person right now)
We finally opened a sucker for Rylie, she couldn't focus on anything else until it was opened!




Then we got dressed to go to Grandmother's for Lunch and a whole night of fun!! This is my Mom's side of the family. We eat, then play cards/games/talk/enjoy each other's company, then around 5:30 we all gather around the living room, well everywhere now b/c there are so many people and sing Christmas Songs all together, listen to the Christmas Story from the Bible, and then open presents!




Cheyenne Kay

Savannah Ray

Sierra Anne

Jonathan Saban

Trey, Shellye, Amanda, Emily, and Liam (my cousins)


Shelley and Rebecca playing with Emily

Savannah and Sierra playing cards!

Sierra picking on Casey while he's trying to eat!

Rylie's favorite thing to do --eat!! Aunt Holly's taking care of her!


MamaJan and Rylie Grace

Our Family as we sit down to sing Christmas Songs--I love that tradition!

Katie Mae and Uncle Kenny