Christmas 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!! Dani really got into the whole "opening presents" tradition. She LOVED it once she got the hang of it. She opened all hers and most of the family gifts. Then she couldn't get enough of playing with the paper. ;-) These were her special Christmas jammies. She opened them on Christmas Eve and slept in them. Sorry, there aren't any pictures of the actual present opening process. We got all that on the video camera.

Dani's "take." She "inherited a lot of my old stuffed animals. Grandma Laub got her a dolly that is just right for her little arms. She loves it. She was a little irritated that I pulled her away from her toys and made her sit there for a picture instead of playing. ;-)

Travis got some games, pj pants and a Lego set that he had been wanting for about 6 months! It was worth the wait though. He has really enjoyed it. :-)

I got some pj pants and a new alarm clock since mine didn't keep time anymore. ;-) Travis also got me a dehydrator that was half my birthday, half Christmas. We forgot to put it in the picture. I am so excited to use it this summer and get some healthy yummy snacks floating around. I really miss my Grandma Bates' dried pears. Now I can make my own!

This is the "family take." We threw in the gifts from Trav's parents too. My favorite is the Elk FAMILY sign there in the middle.

This is Dani's Santa gift. It is a small key board that teaches colors, numbers, shapes etc. She can play with it alone or we can set it up to interact with the TV. She's really gotten some enjoyment out of it over the last few months.

We actually did all of our family "Christmas traditions" and opening gifts a couple days early because we spent Christmas Eve and Christmas day with my family. All of the opening of gifts and things is on the video camera as well. It was a nice visit. We got to skype with Levi and enjoyed a really nice long day together. There's a lot of us to coordinate now that we're all getting married and having kids so it is always great when we can get together. It was a wonderful Christmas!