Christmas 2011

Christmas was very special this year since we received some amazing news one week prior to the holiday. Bob (Jason's Dad) was supposed to start another round of aggressive chemo followed by a bone marrow transplant for what they thought was his cancer recurring. However after having a biopsy he found out that the growths were non cancerous and not related to his previous cancer. What a Christmas Miracle and answered prayer. Truly reminded me of the "true" miracle of Christmas. "Through him all things are possible".

Now on to the celebration...

Christmas Eve morning we headed to celebrate with Betty and Bob at their house.

Their Christmas Family tradition is to have German pancakes for breakfast. Roman loved putting all the snow on the pancakes.

Paisley sporting her new dress with Papa.

Roman was very into opening gifts this year, but didn't really care too much what they were. He would rip through the gifts and then immediately ask for another. I tried to remind him to look at what he got and say Thank You. Ha ha! So much for that one. Maybe next year.

That night we headed to Christmas Eve service at St. Matthew's and then back to our house for dinner.

Our little Angel. This little girl is filled with such joy. Loved her cute Christmas dress.

These 2 little rascals are always up to some fun and a little mischief too.

Tyler loved this toy.

Scott...how did he get so big and so cool? He is such a great cousin to Roman and Paisley.

Christmas Eve we had soup, salad and cheese zombies. Perfect comfort food for a nice and relaxing night. It was fun to exchange gifts and just be able to relax. 

The kids went to bed and Santa came.

Christmas Morning

Paisley loved her new bouncing bull

Good Morning Roman and Paisley!

This little boy loves his storybooks (as he calls them). He got Tangled and I Like Bugs. He will spend hours just going thru his books. I also started a tradition of getting both kids a Christmas book and writing a personal message in them.

Superhero Paisley in her new cape

Relaxing on the couch in between some presents. Roman tends to get a little overwhelmed with presents and too many new things, so we always need to take a little time out to just relax. Works for me since I never like opening presents. Our morning was so nice since it was just our family of 4 and we had all day to open our gifts at a very leisurely pace.

Our little Superhero loving her new popper

Best present under the tree

 Opening his stocking. Very excited with his some new hot wheels

Christmas Night we headed to Nana and Pop's house for lobster dinner and to celebrate Pop's Birthday.

A visit from the 3 wisemen

Tyler was so excited about his new scooter

This boy was wiped out from the 2 days of non-stop parties and late nights. No more naps equals pure exhaustion by the end of the night.

Couldn't be happier than to eat with Belle and the Beast.

Loves his new robe

Paisley loved all her new food for her kitchen and her new shopping cart.

It was such a special and magical Christmas holiday. I loved seeing Roman excited and even though he wasn't into Santa this year, he did get really excited for the holiday. I really try and focus on the true spirit of Christmas and enjoy all the fun that comes with it.  Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas filled with lots of joy.