Christmas Day 2009

We had a great Christmas this year! The kids had a great time opening presents and Kayden was at a great age where he loved opening presents this year! so much fun! We hope everyone had a great Christmas!!!

Corey, Allie and Savannah
baby Savannah

Corey and Savannah

Corey, Allie and Kayden

Corey and Allie opening presents

Kayden and Grandma Merrill putting together a puzzle

Bruce, Kayden and Grandpa Merrill

Kayden with her present from Brady

Christmas morning! Looking to see what Santa brought them!

Christmas Eve 2009

Christmas Eve we always go to my parents house for dinner and to open gifts. We had a great time as always! Great food and great family! Here are a few pics from the day...


Kailey and Kayden in front of the tree
Kayden getting ready to leave to go to Grandma and Grandpa's

Kailey playing a game with Grandma and the cousins

Kayden relaxing on the stairs

opening presents

Kailey being goofy :)

opening gifts...

great Granma and Kayden

Santa...2009!

We took the kids to see santa and Just as I was expecting... Kayden was not a fan! He takes a while to get warmed up to people, even family (Grandma and Grandpa, etc) so I knew this wouldn't be any different. We tried to show him Santa pictures, watched polar express to show him who Santa was and we kept asking, "do you want to see Santa?" He kept saying "ya" so we did as much as we could :) But still... Santa got kicked by Kayden in his "jingle bells" :) Sorry Santa! We also learned later that Santa had a knee replacement so i'm glad that Santa didn't get kicked in the knee. Poor Santa puts up with a lot! He ended up going back and giving Santa a high 5 after he let him down and Santa told him he could have a candy cane. I still think the picture turned out cute and will be a memory we will always have :)

more pics from seeing Santa

Kailey in front of the tree before we saw Santa Kailey and Kayden in front of the tree

Kailey on the train... Kayden only wanted to watch, he wanted nothing to do with riding it :)

Kailey's Christmas concert

Kailey is in the school choir. She LOVES it! They practice every Friday after school and she loves going! They had their Christmas concert this last friday morning. She did a great job! You can tell she really loves to sing and wants to be there.
This is Kailey and her little bff Savannah. I thought this was so cute! They were getting their picture taken by Savannah's mom and I look down and they were holding hands :)

You can see Kailey if you really look (past the big head in my way!) :)

Visit with Allie and Savannah

Today we went to see Allie and baby Savannah. Allie was taking a nap when we got there but we got to see and talk to her before we left. I'm glad she is getting some rest and taking care of herself! It makes such a huge difference to get rest! Allie is staying with her parents until Christmas when Corey comes back and then she will move up with him then. Her parents are so great! She has a great family and they are really helping out with her and Savannah right now. We are jealous they get to see them both so much :)
We noticed when we got home that we didn't get any pictures of Allie...by the time she came down we apparently put our camera away (sorry Allie! We still love you too) We'll get more pictures the next time we see them...

Kailey's birthday party

Today we had Kailey's birthday party. We had a just a family birthday party this year so it was a ton more relaxing for me! We had a great time with out the stress of having all the kids running around like we normally do. :)

Thank you all for coming and celebrating Kailey's birthday with us!

Welcome Baby Savannah!

She's finally here and totally worth the wait! Savannah is absolutely precious! We all love her so much! She is the cutest baby! She was born on 12/2 at 12:33 am weighed 7lbs 4oz and was 18.5 inches long. Allie did great and was quite the trooper and Corey was right beside her the whole time keeping her encouraged! We are proud of both of them and are so excited about their new little family. We love all of you!

Happy Birthday Kailey Bug!

She made it home! We missed her this weekend! We were hanging out all day waiting for her...
I went and got her balloons and of course a chocolate donut instead of cake (her favorite) and when I got home Bruce had made her the big "Happy Birthday" sign. She was so excited when she got home. It sounded like she had a great weekend with her dad, but we were so excited to get her home!

Kailey with her balloons
In front of her Birthday sign

Kayden waiting for Kailey to get home... he was being shy and didn't want to let me take his picture :)

singing Happy Birthday

opening presents...

Kayden was having fun playing with the balloons.

Happy Birthday Kailey Bug! We LOVE you tons and tons!!!