The rest of Christmas 2010

At Grandma Zonnie's there were more presents as well as lots of family time.

Dani got a very life like baby that she named Baby Maddie after a friend at school.

We took her new bike with us and she had a blast riding it around with Parker.

Then they rode around on Parker's new 4-wheeler.

Parker drove his 4-wheeler on top of his bike, luckily Dani wasn't on it at the time, and neither the bike or the 4-wheeler were damaged.

And when all that fun was done we headed back to Grammie's for a little more family time.

This truly is the most wonderful time of the year.

Christmas Morning!

We start Christmas morning at home, in the kitchen again. Most of Dani's presents were books, and she was happy with that.

Then she noticed that there was another gift on top of the cabinets

Her very own digital camera!!

Then we went to Grammie and PawPaw's for breakfast and more presents.

After that was the drive to Grandma Zonnie's house for the rest of our Christmas day.

Christmas Eve

A friend through work has been making hats. When Dani saw my first one she decided she wanted us to have matching pink hats, so that's one of the presents we got. Of course Dani got to open them.


As is tradition, we all got new Christmas pj's and Dani got to open them.

Next she got her first pair of roller skates. I couldn't get over how tall they made her look! The skates and all 4 pads have Tinkerbelle on them so that's always a bonus.

She never stopped smiling even when she fell down.

Next was her shopping cart, which she wouldn't take her skates off to push.

Lots of little stuff.

Last came her first BIKE!!!

And what's the point in getting a new bike if you can't ride it immediately?

And this is what I got after her first wreck.

And here it is, the traditional Christmas new pj's picture.

Christmas Traditions, Part 1

We have lots of little Christmas traditions that start long before this one but this is the first BIG one each year. We spend Christmas Eve at Grandpa's house with the Thornberry branch of the family. This year they just couldn't make it on the 24th so we had our first Chrismas Eve gathering on the 23rd. Besides...having family together and being in the spirit of the season is what it's all about, so who cares if we did it a day early?

Of course, when you have Christmas with little ones, you also have presents.

Money was tight so the grown Thornberrys got an album full of pictures of the family, mostly Ellie. Maryann actually cried over their gift album (we didn't know at the time that pregnancy hormones may have played a small role in her tears).

Dani got a Dr. kit which both girls had lots of fun with :)

I was so busy enjoying everybody's company that I hardly took any pictures.
The best gift was time with family.

School Christmas party spirit :)

12-17-2010

Party time again! Dani showing off her school Christmas party shirt.

Parker's Party

12-12-2010

It's time for Parker's birthday party! Of course there was family, cake, and presents.

And pin the tail on the donkey.

Uncle Tim was a great sport playing pin the tail with Dani.

Christmas card faves

These are some of my favorites from our Christmas card shots. I like them so much I didn't want to put any of them in a collage and decided to post them individually.

And the final result...

(sorry it it's a bit grainy, it's a scanned copy.)

I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I do!