Kabree's Special Visitor

Keri and Kabree

 Taylor and Paedyn

 Keri, Kabree and Kalin

    The week before Christmas Keri came to town to visit family, we were lucky enough to steal her for a couple hours during her visit.  We are so grateful for Keri, words could ever express how we feel towards her.  She has given us the greatest blessing in our lives, Little Miss Kabree.  We love her and her family and it was great to see her brother Taylor again and the little kiddos. 

Christmas 2011

 Santa came!

 He ate the milk and cookies and left a note

 Kabree reading Santa's note

 What Santa left Kabree

 Kabree immediately started taking pictures 

 Kabree finally realized she got a combine too

 Checking out the auger

 Taking the new combine for a spin

 Showing Grandpa how to use her new camera

 Looking in her new mirror

 Doing a little happy dance

 Zach checking out his loot

 Opening presents

 Kabree reading her new horse book

 Kabree getting the right angle

 I guess Jessi and Vance both thought Zach would like the hat

 Playing with the new princess story book

Kabree wearing Mommy's new boots

 Zach and Vance cooking up breakfast

 Kabree helping clean up 

    We had a great Christmas morning.  Santa found us out in Arbon and Kabree was super excited!  He ate our milk and cookies and even wrote Kabree a cute little note, after reading our note Kabree couldn't wait any longer to see what Santa left.  Kabree was so excited when she ran into the living room and saw she had gotten the camera she asked for.  She was so excited it's all she wanted to play with.  We had to keep asking her if she wanted to open her presents or look in her stocking, she would cave every little bit but as soon as she opened a present she would immediately turn and say "where's my camera, I need to take a picture".  After about half an hour of taking pictures with her camera Kabree realized she got a red combine just like Grandpa Vance's combine.  She was pretty excited to have Grandpa show her how it worked and to take it for a spin through the living room.  After Mommy opened her boots that she got for Christmas Kabree had to hurry and try them on and then started telling us "I want cowgirl boots, where's my cowboy boots?".  So Grandpa asked her would you rather Grandpa take the combine and give you the money to go buy some cowgirl boots, well they went in the other room and had a 10 minute conversation about the combine verses the boots.  Apparently they decided that we were going to sell Grandpa the combine and try to find a smaller one so that Kabree could buy herself some cowgirl boots : ).

    After presents we got to go to church with my family.  It was great to see everyone and to feel the spirit on  Christmas.  After church as always my Dad made the best breakfast of the whole year, Zach helped out with cooking all the bacon and it was super yummy.  After our breakfast (for lunch : ) Eric got to call.  Everyone was super excited for the call and it was great to hear his voice.

Christmas Night

 Kabree and Justice

Sometimes the box really is the most fun!

 Kabree and Justice and their horse Shawn

 Justice getting ready for his bull ride

 Yee Haw!

He got bucked off

 Kabree riding her bull Shawn

 Kabree helping Daddy fly his helicopter

    Christmas night Justice and Kabree were a little wound from all of the excitement of the day, they danced to Christmas music, they played in a box until it fell apart and then they discovered the funnest activity of all.....bull riding.  Uncle Shawn was on the floor so Kabree jumped on his back yelled "Yee Haw", so Justice ran and hurried and jumped on back.  After a couple rounds around the house Shawn told them he was a bull now, well Justice took it to heart, he jumped off suited up in his new cowboy gear he got for Christmas and jumped on Shawn's back.  Ok for the next hour Shawn gave bull rides, we were laughing so hard we all about peed our pants.  Justice was as dead serious as could be, when he would get bucked off he would turn around serious and say "come here bull", then he would jump on grab Shawns neck and yell "outside!".  When Shawn would pretend to chase him down he would start petting his head and saying "calm down bull, calm down."  It was hilarious and the kids loved it.

    We had a great Christmas and loved spending time with our families!

Christmas Eve 2011

Grandpa Gary's and Grandma Sally's

 Grandpa Gary, Lynden, Kabree and Paisley 

 Kira, Sean and Lynden

 Meagan and Paisley

 Paisley, Megan and Skylar

 Kabree passing out everyone's stockings

 Kabree, Meagan, Paisley and Lynden

 Kabree, Meagan and Paisley

 Lynden was excited to open gifts

Kabree showing Grandpa Gary how her mermaid swims 

    We got to spend Christmas Eve day with Zach's family.  We started out with a yummy breakfast and then we got to open our stockings and gifts from Gary and Sally.  Kabree was pretty excited to pass out everyone's stockings to them.  She was really excited to see that in her stocking she got bubbles and chap stick.  She was pretty excited about her mermaid and dolphins, she had to show Grandpa Gary how she swims.  We got very spoiled by Grandpa and Grandma.  After gifts the adults played games while the girls watched Nemo.  We ended the afternoon with Pizza Hut pizza.  We had a great time and a lot of laughs as always when playing games with Zach's family.  

Christmas Eve Dinner

 The place cards

 Wyatt showing off all of their presents

 Larin and Jessica our hosts

 Shawn, Shay and Kab 

 Kabree, Mattie, Makenna & Morgan

 Jessi and Zach

(Kooper took the pic and accidentally cut Kab out lol)

 Jessi, Zach & Kabree

The adult table

Larin, JoAnn, Vance, Shawn, Zach, Jessi, Clyde, Jodean, & Jessica

    After Zach's parents house we headed out to Arbon to Larin and Jessica's for a beautiful Christmas Eve dinner.  Jessica served us on her china (I was a little nervous) and made a very taste ham dinner.  We all really enjoyed it and Kabree loved feeling very grown up eating at the kids table with her fancy drink.  Shawn his kids, Dad and Mom and Jessica's Mom and Clyde were all able to enjoy the night together.  I just have to say that Mattie and Makenna made the place settings for everyone and I thought they did a great job.

Christmas Eve Night

 Opening our one gift for the night

 Grandpa and Grandma dancing

    Cookies and milk left out for Santa

    After our yummy dinner at Larin's we headed over to Dad and Mom's to open one present our Christmas pj's, Kabree kept pushing Grandma's reindeer that sang Christmas songs so Kabree stated shouting "Grandpa, Grandma dance", so after a little dancing we said our prayers that we were grateful to celebrate Jesus's birthday the next day and for our families, then of coarse we had to set out our cookies and milk for Santa before going to bed!  

    Kabree was pretty excited for Christmas morning and going to bed was a bit hard especially because we heard Santa's bells right before going to bed.  Kabree got a little upset because after hearing the bells she thought Grandpa, Grandma and Mommy were talking to Santa without her.  But after we explained Santa couldn't come until she fell asleep and that we promised we would not talk to him without her she was able to close her eyes and go to sleep : ).