Christmas 2012 - Nichols

We had our family Christmas not long after Greg got home from work on Monday. The kids were so much fun to buy for this year! They had their lists, let me tell ya. That, combined with online shopping, makes things a breeze!

I tried to go with the three-gift rule this year.  It ended up that I divided their gifts up into three boxes. Technically they did receive more than three gifts, but it made things lots less complicated to wrap three boxes for each of them.

This year, we placed each of their gifts in front of them, then we began with Allison and had them each take one and go around the room opening the first one and so on.  That gave us all the opportunity to see what the others were getting and slowed things down a bit. 



 

She's still such a little girl at heart!  Her smiles
and giggles are priceless.

Kait was giddy with excitement.  So much fun.

Even the big guys couldn't contain themselves.

Happy!

The Loving Family Dream Dollhouse was the gift of choice this year!

And Rapunzel is ready for her wedding.  :-)

 

After we had our little family Christmas, it was off to my parents to spend the night.  Adam and Valerie were there, and we played games and had a fun evening. 

Another special person was able to join us this year! 
So glad Mama Yount could make the trip. 

While we waited on my brother's family to arrive on Christmas morning, we took random pictures.  It's a great way to distract impatient children. :-)

 



Annie and Kait

 



Allie and Aubrey

Prayer before presents

 

Two of my kids asked for new Bibles with
their names imprinted on the front.

Uh oh...nothing is safe...she has a camera!

Cute and crazy...they loved their fleece blankets!



Check out the Disney nightgowns! 

Lots of coffee, lots of snacks.  :-)

This pic makes me laugh.

Lovin' on their great-grandma

Eric and Meg

Mom and Dad...love them so much!

Adam and Valerie

So pretty.  :-)

Our 16th Christmas!

Since we weren't home Christmas Eve night, the stockings
had to opened Christmas night.  After all, when does Santa come?

Oh yeah...whipped topping in the stocking. 
He asked for a can of cheese too, but...nah...lol.

 

And the festivities continue!