Saturday, March 30, 2013

Christmas 2012

We started our Christmas celebrations in Baldwin City with Swedish Pancakes and presents at Grandpa and Grandma McKinney's house, where iTunes giftcards, American Girl Doll clothes, and hacking putty were amongst the pile of wrapping paper and bows.


Conman and the attack of the bows


Uncle Craig spent the Christmas holiday with us in Liberty.  Mandy, Jordan, Sarah, Cara, and Collin all joined us for Christmas Eve.  We loved spending the evening with family, enjoying a soup supper and attending LCF's Christmas Eve service.



Christmas Eve also found Kylee making special preparations for Santa, including leaving a special note and a healthy snack!  Kylee wanted to leave something extra nice for Santa as she had quite a detailed Christmas list this year.  



Kylee's Christmas List 2012
-Money
-Clothes (neon if possible)
-White board with markers
-Chair with wheels
-Desk
-Something that would make me fly
-Binder
-Composition notebook

Santa really spoiled us this year, bringing the kids each a new personalized suitcase and toiletry bag.  Connor's number item on his list was a pair of new headphones (both to drown little sisters' voices out and to listen to music...LOL!).  The girls got new American Girl accessories to use with their McKenna dolls.






Big things come in big packages!

Hooray for headphones!

Jammin'

McKenna all dressed in her new gymnastics outfit.  Her bar and beam were waiting under the tree for Kylee.

McKenna's bed was Hadley's big present.

Lego engineers hard at work
The new Star Wars Lego creation all assembled

We concluded our Christmas fun with a trip to Lindsborg, where we celebrated the holiday with the Carlsons.  We enjoyed time at Great Grandpa's house with Grandpa and Grandma Carlson and the kids had a blast opening their last round of presents.

Christmas gifts from the North Carolina cousins

At the piano with Grandma Carlson

We loved celebrating Jesus' birthday with family and friends.  MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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