Mallory & Jacob's Christmas - Family/Random Photos

Here are some pictures we took of the cousins and great-grandkids with Grandpa Trissel as well as some other random shots - Mal and Jacob, and a surprise photo of my mom!

Second Stop on Christmas - Mallory & Jacob's

After we enjoyed some fun time with Grams, Gramps, and the Wilders we headed over to the Trissel side. This year we celebrated at Mallory and Jacobs. And to add a surprise this year, Mallory and Jacob got engaged Christmas Eve! So happy for those two! They are looking to get married in the Spring of 2012. We opened gifts, ate lots of yummy food, and the men and kids mostly hung out downstairs playing Rock Band all night - literally all night. I heard Adam's voice singing more than I actually saw him, I think :) And us gals played Loaded Questions and just talked, like we usually do when we get together. We missed Matt Parrino - who is currently serving our country in Afghanistan and, of course, our Grandma Bev - who we continue to miss so much as the days go on!

We were able to snap some great family photos with the cousins and Grandpa Trissel and then the great-grandkids. Also, we got a good family shot of us, and have added an addition to our family - Perri Smith :) She snuck in on our photo, but we did not mind one bit! Her and Jasper had quite the time following each other around and getting into mischief that night (including a picture of them below enjoying putting chapstick on almost everything other than what it was intended for). And the picture of Pryce on the floor - well, that is Jasper and Dom tackling her!

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Christmas Celebration #2

After we had a fun family Christmas morning, we got ready for the rest of the day. First stop - Grams and Gramps Wilson! Kyren rode out with us to meet up with Grams, Gramps and the Wilders! Santa also made a visit to their house - bringing Syd and Jman matching big wheels, a big-boy tool bench, movies, a baby doll, race track and much more! We enjoyed a wonderful lunch of prime rib (soo good!) potatoes, corn, and snacks throughout the day. Syd and Jman played with their toys while us adults played with the Wii! Another special gift that we gave to Grams and Gramps was a grandparent's book. Melissa found them online and they have questions for Paul and Debbie to fill out so Jman and Syd can look back on them one day and know a little more about their grandparents.

Hooray for Christmas Morning

Well, Jasper could hardly contain his excitement for Christmas! He ended up waking up about 4 a.m. to go potty and then luckily, we convinced him to go back to sleep until we all woke up about 7:30 or so to open gifts. Jasper was a ball full of energy while me and daddy got the camera and video camera ready to record his excitement of seeing his gifts! I literally had to hold him back until we were ready - it was pretty fun to watch! I think his favorite gifts were his red vacuum and combine - which he had asked Santa for and Santa delivered! (Actually, he had asked for a tractor but Santa thought he'd like a combine instead), but he did say "It's not a tractor.." so Santa will have to remember to be more exact next year :)

He got big-boy underwear in his stocking along with some new race car (CARS - the movie) cups and a book full of Lifesavers, which he has been using as his potty-time rewards so the M&M's can have a break. Mommy and Daddy gave him a basketball hoop, MEMORY game, and a Leapfrog alphabet game. Some of his favorites were play-doh and a book of 12 CARS "mini-books" that I am not kidding you, he has already memorized, and knows them by title now.

Santa also brought mommy and daddy stockings and we had a great family Christmas morning! AND Cozmo got a new chew bone and rubber ring.

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

The night before Christmas, Jasper got cuddled up in his new SpongeBob jammies from Grandma Vicki. We got a plate ready of cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer. Oh, and of course a cup of milk to go with the cookies. Then we all enjoyed 'Twas the Night Before Christmas which Daddy read to us before we tucked Jman into bed. We also read two of his other favorite Christmas stories - Baby Elf's Christmas (Grandma Debbie got it for him his very first Christmas) and The Christmas Story where Jasper likes to read, "Happy Birthday Baby Jesus!"

He was so excited for Santa and was saying, "we need to go to bed so Santa can come." He usually goes to bed really good each night, but tonight, he did his bedtime routine a little quicker than normal.

First Christmas of 2010

Christmas Eve we headed over to Grandma Vicki's to celebrate our first Christmas celebration of 2010! She made us some yummy turkey and ham and we watched Jasper and Noah dive into their gifts! It was a fun afternoon hanging out together, watching Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and snacking on Grandma's snack mix - which she makes every year and truly is the best!

I love Firefighting

Jasper loves everything that has to do with firefighting - this picture is just one example of how he likes to bring out all of his firetrucks and pull the ladders out so they extend on the couch, so his "men" can climb up them to put out the fire! The Hancocks got him a fireman hat, badge, belt, and extinguisher costume for Christmas last year that he loves, so that would be what he is wearing...Oh, and this is probably one of the last photos we have of him in his diaper. This was taken quite a few weeks back and we haven't had to change a diaper since the beginning of November - way to go big guy!!