Hutchinson Christmas

Merry Christmas!

The kids getting ready to open the mountain of gifts
Ella showing off her Princess Easy Bake oven
Hudson is all smiles
Last year Blokus was the new game for the adults this year the kids enjoyed playing it

The guys going to cut some fire wood
Johnny being Johnny

On Sunday Morning we left my dad's on our way to Hutch for our last Christmas of 2007. We stayed at John's parents along with 3 of his sisters and their families. We had a very full house. Ella always has lots of fun with her cousins or as she calls them her "friends". Hudson did really well with all the noise and sleeping at night. We all had a really good time and ate way too much. We left for home on Wednesday. About an hour into our trip Ella started crying and I turned around to see that she had gotten sick. Unfortunately she had all kinds of things on her lap. So we pulled over at a gas station to get everything all cleaned up but unfortunately even with an air freshner the smell did not seem to go away. But after she got sick she was all smiles and then she told me she was hungry. I think she had a little too much candy and cookies. Thankfully the rest of the trip was uneventful. It is always great to be able to spend time with our families and remember what Christmas is really about.

Another Christmas

Two Princesses
Dad opening presents
Grandma & Hudson
Grandpa showing off his sweater

Ella riding her new horse
Ella tired of opening presents and the boys looking for more to open
Hudson opening his presents

After we opened presents with Mom we went over to my Dad's. We had a big dinner with my Grandparents,my Uncle and both my brothers. Ella had so many presents that she actually got tired of opening them and we almost had to force her to open her last few presents. But she did enjoy playing with her new toys and being a princess with her cousin Alex.

Christmas with Mom

Well on Saturday during the blizzard we drove out to my mom and dad's for more Christmas. We went to my mom's new house which has no furniture since she hasn't moved in yet. Ella was very excited to get another Princess Barbie and to see her Nana.

Friday Night Christmas

Well after opening gifts all morning we went over to Roger & Dee Dee's to open some more. They had our kids and we had two of theirs. Ella as you can see loved her present which was a Dora talking cash register. Cooper was pretty excited too because he had already tried to open it with scissors before Ella opened it. It will be perfect to go in her little "store".

Our Family Christmas

Opening the first gift

A Princess Lamp

Her first Barbie
Helping Hudson with his stocking
Hudson relaxing after all the chaos

The opening of presents begins. This is our first Christmas with many more to come. Ella woke up early as usual and was all excited to open presents. She really had a lot of fun opening up all her presents and Hudson's. We didn't keep track of how many gifts we had bought so she had a lot of gifts to open. She enjoyed every gift even her socks and we enjoyed all of her animated expressions.

Christmas Card

It was really difficult to get a good picture this year. But the problem was with Ella not with Hudson. She kept imitating John who was trying to get Hudson to look at the camera. After seriously about 75 pictures (thank goodness for digital cameras) we finally had a cute one.

Making Christmas Cookies

We made sugar cookies for Christmas this year. Ella really enjoyed helping me make the cookies and using the cookie cutters. We even made a cookie by tracing her hand. Her favorite part was the decorating and eating of the cookies.