"Merry Christmas and a Hap.... NEW YEAR!"

CHRISTMAS! Christmas really kind of snuck up on me this year. December in general kind of flew by for me. It was a good Christmas though and I enjoyed getting to spend some time with my family and just relax for a day or two. Early on Christmas morning mom came and woke me up. Rather than coming in and saying, "Laur Laur it's Christmas, come see what Santa brought you," I got, "Laur Laur it's Christmas, get up and come make the rolls." She told me that is how I know I'm grown up... when I have to wake up and start cooking instead of playing with my new toys. :) Once I made the rolls and set them out to rise, I went and wrapped every single one of my Christmas presents. By "wrap" I mean put in a Christmas bag. Late that morning everyone showed up at the house and we were able to visit and hang out for the day.

I don't have too many stories to tell about Christmas day but I have some pictures to share so that will be the main part of this post. So here we go!

Here is Brad playing and singing to Guitar Hero...



Elijah hanging out on the floor, I guess. :) He was so much fun to have around on Christmas day. He is quite the entertainer...


I've been told that I look like I am up to trouble in this picture... I don't think that is possible though... :)

Elijah playing with one of Jason's Christmas presents...

Elijah checking out a John Deere tractor puzzle that he got...

Elijah playing with his Digital Camera. He had a BLAST with this thing! He wanted to take pictures of everybody. Once, Nova looked at him and said, "Elijah say cheese" and took his picture so he smiled and said cheese then immediately picked up HIS camera and told Nova to also "Say cheese." It was pretty funny...

I just like this picture because of how long Brad's hair is! You can see it really flipping out at the bottom...

This is a video of me asking Elijah what he wants to name his baby brother...



In case you couldn't understand it, I say, "Elijah what do you want to name your baby brother?" He responds, "Baby Jesus," then gives that sweet little innocent look. Haha! He is such a stinker!

This video cracks me up every time. Jason, Summer and Elijah were about to leave to go back home. I had done a few videos of Elijah but he was being real quiet and kind of shy. So before I did this video I said, "Make sure you speak up and talk real loud, ok?" He quietly answered, "Ok." WELL... after nearly a whole bag of sour patch kids and who knows what other sugary treats that he had eaten that day, here is what we got...




So all in all it was a really great Christmas! I got some really neat things and had a great time hanging out with my family for the day. Our family is getting so big that it gets really hard to get everyone together at one time, but we always have a good time when we do.

Well that is it for my Christmas post! On to my next subject... :)