The Bates Family
Allen, Leah, Brookelyn, & Braedyn

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Christmas 2010

We had such an amazing Christmas and were lucky enough to enjoy it with the ENTIRE family! The night before, the kids put out some cookies for Santa and some carrots for the reindeer.

That night, Santa came and piled presents high for our good little princess and (mostly) good little prince!
The next morning, the kids were SO EXCITED to come downstairs! Here they are at the top of the stairs, just before they got to see all their presents:
After furiously opening presents, Braedyn decided to put on some of his! Here he is in his Darth Vader mask and Sponge Bob pjs--quite a combination!
Here is Brookelyn (also wearing new pjs) as she realized that Santa had brought her an American Girl Doll and chest full of doll clothes! Think she was excited?
Christmas morning Uncle David, Emily, Gramma and Grampa also came over! (Not sure why we have no pictures of that, but I am guessing because of all the excitement.) We finished opening more presents and had breakfast together. It was GREAT! Then, we packed up the car and headed to San Antonio for more Christmas fun!

Here are the kids with Sashi:
And a great shot of them with Aunt Barby and Uncle James!
I am guessing Honey was running around like crazy taking care of everyone and that is why I didn't get a shot of her. But, it was such fun to have Tata and Jonathan, Ace and Lily Kate, Barby and James, and Honey and Sashi ALL together! We couldn't be more blessed!

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