Englerville USA

wander through the many streets that are our life...

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>The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~Erma Bombeck<

Sunday, January 18, 2009

We stopped by my Dad's house on Christmas Day so he could visit with the girls and give them a gift. They got little tiny glass tea sets and they had a little tea party with Grandpa
our first Christmas dinner at home! since we celebrated Christmas with the Engler side the Sunday before, we got to have dinner at our own house for the very first time ever!!!
it was so nice, i made lasagna and cheesy garlic bread... sounds good right now actually!
it was super nice to be able to spend the whole morning and afternoon at home without having to rush the entire day.


the girls giving daddy the mousepads for his laptop they bought at IKEA


santa also brought all us girls the new Taylor Swift CD! we have all been wanting it and they spent alot of Christmas morning dancing along to it!



matt with his favorite gift, a football! he LOVES this thing! his whole body goes into sensory overload when he sees it!!!





Isabella asked santa for the wall-e movie - she was so excited to receive it, i couldn't get a picture of her looking at me with it!
Kaylin's request from santa - this bolt book she saw at the store a few days prior. she was so sad to leave it behind in the store, but the look on her face christmas morning when she got it was priceless!

he came!!! he came!!!
she bolted out of bed in the morning ran in our room with a freaked out look screaming "MOMDAD!!!!he came!!! there's a present under our tree in our own room!!!!!" he had left them each an ornament for their little tree they have in their room!

our tree with all the presents from santa


pretty cousins in matching dresses!
Cannon and Isabella





Saturday, January 17, 2009

photos

Christmas at my moms (w/my aunts/uncles/cousins)
L-R: Isabella,Gianna,Kaylin,Carli,baby Ella,Cori,Bobby,Royce,Syd,Heather and Matt

Visiting Santa at the mall
Since you can't technically take photos w/santa, this is closest we got to a picture with him!


Making Christmas cookies



Matt enjoying his favorite gift of all... tissue paper!




Sledding at the hill in Lansing