Christmas!

     Like every year before it comes and goes too quickly but we had a great Christmas and there's nothing more exciting than having little kids around to keep the excitement alive.  But before we even got to Christmas Day we had to take a minute to decorate and eat giant gingerbread man cookies.  Kayli was at work and missed out but the boys managed without her.

McClane just started devouring his cookie, who needs frosting, right?!

Brock used frosting and don't let his sweet face fool you he had no problem biting right into his gingerbread man's head.

Isaac put in the time and made a cute gingerbread man.

Carter did a great job too.

And Mark, a.k.a. 'future cake boss' did an awesome job.

    And I apologize for not having photos from Christmas eve but just so you know the kids received the game "Sorry" and a punching bag. This was in lieu of the traditional PJs they normally get.

The traditional line up Christmas morning.  Thank goodness we had Aunt NiNin here to help out!

Now let the madness ensue!

Brock on his new Dune Buggy!

And Isaac and Carter's dream came true, MOTORCYCLES!!

And we can't forget our baby, Princess Charlie who celebrated her first Christmas!

And our big sister, Princess Kayli couldn't even put her phone down long enough to really soak in her One Direction pillow.  LOOK UP!!!

Sorry about the crazy eyes but how cute are these three!?

And Mark got a weapon and cash, every teenage boys dream, right?

How cute are these boots that santa left in Charlie's stocking?

McClane is obsessed with anything vehicular.

Kayli shared her hard earned money on a couple gifts, this Duck Dynasty cup for Greg even had a t-shirt inside.

And Kayli bought me this cute red blouse.  (I may have given her a hint or two.)  She does have a sweet and generous side.

And Greg made sure I had a chocolate fix to see me through the day. (Did I say day, I mean couple of days.)

Carter made this cute stand, which makes a perfect home for Charlie's hats and bracelets.

Look out, McClane's on the hunt!

We love having Kristin join us Christmas morning, it wouldn't be Christmas without her! 

     And grandma and grandpa Kmetzsch came later Christmas morning and had very special gifts for all of us. And most priceless of all was their hand written testimony on each individual photo of the Savior that they gave the kids.

It's hard to fit all 7 kids in the photo but you get the idea.  These are the photos they received from their Kmetzsch grandparents and we can't wait to hang them in their rooms.

"Sorry" it's a little blurry!

Here's Charlie in her new outfit.  Santa has pretty good taste in clothes.

Baby in a bumbo chair.

All pink including her tongue that she loves to stick out.  (Carter liked to stick his tongue out too as a baby, I LOVE it!)

    With nine of us there's a lot of photos but I did try to narrow it down. It really was a great Christmas and so far it's been a pretty good Christmas break, but I do believe prayers aren't enough I probably should have just shipped all the kids off to Grandma Baker's for the two week break!