Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Here Today...Gone Tomorrow

Well, it's over, Christmas has come...and gone. But it was a BLAST! We had so much fun celebrating our FIRST Christmas with Riley. He was such a doll. By his last present, he had finally learned how to unwrap by himself:















The tough part, as is common with most young kids, is that once he opened one present he didn't quite understand why we took it away and demand that he move on to another...another that he couldn't play with yet either!



















Santa visited our home for the first time and BOY did he leave a truck load:














Riley got a TON of toys, some clothes, a couple of DVDs, a 'Backyardigans' cd...too much to list!














All the family enjoyed seeing Riley as much as he (and we) enjoyed seeing them! It was so much fun! Good food, good times.







With Great Grandma Claudia











With Great Grandpa


















With Great Grandma Doris










There are so many pictures and not NEARLY enough time...maybe I can post some more of my favorites in future entries?!?!

To end, there really is entirely too much wonderful stuff to write about, it would take me days to explain ALL of our wonderful Christmas events (Cmas eve with Great Grandpa & Great Gma Claudia, then to Nana and Grumpa's with Aunt Stephanie & Uncle Danny; Cmas morning with Mommy & Daddy & Santa gifts; Cmas afternoon with Great Gma Doris, Great Aunts Linda & Paula, Great Uncles Scott & Erwin, Cousins April, Dave, Alexandria & David; Cmas night with Great Gma Tilley & PaPa, Great Aunt Rhonda, Cousins Tracy, Ray & Aaron)...but it was a wonderful time, with wonderful family, and it went by waaaaaay too fast.

Now on to the New Year!

2 comments:

Mel :-) said...

Fun pictures! We missed having Christmas with y'all. We will see you in a few months though!

Mel :-) said...

Me again.... ;-)
Sounds like our Chrtistmases when we are in SA! (well, in IL too!!) Lots of families to share it with! :-) That is what the holidays are all about, spending time with all of those you care about. Glad you had a great Christmas too! Love y'all!