Christmas 2009

Well another Christmas has almost come and gone. It is hard to imagine this time next year we will have a little girl to celebrate the season with. We had a nice holiday as a family. We celebrated Christmas Eve baking cookies for Santa and getting everything ready. We made chicken and dumplings for dinner. Nate cut open our first pomegranate that we have ever bought. It was really good. Thanks PS for introducing us to this wonderful fruit. Nate played music throughout the Christmas Eve service this year. He enjoyed it. We were sorry to miss it. The kids have colds and were in bed by 6:50pm. Nate and I had fun playing Santa after he got home.


Our Christmas sugar cookies. Cooper didn't want to be in this picture, but he helped make, cut out and decorate all the cookies.

Christmas morning didn't come as early as we thought it would which was nice. The boys came down together around 6:45am. Cooper thought it was still night time because it was dark out. I think Cooper was in shock because he wasn't saying much. Charlie on the other hand was whispering quite loudly, "Do you see those, these presents, on and on." It was so cute and then they came to get us out of bed to tell us Santa had come. They enjoy cooking with their new kitchen set with all the food. Nanni and Boppi Stalling spoiled them with gifts. Mom got a rememberable CD with the boys singing and playing instruments. They also picked out some earnings for her. It was amazing that they kept these a secret until today. Megan enjoys her new back massager. Nate likes his new hiking boots, playing play station (when kids go to bed), his new drivers cap and he will be starting voice lessons in a week.

The day was spent with playing doctor (Nate got five amputations), music and cooking. We watched UP. Our dinner was DELICIOUS! We cooked our first ham. We didn't go crazy with all the fixings. The boys loved the sparkling cider and called it pop. We talked about how we celebrate Jesus's birth today with the boys and what the holiday is all about.
Trying out moms new present.

The boys thought this was the best part of the meal. There was not a drop left of the sparkling cider.
CHEERS! We tried to all get in the picture, but we were having trouble so dad and mom took turns. :)

The boys love making forts so we thought they would enjoy this new Cars tent.

The boys like to play cars, especially Cooper. This little structure is fun for them to put cars through and watch them go. The dinosaur trys to eat them as the cars go through it. A car comes out of the dinosaurs mouth below, then hits something, triggering the next car above to go. They have fun with it.

We look forward to Nanni, Boppi, Uncle Nic, and Uncle Patrick coming to visit us tomorrow.

Merry Christmas! Love the Owen Family.