our Christmas vacation (part three)

Christmas Day at the Chapmans

The Chapmans are great gift givers and we always get spoiled by Dan’s parents.  This year Nina put together photo books with pictures, stories and info about some of our ancestors (she’s an amazing genealogist).  On the cover is a picture of a clock.  Tom spoke to us about time passing and then presented each family with their own antique clock!  How cool is that?  I’d been wondering HOW MANY clocks they needed on their piano as they collected them over the last few years. :)  We love having the clock in our home. (Ours is the black one in the far right.)

The younger generation don’t appreciate Grandpa Tom’s speeches as well as the rest of us… got a bunch of pictures of them looking bored.  Made me laugh.  Don’t worry, they were spoiled thoroughly shortly thereafter.

I made Dan’s parents a card that said, “Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Ann is pregnant… and WE ARE TOO!”   Sophie got a Jessie doll and Tessa got Woody, they have been very well loved.

 

Grandma and Grandpa also got the girls new dress-up capes, a movie, a book, and matching outfits.  They had so much fun playing together.

 

Jaycee thought Woody was pretty interesting as well.  She’s so cute and FAT she’s totally swelled up since we last saw her, love it!

6 cute girl cousins (btw - we found out that Ann’s having a BOY, the first on the Chapman side!)

Also, I am totally jealous of this couch, isn’t it handsome?  I want one just like it.

The men watched some football in the basement to escape all the girly-ness.  There was plenty of it! :)

Smash Bro’s in the afternoon

I don’t remember which day this was, probably Christmas Eve.  These 4 played for quite awhile and seemed to enjoy themselves quite a lot.  Even though Jonathan mainly dominated.

Sunday

Since church wasn’t until 1, we the girls got to  make these cute edible snowmen with Grandma in the morning.  Some fun bonding time.

That night we ate dinner over there and Jason and Candice came over.  We put Jaycee in Tessa’s Santa hat and I thought it was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen!  She’s so sweet and deliciously pudgy.

That night I FINALLY got to see my little sister Joni!!!  She had been gone the whole time with her boyfriend and his family out of town.  I was glad we got to see her, even if it was only for a couple hours.

Sophie, honey… I DON’T think this is the way the ladies ride.   I love Tess with a moustache, don’t you?  She needs some more cookies. :(  My girls are so dramatic.

 

Whew!  And that was the end of our Christmas vacation this year.  We drove home the following morning.  Thank you very much to all of our family who we enjoyed company with and gifts from!