Christmas With My Family 2011

We had my family Christmas on December 31. We were all able to come, and everyone was super excited! I am sooooooo blessed with the family that I have!!

David holding his presents, he was excited to open them!

All the kids are ready! Grandpa Dave handed them all out to everyone, and they are all waiting to open the gifts!

Jake was SO HAPPY! He got a remote controlled jet ski!

Steph needed a new mixer and she got one! Woo hoo! I also gave her a necklace that says sisters on it, and I think she loved it! :)

Brian opened up his gift, and he wanted a double toaster! They were happy about it!

Mom and Dad gave Mark a gift card to Scheels! Steph and Brian did too, so then he went and bought a new sweatshirt with it! WE LOVE GIFT CARDS!!

Steph and Brian and Mark and I went in and got Mom and Dad a camera! They are going on a trip later in the year, and now they can take great pictures!!

Steph got Alyssah matching Jammies for her and her American girl doll! She was so happy!

We got Alek a cars 2 toy! They are really into that movie! I miss that with my boys! They aren't into movie things anymore.

We got Viktoria some american girl doll clothes. Alyssah had so much fun playing with Viktoria. I am glad they have each other!

Steph got Josh a Hex bug and a football! He was THRILLED! I am glad he loves them! Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Dave gave him 2 Southpole shirts too.

I got a gift card to Maurices from Steph! I love it!! I am glad she did, it is my favorite store! Mom and Dad gave me some bath and lotion things. I love that too!

Alyssah picked out a coffee mug for Grandpa! He made sure he used it too!!

David loved his airplane too :)

Molly just loved watching everyone :)

The Chinquist boys, showing off there airplanes!

All dressed up cute :)

Jake and his jet ski! I LOVE his smile!

The kids waiting for there awesome dinner! Mom made prime rib roast, and it was so AMAZING!! I am so glad she did! We also had potatoes, sweet potatoes, creamed corn and some salads. Yummy!

All of us getting ready to dig in!

Everyone but Jake, loved the prime rib!

We were all so full, but the kids wanted pie! Steph made pecan pie, and mom had apple pie too! It was so good! I am sooooo glad I don't eat like that all the time!

Christmas with my family was AMAZING! I am so blessed and I love them all sooooo much!!

Alyssah and Kit in there new jammies!

New Years Eve

We spent new years at my parents house, we celebrated Christmas that weekend! We had the best time!!

My Grandma with Rocky, she loved our little dogs! I am super glad I got to see her! I love her so much! She is super sweet!

Mark and I got out for a few hours with my sister and her husband, while my parents watched our kids! Thanks mom! We had a lot of fun!

Mark got festive too! ;)

Us at Hooters, waiting for our appetizers

Steph and Brian! Woo hoo! IT'S ALMOST 2012!!

We came back at about 10, so we could ring in the new year with the kids! It was about 10:45, and we let them watch the New York City ball drop! They were excited and couldn't wait!

Viktoria :)

Alek, Jake, Alyssah and David

They had smiles on, but they were SO tired!

Only 5 minutes to go, these two, were sooooo tired, but they made it!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Goodbye to 2011

I am glad to say goodbye to this year. This year has had a lot of ups and downs. Lots and lots of trying times. But also a lot of good times too. We got to go to Puerto Vallarta, NYC and Washington DC too. We are so lucky to be able to go to all those places, we made some wonderful memories :)

Our kids grew tons! Josh's braces have made a world of difference, his teeth are almost done, l am glad, he's done so well, not chewing gum or other bad foods. He is on meds still, but he's doing so well on them too. He's doing ok in school , he could be doing better though. Jake is growing so much too. He loves hunting and hanging out with his dad, and eating too. He's doing ok in school too, he loves going too school too. Alyssah is so big! She is in dance, girl scouts and in kindergarten too!! She's a busy girl! She love kindergarten and she loves doing any sort of writing. She try's hard and that's all we ask. She loves dancing so much! I'm glad she has fun with it and we love to go see her too.

So, I'm glad it's over though and here is to a great new year!! Hopefully 2012 will be a great year!

Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Torno's

We went to Carol and Dennis's house for Christmas this year. The kids had a blast!

Alyssah picked out something for Grandma and Grandpa this year and she was so excited to give it to her!

Alyssah loved getting her soap from Grandma :)


Grandma made this for Alyssah

Jake holding his soap that he got! It is the little things!

My big kid!

Alyssah loved her headband that she got! She has been wearing it a lot too!

Overall Christmas with the Torno's was good! Taryn came to visit us, and we all enjoyed that too. I am glad to have family for the holidays.

Christmas 2011

We stayed here for Christmas morning. Santa came and the kids were anxious to open up there presents! I was excited to see them get what they thought they were going to get! ;)

Jake and all his lute!

Alyssah was all ready to open up her gifts! I am glad!

Josh with his stuff! I love his smile!

They were so happy with all of there gifts!

"Just what I have always wanted!"

I LOVE LOVE LOVE her face in this picture! Such a cute smiley girl!!

She got Kit for Christmas! I know she loves it!

Josh got a HUGE helicopter from Santa! He was excited!

Jake's was bigger than his last one, but not as big as Josh's, but that didn't matter to him! He was so excited anyways!

Alyssah and her 2 American Girl Dolls, Julie and Kit!

It was a great Christmas!