This year for neighbor gifts we (me, my mom and Ellen) made my Grandma Jensen's donuts. Yum, yum!!
Maggie watched for a while and then decided she wanted in on the donut-making too. So we gave her a cutter and let her go for it.
On Christmas Eve my whole family congregates at my parent's house for the annual reigning in of the Christmas Spirit by eating fabulous food, singing "Christmas for Cowboys", wearing strange things on our heads and having a reading of the Robinson version of "Twas the Night Before Christmas. So fun!!
Look, Mom, I can find a chord anywhere!! I'm so smart. Now all I need is an outlet . . . Honestly the kid is so lucky he hasn't been shocked or electracuted yet. He is obsessed!!
"Christmas for Cowboys" Singers: All the guys in the family (minus Alex who will be home in July ya) and Rob who was helping kids get drinks. Thanks, hun!
Trent, Ellen and Brandon
Us in our Halo's and Daynan in his reindeer antlers. If you've ever been to a Christmas Eve party and the Robinson house you will understand :)
My Aunt Connie. She is literally the sweetest, kindest lady on this earth. She teaches Daynan violin and is THE reason why he loves it so much. If any of you have a child interested in playing the violin I would highly, highly recommend her as a teacher. She is awesome.
My sister, Lindsey, came down from school. So very, very fun to see her.
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Katie, Kent and Baby Emma
We didn't put any presents under the tree until Christmas morning for fear that my twin tornados would pull all the paper off and reveal all our secrets. So you can imagine how surprised the kids were when they woke up and saw all the presents. The twins were in shock. My kids still don't quite understand that some of them were from Rob and I. Oh well. This video clip isn't anything special, infact you'll have to excuse the camera turning sideways. I'm not quite sure what I was trying to do but whatever it was it didn't work. If you listen closely you'll hear Daynan say, "Every Christmas is the best." After I turned the camera off he came up to me and said, "But I think this Christmas is the best of the best." I'd have to agree.
Looks like tons of fun at the Robinson house for Christmas! What cute traditions! Its so fun to see that everyone seems to be doing so well! What a great family!
ReplyDeleteI don't even recognize your parents house since its been gutted! Hmmm, I would like to hear the story of the halo though. See you Friday!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same thing about your parent's house. So fun to see all the pics of your family. It's always a good thing when the kids are happy with the loot. Glad you had a good Christmas.
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