Christmas 2009

This last Christmas season was a lot of fun. We spent 5 days at my parent's house in Fruiltand, Idaho. This is most likely the last time we will be altogether with my family on Christmas day. With 2 parents, 11 kids, 7 inlaws, soon to be 13 grandkids, and a house smaller than the hotel needed to house everyone, things get a bit crazy. We were missing several family members this year, but our numbers still exceeded the twenty mark. But we still had a great time, and Christmas was wonderful.

Santa brought Connor a Rocky The Robot Truck. He was so excited. This was our first Chritsmas with Connor really into it, and there is nothing better than an excited little kid at Christmas time.

Unless you have a very suprised husband who probably got the best gift Santa could ever bring. He had been shopping for one of these for quite a while. But Santa already had it covered. I'm not sure which one of my "boys" was more excited on Christmas morning.

My Dad made these spring horses for each family with Grandkids. The kids just couldn't get enough of them. We are trying to talk him into makeing them and selling them online. They are so much fun, and can actually handle quite a bit of weight and action.

This is part of the crew. Our Christams mornings take quite a bit of time, and with this many people, a number of garbage bags.

Andrew and Sammy were so good. They snuggled great with all of their Aunts and Uncles, unless of course they were hungry or tired. Andrew has become our little thumb sucker, but really only when he is tired. And it is so cute!

The last night before most everyone head back to their homes we had a family game night and during the festivities, Autn Debbie though Andrew needed a baby hair peice. And No, he wasn't very happy about it.

We hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season and wish you the best for this new year. All of our Love,

The Goodwins