Fun brothers on New Years.
Rich and I sipping our bubbly to bring in 2010.
All our plastic cups set out ready for the ball to drop.
Rich was grateful to be able to tune out the kids with the MP3 player on our drive. Especially in the fog. It was so thick you literally couldn't see 5 feet in front of you...
We were packed so tight on the way home. All those extra presents fit in somehow, and the kids had some great foot rests.
Me and my mom packing up for the big drive home. Too bad we had to do all that big packing on Chrsitmas day.
Me and Mike. I have the best brother. We had such a great time together over Christmas. Thanks for letting us take over your house Mike!!
It was hard for the girls to say goodbye to each other. Hopefully we can get them together again soon.
Gavin would NOT sit on GG's lap for a photo. He'll regret that later! What he really wanted to do was chase the cats around with Peter and Max.
The girls kept stamping down the wrapping paper for recycling, but we still ended up with 3 HUGE bags!!
Merry Christmas Grandma! I'm glad we could all sqeeze into my mom's basement for the festivities.
What could this one be??
Presents are so fun!!
Max thought every present was his and proceeded to open any present he could get his hands on. Sorry everyone!!
Digging through the mountain of gifts was fun for everyone!
Gavin loved Christmas this year and was caught up in the excitement of everyone else that he didn't get to open many presents. But no worry, Max helped him out with that.
Wow!!! The presents kept going and going and going!! You can buy a few more I guess when you aren't worried about the cost of shipping everything to another country. Everyone did way too much in the gift department this year.
Santa surprised us all by leaving us with a Wii for a combined family present, and a Wii game in each of our stockings. Peter couldn't have been more thrilled. And so were the rest of us. I am sort against video games, but Santa thought it would be fun for everyone. I guess he is right.
Sophie and Sam loved having a sleepover every night on the top bunk of Sam's bed. They were the best of friends. Like they were together all the time.
Christmas Eve gatherings. They sat like this while we tried to get ready to read the Christmas story.
Christmas Eve dinner at Mike's club house. It was the only place big enough for all 10 of us to sit together around a table. My family of 6 sure makes the family grow!! Dinner sure was good:)
Max and Rich all bundled up for the live nativity pageant that my ward puts on for the community every year. It is one of my favorite parts about Christmas in Canada. Do you love our new Canadian touques??
Yummy hot chocolate after the nativity.
At the movies on Christmas Eve. We saw 'Where the Wild Things Are'. We had the whole theater to ourselves and the kids got to sit all alone way up at the front and they thought that was awesome!!! Max kept running back and forth between us.
Rich hard at work peeling potatos...
The girls loved making the stuffing with grandma Cananda and GG
Mike took the kids for a ride on his scooter. Sophie loved it, Peter was a little unsure about the whole thing.
Can you see the 'excited' face Peter has?? 
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