From All of Us
That's from ALL 7 of us.
A day of celebration and thankfulness. I absolutely pray that all of you know this would of not been possible without you. I hope every time you read my post you realize you have helped give the gift of life. I remember a year ago we thought we would be gone for Christmas visiting the babies for the first time. Thank God that I didn't know it would be almost a year later before we would bring them home.
None of that matters now. They are here and they have filled our family with a joy that is unexplainable. Sure we have times when things are crazy and sometimes real crazy but it's life and I am loving every minute. The kids are all doing so good.
Here are some photo's from the last few days.
Christmas Eve we spent the day with my parents, sister, nieces and nephews.
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| Each year we head North two hours to spend a few days at my mom and dads. This year they hauled all the gifts down for all 12 of us since we decided to stick close to home. With the babies only being here for a short time we didn't want to have the holiday be too much stress. Look at all these gifts! Grandpa and Grandma have always enjoyed this time of year. The truly believe it is so much better to give then receive. Thank you dad and mom for everything. You are such a blessing to our family. |
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| All the boys! Girls still out number! |
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| Matvey got a new sled from Grandma. Daddy can not wait to pull him around on the woods. |
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| All 9 grand kids. This is such a fun family. |
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| Varvara is checking out her stocking from Grandma and Grandpa. |
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| Yes, Matvey does have his first M&Ms and they are balanced with this big juicy apple. |
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| Veda and Abigail are not only cousins they are also best friends. They are so super silly. I will post some silly videos they made soon. |
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| Aleena has blessed our family for the past 4 years. She is our Ethiopian Princess. |
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| Getting ready to open all the gifts. |
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| Isabella and Graham They soon will both be the first teenagers of the family. Such fun having them around. |
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| Each year my dad saves all his change for the kids to share at Christmas. He starts with the littlest. They get one handful from the silver can, which was made by my daughter as a penny bank for grandpa about 9 years ago. They also get to get a handful of pennies. After everyone has had one handful grandpa goes around again until it's all gone. They each average about $20-$30 each. And inside the silver can there is one small silver heart. Who ever gets it receives a $5 bill. |
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| The is also a penny bowl for the kids to grab from. My dad made this bowl in wood shop when he was in high school (40+ years ago). Little did he know it would hold many treasures for his nine grandchildren. |
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| Dru Boo found the special heart. $5 for him! |
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| "This is so fun, did you know mom this elephant blows air?" Varvara likes the fact she can blow the air on her face more than this elephant blowing balls out of it's trunk :) This is our Russian Princess. |
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| How many elves can you fit in a TV box? By the way Mom and Dad thanks for the new TV. |
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| Really... Aunt Jenny is keep an eye on Matvey. |
We ended the night at our Christmas Eve service. Jason and I took part in the cardboard testimonies. In this video we enter in at 1 minute and 20 seconds. Dedicated to all the little one without families.
Every one slept until 7 on Christmas morning. Varvara and Matvey had fun tearing into their gifts although they weren't nearly as interested with what was inside. :)
We had a blessed day just hanging out together. We all stayed in our PJ's all day watching moving and
eating Christmas treats. Keegan and Dad spend many many hours putting together
Pirates of the Caribbean "Bad Guy" ship.
Isabella set up her new IPod Touch. And Abigail tried on her new cloths and cleaned up her room
a bit to get ready to give it a new face lift (photos soon).
I worked on cleaning up so I could move the furniture a bit. My parents blessed us with a new
flat screen TV. We hung it above our fire place so in order to watch movies we had to
move the furniture in front of it.
Make sure you watch towards the end. Matvey
wanted the camera on him and he is so cute chatting away.
This is a new toy from grandma and grandpa.
Each year the kids get a new special bulb picked out by me.
This year I had two more to buy. :)
This is Matvey's. He turned three this year.
I found this one on the clearance shelf.
It was perfect for Varvara since she was born in 2007.
I can only imagine I would of picked this for her on her very first
Christmas.
Abigail's, she usually gets one that says daughter.
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| Isabella's, this is first in this series. I loved the details of her. |
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| Keegan always gets some sort of super hero or Star Wars. |
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| Daddy teaching Matvey where the treasures are hidden. |
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| Such a happy girl. |
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| Abigail. |
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| I love seeing these two sister together. It took 16 months to make this happen. |
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| "Mom this is spiky and lights up." |
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| Little girl Legos |
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| Big Boy Legos |
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| New IPod, replacing a broken one ;) |
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| Varvara telling me all about her first Christmas. She loved it :) |
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| This was her favorite gift... the box :) Oh and check out her new lovie. It's a cute monkey. |
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| Matvey's favorite gift was a red sled from Grandma and Grandpa. He giggles the whole time you pull him around in it. |
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| After about four hours it was finally finished. We had a super blessed day and I can not believe how long we have came in one year. Love my family. Love my life. Love my God who made this all possible. Love my God who knew what was best for us. We are blessed! |
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