Christmas break 2010 part 1

This year for the break, after sam went snowboarding a few times with his bros in Utah (sorry, no pics) we headed down to Houston for a couple weeks. This was an especially fun year because every one of my brothers and sisters came into town which hasn't happened in who knows how long! anyways, it was so fun to finally see everyone and spend time together! there are a lot of pics(some stolen from my sisters' posts, thanks guys!) so i will just jump right into it!

couple days before christmas, met up with some of my bros and sisters at the mall for some ice skating, lunch, and some last minute shopping:

the siblings:

Christmas Eve we spent with Sam's mom and sisters but I wasn't able to get any pics from the evening.. here are a few from Christmas morning with Sam's mom.. it was a nice, relaxing and quiet morning. we loved it:

Later that day we headed over to Kelli's house for games and what not. Max had been staying at my parents so they brought him along when they came:
festive Max:

New toys! thanks mema and aunt kelli for the fun stuff:
a little Christmas day hot-tubbing for the boys:
sweet sophia with her daddy:

typical conversation with Alexa:

Me: Alexa, what should we name the baby girl in my tummy?

Alexa (5 yrs old): Angelina! orrrrrrrrrrrrrr hmmm.. Rose... no.. Rosetta!

Me: wow those are some good ideas. What else?

Alexa: ohhh gosh, i dont know! There are just so many pretty ones! (word for word haa)

-She then went on to suggest January, or February, or pickles, or toungue. lol i think she started losing focus.. she is the biggest crack up.

yeah.......we must be related:

finally got one with abigail. i dont think she likes cameras very much bc i couldnt convince her to take a single one after this, lol:
The rest of the evening was spent playing games with Kelli, Shaun, Eric, and Sarah.. oh and eating Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner! it was an awesome way to end Christmas day! :)