Ho, Ho, Ho.....a little early!! :)

The Friday after Thanksgiving we celebrated Christmas with Mike's family. We had such a good time! The kids LOVED playing together. It was so fun to see the 3 little boys just fall right into place with each other and Stella of course ADORES Grace and Grace is so good to Stella! The only thing missing was Chris who was unable to get time off work and join us. But we'll be in AZ in December so we'll get to see him then! :)

Grandpa and the kids reading stories before bedtime one evening. "Christmas" night. Grace, who turns 13 (who is that possible!!?!?!?) next week.

Guy opening a gift.

Grant was VERY excited about the Mario Cart game he got for the Wii from Grandpa and Grandma. He and Guy dressed up as Mario and Luigi for Halloween and are big fans!

Stella with her gift from uncle Chris. She's had her eye on this at Target for some time now!

Porter with the Nerf gun from uncle Chris. He loves it, of course!!!!!
Linda

Not the best pic, but I have to explain the gift. Last summer Mike and Scott committed to biking RAGBRAI this coming summer together! Linda picked out bike jerseys for them Iowa and Iowa State accordingly and padded biker shorts for them. Now we'll see how serious they get about training!! LOL!

Stella, Nora and Grace

Scott with the Bathroom Reader Mike picked out for him!

Stellie and Gracie

Grant and Guy received light sabers from Uncle Chris, they were over the moon about getting these!! Nora, Grant and Porter playing with them on Saturday morning (Porter already had one).

The Fab 5!! Grant (age 5), Stella (age 6), Grace (age 12--13 on Dec 5th), Porter (age 4), Guy (age 3, will be 4 on Dec 1st).

Grandma and Grandpa with their "babies"!!!