Presents for Jesus's Birthday

We don't really do Santa at our house except for the fun visit at the Gaylord and mall.  We emphasize that we are celebrating Jesus's birthday.  Since He doesn't need any gifts, He is happy to watch us give and receive gifts among ourselves. 

We had many gifts to exchange this year.

First we visited my Dad's house...

As is tradition, CK picked out and wrapped his gifts for everyone.  Next year, Tay will start doing the same thing.

 Shane got me a gift certificate to Art.com so I could print one of my pictures on canvas.  What a great present!  I also got a tripod for my camera!

 Shane made my dad this strap for his shotgun.

He did all the leather work himself.  It has beautiful graphics.

 Ryan got some MUCH NEEDED golf shoes from Mark.

This is CK's new pose.  He tries to do it in every picture.

Then...

We had Christmas at my house with my mom and Shane.  But, I didn't take as many pictures since I was busy opening presents.

Ryan got me this beautiful set of black pearls.

 He got night vision goggles and has now become the neighborhood prowler.  Haha!

CK and Tay got a swing set and headrest DVD screens for the car.  They love them both!  CK also got a new BMX bike (his old one was stolen). Tay got a new DVD player for her room.  They both got lots of dress-up clothes from us and my mom and other small toys.

We also went to Ryan's parents house for dinner, family, and gifts.  I didn't take a single picture there because I was very sick.  This baby had pushed up on my intestines, causing a major blockage.  This caused me to vomit all day long and have horrible stomach pains.  I wasn't sick at all anywhere else.  No one else was sick.  Ryan called the hospital and we almost went in, but I despise them so we held out.  Shortly after our call, I was able to hold down water.  I guess the baby rearranged herself. 

We also missed our trip to San Antonio this year.  Hemi was hurt pretty bad from a dog fight, so we had to baby him for about two weeks.