Christmas 2010

Here's a few pictures from Christmas day. Braden got an iPod touch so he's been in a trance since yesterday morning! He's been video chatting (FaceTiming) with his friends that got an iPod yesterday as well ... it's crazy! What's next?

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Jingle the elf

So for those of you who have not been able to follow Jingle's facebook album, here's a few of our favorite shots of him!

Jingle is Braden's elf that was sent from the North Pole to watch him until Christmas. He shows up in a different place every day, and reports back to Santa every night after Braden goes back to sleep. We are really having so much fun with him! I'm going to miss him when he goes back home on Saturday!

3 Wise men .... and an elf?

This was after a bad day at school when Braden forgot Rule #1: Keep your hands to yourself!

trying to catch our poor defenseless fish

getting cabin fever! He wanted to go ice skating with us, Braden said.

Little late-night gambling with the boys!

Little prankster!

He found the gameboy ... Braden was quick to figure out how to get that away from him! (if he touches Jingle, his magic goes away)

getting homesick

Hope he can find lots of fun new things to do next year!!!! Hope everyone has a great Christmas!!!

Ice skating footage

Time for Christmas!

Well, this first picture is a little bit ago, but the rest of these are a little more recent. We are getting ready for Christmas around here! We put up our first big Christmas tree, and we started our first tradition with the "elf on the shelf." He came from the North Pole to stay with us and watch to see if Braden is being good during the day. He leaves every night to report to Santa. He's in a different place every morning. This morning, we woke up and he wasn't here. Turns out he is at Grammy and Jeeps' house. I guess he thought Braden was there. Maybe he needed a break from us! Watching Braden can be exhausting!

Braden won a first and second place metal at his first karate competition!

Braden and I got to meet our new cousin, Reid in Texas over Thanksgiving. We heard he was shy ... didn't take him long to fit right in!

Braden in the cotton feild!

Jingle the elf

The tree

our new stockings ...

We went ice skating yesterday. Braden thought he would just go out there and take off! HA! He didn't, of course. Poor kid has my patience. 10 minutes of falling and he was frustrated! So we got some hot chocolate, s'mores, and rode some rides while the girls enjoyed their day of ice skating for Jaden's birthday.

The ferris wheel

S'mores