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Monday, January 03, 2011

Erickson Family Christmas

Well, here are at least some of the photos we took while we were all together for a mere two and a half wonderful and crazy days!




And apparently, I took only pics of kids (literally not one pic of Grandpa or M and I) and really only on the first day and a half. My camera apparently went nowhere. So, it looks like only Christmas, but we also went to the park, the mall, a movie, on walks and had a generally good time. :)

This is the youngest cousin with Em...although he is bigger than K! :)


The girls made this apron for NaNa for Christmas.


Craft time.


We gave J a police man dress up outfit and he thought it was great!


These are the four who don't live here...awww, the newly weds.


The early birds.  Uncle J tried to warm up Em's morning 'icicle hands' as I call them. She lasted at least a minute in his lap. :)


In the stroller...now that pics are done, she is willing to smile...


K got a Curious George book from Uncle Mark and Aunt Gina, so everyone else is opening presents and there is general chaos and K is sitting on the floor reading. All she needed for Christmas was one book and she was happy...she is her father's daughter, that's for sure!


Em is in the stage where she climbs up on everyone...and offers kisses.


Oh, I got one of M!! He fed Em and they both promptly fell asleep. Three long weeks in a row to get one extra day with his brothers, what a good guy!


Watching Super Why! with her uncle.


At one point we were all in the other room and I walked in and saw NaNa and J reading a book and just laughing and giggling. I have a whole cute sequence of this, too bad I had to pick just one!


Lots of laps means lots of people to read...


Well, until I steal a bunch more pics from the rest of the family, that will have to do. Have a wonderful day! We are off to SF tonight, I hope. They have reopened the roads after the snow storm, but M didn't get home until 11am (makes for a 19hr work day), so even if he only sleeps for six hours, we won't be out of here until pretty late. God Bless!!

3 comments:

doug&margarethe said...

Thanks for the photos of your Christmas @ J&M's! So many fun ones. The one of Brady and Em is hilarious-such expressions on each of their faces! Looks like all the uncles and aunts had fun with the little ones - also Grandpa and Grandma. Children make Christmas in so many ways to be so special. Alwasy look forward to more posts! Happy Vacation!

Anonymous said...

tusen tak for the peek into your Christmas. I so wanted to come stop by and see ya all but we were short staffed at work and thus had to work. Looked like such a fun time altogether. Glad it all turned materialized. Happy vacationing

Health Resources Center said...

Your big family pic turned out really well! I am impressed, espeically with 4 little ones :-)

April