Time of togetherness......

These guys made Christmas so much fun:

This is what happens when you try to take an itouch away from Gavin while he is playing "Thomas Games"

Gavin and Connor drawing on the wall on the chalk board wall:

My beautiful sister and niece:

a dad and his girls:

some kitchen preparation on xmas eve:

look what a big boy Gavin is:

The seating arrangement:

Back at our house it appears santa did arrive:

In the morning...Gavin checks to see if the reindeer ate the food we left:

and then we discover all those packages and presents belong to Gavin:

Chase was there the entire time enjoying every second. Santa brought him all kinds of goodies too:

there are lots and lots more photos but this one I really like. The end of all of our meals enjoying the chocolate fountain:

and our last adventure was with pop. Fishing in the kitchen:

and fishing with Ella....

and all the fun is over......back to school tomorrow (have not been there since December 8th!)

This holiday we are blessed with great family, friends, health, happiness and more than anything else the opportunity for togetherness! We go in to this last week of the year looking forward to an even better 2011. Going to work on a re-cap of 2010 for this next week. Everyone stay safe and warm and out of the snow and ice!