Christmas morning 2010

Here are a few pictures from Christmas morning.  Kassie made Dale and I each a gift from her pottery class.  The bowl is mine and Dale gets the mug.

 I was suppose to get a color printer two or three year ago and it never happened.  This year is came!

With Dale's new job he needs to dress up a bit, so Santa brought him two new shirts, only the Burgundy one was too bright for Dale's taste and had to be returned!

 I wrapped each of the children a gift and marked it from Pappy.  They now each have something that belonged to my parents, that was in my childhood home growing up.  They were all so tickled with their keepsakes from Pappy!  These bookends were hand carved and always on the top of Mom and Dad's bookshelf, never really being used as bookends.  I don't know their story, but as a child I always thought they were so neat.

 Kassie had actually asked me if she could have Nana and Pappy's petrified wood, so now it's hers.

 This large shell and starfish are authentic, coming from the California coast.  They also always sat on the top of Mom and Dad's bookshelf when I was a child.

 Brady got Pappy's binoculars.

 Avery and Bryson couldn't have been more thrilled!  They each got one of Pappy's ball gloves.  Avery asked me if he could actually use it, or should he put it on display!  His glove is actually signed by a ball player with the last name of Avery. 

Kaden's own magnifying glass broke about a month before Christmas, so I thought it only fitting that he should receive Pappy's.

Of all the gifts my children have received from my parents over the years, there are a few that stand out above the rest... love, kindness, patience, understanding, appreciation for the simple things in life, the list goes on and on.  Again, we have been blessed.