Christmas Eve 2009

Christmas Eve at Ron ans Sarah's house. We had a very nice time with Jeri and Bob (Jason's mom and step dad) and with Ron, Sarah, Morgan and Mina. Thanks Guys for a wonderful time playing Guitar Hero. That game is so much fun!!! lol
Ron, Jeri and Jason

Ron teaching mom how to play guitar hero!!! lol Ron was very into the game!!! lol

Brooklyn and Morgan taking a turn on the guitar.

Let the Rock and Roll begin....Sarah and I rocked out the house with Guitar Hero!!!! lol

Christmas Eve night at Aunt Vicki and Uncle Dave's house!!!

Aunt Vicki's pretty tree!!!

Dad and baby Caden!!

Just hanging around before dinner.

For dinner we had Prime Rib, mashed potatoes, salad, corn and lots of desserts!!! Yummy!!!

Sweet picture of Elle and Caden. Elle sure does love her little brother!!!

The kids opening their gifts

Our annual White Elephant gift exchange!!!. Uncle Dave got the grand prize for the best white elephant gift.......Frozen Fish!!!

Lindsey got the prize of the night...........Frozen Fish

Mom got a BEAUTIFUL Hannah Montana wig from Leah!!!

Thank you everone for an awesome Christmas Eve.


Video of Lindsey opening her White Elphant Gift!!! So funny!!!

Frankenmuth, Michigan!!!

Jason, Brooklyn and his mom!!!

Daddy and Brooklyn being silly!!!

We had a wonderful time in Frankenmuth with Jason's mom. It was a cold and snowy night, but we still had fun!!! =)

Grandma Teachout!!!

Grandma Teachout passed away this morning. Her poor body just could not take anymore!!! Please be praying for the family. This is a hard time of year to lose someone you love!!!!

Christmas With the Whiteheads

The Girls.

Brooklyn and Mina decided to play dress up with Brooklyn's dresses!!!

They look so cute!!! =)

This picture is not great, but I love Morgan's happy smile in this picture!!!
The girls loved there sock animals!!


Aunt Sarah sure knows Brooklyn.....SUPER SASSY is what her shirt says!!! lol

Jason's wonderful Grandma Whitehead!!

Jason's Dad....He has helped us out so much with our house!! Thanks Buddy for all your help!!!

The girls with there presents from Papa!!! They are so excited to open them!!! =)

Brooklyn was so excited about her basketball!!

Time for hugs for Papa.....Papa sure does love his girls and the girls sure do love their Papa!!!

Thank you Papa for the wonderful Christmas gifts you got the girls......They are great!!!

Thank you everyone for coming to our house for Christmas. We had a GREAT time with everyone!!! It was nice to relax and enjoy the company of family!!

Today.....We sent out our 2nd Home study to Taiwan. Hopefully it will be our LAST!!!! God has been a mighty God and has worked miracles in this CRAZY world we call adoption.

Stop telling God how BIG your storm is--Instead tell your storm how BIG your God is!!

Down Town Rochester

Christmas Lights...
All over down town Rochester.

Brooklyn loved all the lights. Her favorite color was the orange colored lights!! =)

It was a little chilly out, but it was worth it. =)

Warming up at the Bean and Leaf Cafe.....Very yummy coffee!!!

We are all READY for CHRISTmas!!!

Our first real CHRISTmas tree. We love it!!!

The kitchen tree.

All our stockings are hung by the chimney with care!!!

Brooklyn's CHRISTmas tree. She loves having one in her room!!

My mom found this tree at a yard sale and bought it for me. It is one of my favorites, because it reminds me of my Grandma Wentzel's ceramic tree!! Thanks mom, I love it!!!

Jason's outside decorations. He has the lights set to music and it looks so cute!! This year so many neighbors have decorated their houses and our sub looks so cute.

Basketball

Piston's Camp!!!


Trying to run and dribble the ball at the same time!!! She did pretty well for her first time!!

Both Kobe and Brooklyn....worked very hard that night and did a great job!!

Here is a video of the kids taking shooting practice!! They did pretty well!! Maybe we have to super stars in the future!!