Epcot at Christmas

Christmas at Disney World is amazing! We loved being able to go so much and do all the fun things they have going on. Epcot was so much fun and it was neat to see how they change all the landscaping to be Christmasy! These pictures are from we went for Guy's 28th Birthday on December 10.

I love this picture of Tyler and Guy!

Family pic :)

This is a gingerbread house made out of all real ingredients!!!

It was pretty cool how detailed it was and how big it was!

At Epcot they have kids stations at every country where they can color a duffy bear and then collect a stamp from every country when they visit it. Brayden loved it and was excited to get more stamps! He took forever coloring his bear and we let him...which is yet another reason why it's nice to have a pass. I'm sure I wouldn't have let him if we were only going to be there one day!

My cute Brayden... I love this boy!

Dancing to the music in England!

We spotted Tigger and Pooh hiding in a corner and ran over to see them!

So fun!

We went back later to see Epcot's Christmas program. It's called the Candlelight Processional and a celebrity comes and reads the Christmas story out of the bible and you listen to music played by the orchestra and sung by the choir. It was really nice and I was really impressed with Disney that all of the songs sung were the ones about Christ's birth. Not one mention of Santa in this program. And the Christmas story was read right out of the bible! I feel like that doesn't happen to often in public places like this.

When we went Whoopi Goldberg was the celebrity reader. It was really cool to get to see her, even if we were pretty far away!

Belle and the Beast in France, but the line was way too long. I think Kelly would have been a better Belle then this girl! Come on Kelly, do it! :)

Short line to see Sleeping Beauty so BB was forced again. I love how all the princesses had their winter cloaks on...It really wasn't that cold, but you know how all the Floridians are!

It was funny after because he came up to me and said, "Mom, I think she really thought I was a prince because she kept calling me a little prince!" He was dead serious and it cracked us up!

Marie from Aristocats had a short line too. BB was excited to see her because she is Ellie's favorite!

Right after the picture she gave him a hug and then we didn't catch it with our camera but she gave him a kiss too!

He HATED it and would not stop making this face after! So funny!

Christmas in Ohio 2010

Christmas in Ohio was so nice this year. We had talked about just staying home and having it on our own this year, but decided last minute to head to Ohio. We kept it a secret for 3 month, which was torture for me but it was all worth it for the looks on my familys face! We had BB just knock on the door and stand there while we hid around the corner and Kyle answered. He just stood there shocked and then my mom came and started screaming and jumping up and down. It was priceless! At night I went with my parents and brothers to pick up Melissa from the airport. I hid while they got her and then snuck up on her in the baggage claim. She started crying b/c she was so shocked so naturally I started crying too, and then we all were...minus my brothers...too manly! Anyways it was great to be home and it was great getting that secret off my shoulders and out in the open! :)

These are from Christmas eve. We went to Mark and Stacy's house with the whole family and had a fun time doing the white elephant gift exchange and the kids acted out the nativity. Brayden was Joseph and Tyler was a sheep...no pictures cause I was behind the scenes helping all the kids get dressed up. Then we came home and opened up our pjs.

Brayden was so excited that he had buzz jammies
And Tyler got Woody ones!
They looked so cute together! Best buds!!!

And a special bonus they opened up santa sing-a-ma-jigs!

Kyle in his new jammies...he did not like that his shirt was purple

Jason and Tyler

Our little family pic

Being silly!

The whole crew

And the annual crazy shots!

We love Grandma and Grandpa!

My cute parents

The boys and Kelly

And finally my mom with her youngest child, eddie!

She even buys him ornaments every year and he has an overflowing toy basket.

It's pretty funny!

CHRISTMAS MORNING!!! Someone's excited!

All of us on the stairs, getting ready to answer our Christmas questions!

Brayden got a new hot wheels track which he was very excited about!

Tyler was pretty grouchy at first b/c he was up so much the night before. But nerds helped him feel a bit happier so we let him eat them for breakfast!

Opening presents! My parents got Guy and I a new ipad which was seriously awesome and totally unexpected. I was so excited I cried! Haha, seriously thank you mom and dad. It is way too generous but we appreciate you guys so much! I am in Ipad HEAVEN now! It is seriously the coolest thing in the world!

New Buzz wings to complete the outfit!

And a batman snuggie...$5 on black friday :)

Playing the xbox 360 kinect game...doesn't it seem like kelly is jumping SO high!

And all our jumping made the Christmas tree fall down....Sad!

Tyler finally acknowledges his ride on bulls eye horse. He wouldn't even sit on it Christmas morning!

Brayden loved the puzzles he found in Grandma's basement

And Tyler was obsessed with Eddie. He followed him around everywhere and stayed next to him when he was in time out in his dog cage!

Helping Grandma make a salad

And having some fun with Kyle...

...no idea what they are doing!

BB is in a major army phase right now and so Kyle gave him his old halloween costume. Brayden totally got into character the whole time he had this on and cracked us up!

We finally finished the hardest puzzle the day before I had to leave. It was a tough one but I give most the credit to my dad and me. We were the only ones who stuck with it with the leopards and all the greenery!

Brayden wanted Eddie to lay between his legs while we were watching tv so bad and the last night he did. Brayden kept telling me to take a picture cause he was so excited!

We had a great Christmas and we were so glad to spend it with family. It was pretty cold in Ohio but so nice to have a white Christmas!!!