Christmas 2010 with the Cripe's

This year we drove up to Heather's home in Holland, MI to celebrate with Randy's family the day after Christmas.  They have a huge pole barn that they set up for the gathering.  Joshua had a blast and the time with family was wonderful!

Joshua loved Judah the doggy and the scooter!!

Aunt Heather and Cousin Lindsay

Cousin Brennan

Ping Pong with cousin Ian

Havin' some fun!

Cutest kid ever!!!

Da' Boyz - Joshua, Brennan and Ian

way cool!

Mommy and Joshua went on a "bear hunt" through the forests on their property

we found a mound of sand near the pond and had so much fun!

Time to head inside to warm up and take a nice nap!!

Christmas 2010

Joshua had a list a mile long of every kind of animal you can imagine - he was thrilled as he unwrapped about 30 different animals this year - check out the tiger!!!

Mocha LOVES Christmas just as much, if not more than Joshua - we wrap her gifts just before it's time to open them - as soon as they hit the floor she tears them open and plays like a pup -it's adorable!

more animals

Randy is hilarious when he opens presents - sooo excited!!!

anxiously waiting to open presents on Christmas Eve at Papa and Grandma's

now Joshua can make words just like the Word World guys!!!

Daddy gave Joshua an anteater for Christmas!!!

Christmas morning at Papa and Grandma's

beautful table

Very cool blanket of Cody

my silly boy

what could possibly be in this big box from Papa and Grandma???

Joshua just found out what it is and is super excited....

He can hardly contain himself - it's a giant giraffe!!!

Gotta love it!

so proud!

Happy Birthday Jesus!!!!

Lights!!!

It's tradition - we always go to see the Wayne County Lightfest before Christmas.  So, Nick, Keisha, Daniel, Joshua and I hopped in the car (we were bummed that Randy had to work), grabbed our traditional Dunkin Donuts and were off to see the lights - we had a lot of fun and wanted to share some of our favorite shots -

Christmas happenings

This was by far one of the best Christmas celebrations we've had in a long time.  Joshua has been anticipating all of the fun parties, presents, family outings etc. since Halloween ended.  We're just now starting to wind down and put our house back into some kind of order.  Here are a few of the silly things we've been up to:

Watching Daddy label which order Mommy has to open her presents in

Joshua opened one present from his stocking each night for the week leading up to Christmas - he LOVED doing this!

A while ago I wrapped this huge cheetah and put it under near the tree - Joshua couldn't wait to open it.  Well, it was supposed to be his "big" gift, but on the night we went to see the lights he hurt his finger pretty badly and had to have his first band-aid.  Randy and I are both pretty wimpy so we gave him his "big" gift to enjoy with his cousins - he was SUPER excited and the pain from his injury simply vanised as he welcomed his new cheetah into our home!

Gotta love the Cheetah

The cheetah box was a hit - here is Nick stuffing Keisha into the box

Here is Keisha falling over in the box

Keisha loved the box - we sent it home with her =)