Christmas 2011

Well Christmas was wonderful, as usual! We spent Christmas in Maryland for the last time before Grandma and Grandpa Rueckert move West.

It was just us with Aunt Amanda and Auntie Linda.

Making our crazy amounts of Honey Cookies. Frosting and sprinkling according to Grandpa Rueckert's orders. The kids had a great time doing this!

Claire was just slightly obsessed with this pretty red twirly skirt. And it was a TWIRLY skirt. It belonged to Aunt Amanda and Claire wore it EVERY.DAY. She slowly became possessed by it as you can see in this photo...

These cute boys! This was Presto's first Christmas and I don't think I even got a decent picture of him!

Grandpa Rueckert always makes the table so pretty for Christmas.

Getting ready to go Christmas Caroling... Rueckert tradition!

Benson and Claire in their new PJs on Christmas Eve!

CHRISTMAS MORNING-- hodge podge of pictures. We had to go to church in the middle and then came home to finish.

Claire gave Benson that little green car... that was already his.

Playing "Around the World" with Benson. This was my gift to Ben!

And this little baby Preston, Prestonio, Presto, P...town.. cannot be called P$ anymore because he showed us a new side of him.

Seriously, who knew? I didn't.

Christmas Day evening... just hanging out

GRANDPA AND AUNT AMANDA!

We're probably watching Ernest Saves Christmas or a church movie.

Benson's LEGO haul from Christmas

We all got new hats from Mormor for Christmas!

And we actually got out of the house and did something as a whole family... we went bowling. The kids have been dying to do it again ever since.

Grandpa Rueckert and Presto Christmas morning.