Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas!

We spent Christmas at Bud and Penny's this year. Penny is great at decorating for holidays, but this year her home seemed especially nice. As my sister said, "It's like being at a nice lodge for Christmas." Her home was the epitome of a Colorado Christmas this year. The pictures do not do it justice.

My little sister Liz was with us this year which was a special treat for Katie and Titus. She is great about playing with them. Plus, Liz got a Wii for Christmas, so we got to play with it all Christmas day. That was pretty awesome.

Here are some pictures from the celebrations:

Christmas Eve we gather at Bud and Penny's to open the gifts from the Powell family gift exchange. At this moment I learned not to let your kids help wrap gifts. When Liz was handed her gift, Titus jumped up and down yelling, "We got you an Iron Man movie!" Liz feigned surprise for us, even though Titus jumped the gun.

As with all infants, the wrappings and boxes were Henry's favorite part of the evening. He's trained his whole life for this moment. He had the tearing and destruction skills necessary for unwrapping gifts.
Katie is modeling her new Christmas pajamas from Grandma Penny. She is also holding her new robot. Earlier this month she declared girl toys were stupid and she would like more boy toys. I remember feeling the same way when I would watch my older brothers playing with their remote control cars, boxing one another with boxing gloves, and playing their video games. Baby dolls just lay around doing nothing!

Titus is modeling his new superhero costume.

I don't remember what has Kate so tickled, but I do know that if Grandpa sits down, she always wants to hop in his lap, or be near him. He's a very patient Grandpa and puts up with her smothering very well.





Katie recited her memory verses for the evening, and this was Titus' contribution: