The basket was filled with cookies, candy, hot chocolate, marshmallows, popcorn, nuts, fruit, five movies, a game and a gift card to Walmart. We are so very thankful that they would go to great lengths to make our Christmas a little brighter. Thank you to all the volunteers at the Toledo volunteer Fire and EMS.
Since Grandma and Grandpa live so close they came over for Christmas eve. We had appetizers and played board games. We had alot of fun.
We had a pretty low key Christmas day . We told the kids that I would have Brian up by 7. That was a hard thing to do since we were up past midnight. We have many things to be thankful for this year. Especially our children. Here are just a few of the things we love about them.
Brianna-She is the most helpful teenager I have ever met. Sure, she wont clean her room if her life depended on it, but she will do anything I need even if she complains all the way.
Katrina-She is such an obediant child. She always tries to do what is right and set a good example, even if its not popular.
Andrew-He is the sweetest most loving boy you will ever meet. He is not embarresssed to give me a huge hug and kiss in front of everyone of his friends. He always does what is right(except when it comes to teasing his sisters)
Jenna-She loves to give hugs and kisses and she loves her brothers and sisters. she wished they would play with her all the time.
Quinton- The child that never lets you get bored. He is so loveable and is a joy to have in our family
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I am not beyond bribery. I like when the kids rooms are clean at Christmas time so when they haul their load of toys to their room they don't trip and die. They were lucky enough to get bribed instead of threatened to clean their room. They clean so much faster that way too. 
One of the sides fell in shortly after they started. Jenna was ready to eat it as soon as the last candy was on. Yum.
Everytime I shovel the walkway and wheelchair ramp it gets covered with more snow. I was trying to keep it clear in case of an emergency so Brians wheelchair could actually get to the van. Too bad for him. He did atempt to make it outside yesterday to see how Kyle was doing on the pantry shelves but he didnt make it very far. I had to push him through 12 inches of snow.
Grandma and Grandpa were able to come too!
After sitting through 4 grades of kids singing songs they brought all the kids out and had them sing a few more. Then the night really livened up when a special guest came to steal the show. No it was not Santa Clause, it was Elvis. Mr. Bluhm a fourth grade teacher was all dressed up and singing the part.
I was so thanksful that this was our last Christmas program until Quinton goes to school.
Brian thinks he is pretty funny sometimes.
Quinton loves to help around the house. If he sees you doing laundry he loves to help put the clothes in the dryer. On Sunday he decided to get a head start on laundry by getting the detergent prepped and ready to go.
He is always so good at cleaning up his mess. Of course he cleans as well as a one year old can.
He wasn't too sure about having soap on his feet.
