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I LOVE this photo of Evan! This is what Christmas looks like the day-after. He is glued to his new DS. You might also notice the Lazer Tag instructions, game pieces, candy and a few bits and pieces of every other toy spread throughout the room.

We took Evan to the mall today to visit Santa. He was soo cute! He looked so well-behaved and proper; almost nervous even. He told Santa what he wanted and that he had been a very good little boy. I guess we’ll find out tomorrow if that is all true.

We were all pretty excited when John told us they would all be coming to Pburg for Christmas. Evan is at such a fun age for opening presents. He gets up around 6:45 each morning, and Justin, Heather, Nathan and I were all at Mom and Dad’s house when he came downstairs Christmas morning. If […]

Evan was wanting a pillow pet for Christmas, and Grandma Large and Pap Bill sent him this cute aligator one. A pillow pet is basically a stuffed animal that can be folded out into a pillow or snapped together to be a an animal. I asked Evan if I could take a picture of him […]

Nathan got Evan a launching helicopter for Christmas. We offered to let him open it a day early. He was pretty excited. Safety first.   It’s actually kind of hard to pull the string, so Nathan had to show him a few times.   Evan had fun watching how high it went and running out […]

Evan really got into the spirit of Elf on the Shelf. He would come down stairs and immediately go looking for him. I love how he sneaks up on it to show us where he’s at.   He’s a cute little elf, don’t ya think?   Like I said, pretty excited.   Here are a […]