Sunday, January 4, 2009

A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!!!

We have had a very busy and crazy couple of weeks. We had such a fun Christmas this year. It was so much fun having Grady with us for all of our Christmas traditions; it made them even more special!! I must say Grady was the center of attention this year being his first Christmas. He was definitely SPOILED by everyone!!! We were able to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas with the Nielson family; though we did spend a couple of hours Christmas morning with the Breckenridge family so we could talk to Elder Breckenridge. Then after the Christmas rush, we moved right into the busy New Year celebrating here in Chandler with both families again. Here are many pictures of our fun holiday season.

Grady opening his Christmas Eve Gift from Uncle Joe


It is tradition in my family to wake up really early Christmas morning. It was so hard to wake Grady up at 5:00 a.m.!!


Grady with his Christmas Loot.


Our first Christmas together.


Grady got a little restless while we were talking to Elder Breckenridge, so we took some funny pictures to keep him company. We were seriously about to wet our pants looking at these!!




Grady even got to get all bundled up and play in the snow!!! He wasn't so fond of it though.


Grandma and Grandpa Breckenridge had a new toy at their house for Grady. It was the cutest thing when he sat on it!!


Yummy whipped cream and cream cheese frosting!!!



My sweet blue eyed boy ringing in the new year!!


These pictures don't even cover all the fun things we did over our holiday break. We had so much fun with our families just talking, pigging out, and playing games (I'll be back to beat you on guitar hero Bon Jensi!! ;). We can't wait until we see you again!!! Love you guys!!

4 comments:

Terra said...

Those pictures are hilarious! Grady is getting so big but even more handsome! Looks like your holidays were fabulous!

Kelly Merrell said...

Request: More pictures of Grady! I find myself checking your blog often just to see his fat cheeks! He makes me so excited to have a boy, especially one that is chill and not out of control (like I picture in my head my child will be.) We'll see what happens though. Hopefully his Merrell gene will be recessive.

Farnes Family said...

Grady is getting so big so fast! I am so glad that you guys had a great Christmas and a great New year. We need to get together. I hope things are going great for you guys. We love you!

Kelly Merrell said...

You like Melissa, really? I like her too, but I don't see him and her really making it. She does seem like a genuine person, though. However, I went back and watched the first episode with the preview of the season and they show a little of the end you know. It kind of looks like she might be the one. I don't know. I still love, love, love Jillian for him. Hey, did you want that sugar cookie recipe?