Simply Captured: January 2011

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Christmas 2010

Christmas 2010 was one of the most magical Christmas' in my memory to this day. This year Natalie and Ryland both understood all of the exciting things that Christmas has to offer. As a family we savored every day and all of the special moments leading up to the the big day. For me, I realized how important the little things are, how a homemade tree ornament from my little girl was far better than anything money could buy!

Ryland's hand print

On Christmas Eve the kids and I had breakfast with Santa at our favorite place, the
Water St. Cafe.

Obviously they had no problem warming up to Old Saint Nick!

Christmas Eve night we all went to Grandma and Papa Dunham's house for a fun family celebration, all of the cousins enjoyed their time together.

Priceless!

Uncle Jeff read "The Night Before Christmas" to the kids before everyone went home.

Natalie and Ryland prepared for Santa's visit by spreading their reindeer food outside and putting out milk and cookies for the hungry visitors.

The stockings were filled...

And the gifts were placed with care under the Christmas tree.

On Christmas morning the smiles were endless! We were so thankful to have dad home for breakfast and gifts.

Ryland's dreams were totally fulfilled when he opened "big Buzz" or Buzz Light Year from the movie Toy Story. Thomas and I were so confused by Ryland's unenthusiastic demeanor while opening the gifts prior to Buzz. As soon as we realized that he was looking for a specific gift we quickly had him open it, finally a smile!