christmas day

We flew into Grand Rapids on Christmas Eve - getting there pretty late in the evening. We played a bit with Papa and then went off to sleep in hopes that Santa would be able to find us at his house!

And to our amazement he had come! Our stockings were filled with gifts!! What fun! :)

How did Santa know that I LOVE sticker books?!

After a leisurely morning & hang out time with Uncle Dan, Auntie Kim & baby Jack we all headed over to Sharon's house for the Holwerda Christmas party! It was so great to see everybody again & play with all the cousins!! I didn't take a whole lot of pictures because I was too busy gabbing with everyone but...here are a few:

This year all the little peeps had a gift to unwrap thanks to their great uncles & aunts! Here the kids are waiting to receive their gift from Great-Aunt Judy.

Jaelyn & Aidan were Great-Grandma's helpers...handing out the envelopes stuffed with...

CASH! 10 crisp $1.00 bills!

A BIG hug to say thank-you for the money! On a side note: whenever folks asked Jaelyn what she was going to do for Christmas she always answered that she was going to see her Great-Grandma who spilled wine on her pants! Ha! Oh, the things kids remember!