On Sunday, December 28th after church we went to see the train display at the Botanical Garden. It was very impressive. We had lunch at the zoo and stopped by Ted Drewes for dessert. It was a fun afternoon.

Family picture at the Botanical Garden

The kids at the Botanical Garden

Kyle

Kaedyn

At the zoo

Keith and the kids watching the penguins

Keith and Kaedyn on the carousel

Kaedyn seeing if she was tall enough to ride by herself :)

Kyle's walrus impersonation

The penguins were very entertaining

Kaitlyn and Nana on the carousel

The family by the monkey exhibit

Nana and Kyle at lunch

Paw Paw and Kaitlyn at lunch

The kids waiting to see their Christmas presents

Kaedyn with her lip glosses

Kaitlyn with her camera

Kyle with more darts for his gun

The kids opening their "gold" gifts

Kaedyn with the new Mario Cart game

Kyle loves Scooby Doo. He got a Scooby Chia Pet.

Kaedyn with some dress up jewelry

Kaitlyn with one of her new leotards for gymnastics

Kyle with a new game for his GameBoy

Keith relaxing in his new massage chair on Christmas morning

The kids showing some of their presents

Kaedyn modeling her new purse and Barbie costume

The kids with their new toys

Kaitlyn modeling one of her new leotards

Paw Paw with his present

After they opened their presents, we lost Kaitlyn and Kyle to their Nintendos

Kaitlyn was so excited to get a Nintendo DS from Nana and Paw Paw

Kaitlyn opening one of her presents

Kaedyn with a cute outfit from Gymboree from Nana and Paw Paw

The kids after Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Nana with her photo of Kaitlyn and Kyle who were both missing their two front teeth at the time - The caption says, "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"

Kyle showing his new Buzz DVD and Cardinals hat

The Johnson cousins on Christmas Eve (minus Soren and Hazel)

Kyle with his favorite beverage

Members of the "Love the Lord" Children's Choir - Kaitlyn is second from the left - her cousin Caleb is second from the right - They sang 4 songs at the Candlelight Service

The kids with Aunt Kristie on Christmas Eve

More members of the "Love the Lord" Children's Choir - Kyle is second from the left and his cousin Austin is on the far right

Christmas Eve morning began with Krispy Kreme donuts

After Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
We celebrated with the Johnson side of the family on December 21st

Mommy and Hazel

Grandma made a really neat cake with flaming sugar cubes

Sarah and Kaedyn had fun playing with the My Little Pony toys

Caleb, Kaitlyn and Kyle rode the horse

Kyle with his Star Wars Legos from Grandma and Grandpa

Kaedyn with her Barbie Castle from Grandma and Grandpa

Kaedyn with her Tinker Bell sheets from Grandma and Grandpa

Kyle helping Caleb show off his gift from Grandma and Grandpa

Kaedyn with her Tinker Bell Tea Set from Caleb

Kaitlyn with her gifts from Sarah

Caleb with his gift from Kaitlyn

The group this year was smaller than normal - Kraig's family was out with the stomach flu - Grandma and Grandpa O weren't able to make it this year but we did see them at Thanksgiving