Sunday, December 27, 2009

Have yourself a merry little Christmas… (Part I)

A merry little Christmas is exactly what we had. A relaxing, wonderful day filled with presents, love, laughter and a ridiculous amount of food. We are truly blessed and thankful for all we have.

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Hey Lauren, what do you think is in the stockings?

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Patiently waiting to open them…

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Hooray! Tupperware! (She is clearly her mother’s child)

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Checking out the loot.

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More Tupperware.

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Fergus is holding his own stocking, can’t wait to open it!

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Fergus is so excited!

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Fergus is pleased with his new toys!

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Helping Daddy with his stocking.

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Yes, that would be my stocking… it’s concealing some covered bakeware… clever.

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About half of the pictures I took had Fergus’ new toy in the corner or the whole shot… he kept swinging it around everywhere, tossing it up in the air, throwing it into the tree…

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See how many pictures you can spot Fergus’ toy in…

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This box looks empty, can’t remember what was in it, hopefully Lauren already took it out and didn’t unwrap and empty box…

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“Is this a razor?” Yes honey, it’s a razor…

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Hmm… totally confused. (Hey look, it’s Fergus’ toy again, what a surprise)

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Yay. So excited… uh, what is it?

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A teabag spoon. Hooray!

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The girls insisted on wearing their new sundresses.

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More presents…

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Lauren, opening her puffy doll bassinet.

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Fergus’ other toy, it was a stuffed flea that said “bite me”. Classy. (Lauren wonders what the heck it is…)

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Helping Daddy open a gift.

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Some new hair accessories for Lauren.

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What is it?

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Another addition to our Wusthof collection of knives. A carving set.

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A new Wii nunchuck controller. Now Craig and I can box each other. Can’t wait.

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All the girls showing off our new Christmas bracelets.

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Barbequed ham. A special MacKay family recipe. Fresh out of the oven and headed over to the in-laws with us for more stockings, presents and food.

Friday, December 25, 2009

25 Days of Christmas: Day 25

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful day celebrating with family and friends. My day was lovely and although I missed my family back in Nova Scotia, my family here made it simply wonderful.

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Bamma’s lasagna. Yummy. So incredibly yummy. Even yummier than it looks, if that is even possible.

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The dessert plate which had WAY too many cookies on it. We were too full eat them.

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Annie and Tod

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Craig, enjoying a bite of beef…

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Lauren and Paw Paw chillaxin’ in the dining room.

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Peggy, slicing the beef. Have you ever seen something so perfectly sliced?

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The tartan twins…

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So excited. Waiting to open their one gift on Christmas Eve…

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No longer excited, now annoyed. Where’s Daddy?! What is taking Daddy SO long?

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Finally getting to open their gifts…

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Tada! New Christmas nighties!!!

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How much do you love your new Christmas nightgowns girls? We love them THIS much!

Thursday, December 24, 2009

25 Days of Christmas: Day 24

Busy, busy, busy!!! Presents are wrapped, stockings are stuffed, truffles are made, and we already went to Christmas Eve service, so we are actually relaxing at home at the moment. Life is good.

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Hangin’ out in front of the tree with Fergus.

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Where’s Waldo Fergus?

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The girls love their Fergus McGergus…

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Most of the time… until…

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“Hey! Who putt-putted?!”

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Fergus, tried to act nonchalant but we ALL knew it was him… Stinky boy.

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Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus…

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Happy birthday to you…

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Blowing out the candles and making a wish…

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Aiden and Heather.

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Sibling love.

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Quick family shot, I have no idea whose camera the girls are smiling for because it wasn’t mine…

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Rich, Heather, Aiden, Trey and Ellery.

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Hey there little dude, want a snack?

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Feeding the animals at the Live Nativity.

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Lauren makes a beeline for Baby Jesus.

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Lauren tried to convince Livie to stand guard so she could run off with Baby Jesus. Luckily Daddy foiled that plan with a quick, “Lauren, NO!”

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Making sure Baby Jesus was warm enough.

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Lauren gave Baby Jesus a kiss.

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“Hey Lauren, there’s pumpkin seeds over there! Let’s go see them!” (There were pumpkin seeds left over from the pumpkin patch at Halloween. For some reason, the girls found this terribly exciting.

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Lauren loves her little friend, Caitlyn.

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Two Laurens, Caitlyn and Livie. Their sister, Lindsay is missing from the picture.

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Olivia loved Daisy the bunny.

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Here’s a snack, it’s delicious, want some? Why aren’t you hungry?

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“Lauren! Don’t feed him, he’s got super sharp teeth!” (Livie was concerned for Lauren’s fingers well-being)

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Okay, since you’re so soft, I’ll pet you one last time but then I HAVE to go.

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Oreo truffles to snack on after Christmas Eve dinner.