Prindle / Fortenberry Christmas

We opened presents at MiMi's house before heading to Maui the next morning (Maui posts to come).

Kate admiring her new Sooners cheerleading outfit from Aunt Jamie

Kate was a pro at removing tissue paper

over and over again

Kate hugged and kissed most of her presents

She was very excited about her book recorded by MiMi

She was very interested in her new digital camera

Kate in all of the tissue paper

PaPa helping Kate with her camera

She actually did prett well . . . I will post her pics later

Daddy fot this for Kate and thought it was so funny

Christmas complete with MiMi's chocolate pudding

Oakley Christmas 2011

Oakley family Christmas can be summed up in one word: CHAOS! 2 Grandparents, 9 Parents, 1 Uncle Josh, and 8 kids 3 and under makes for a pretty crazy Christmas. I don't know about everyone else, but I wouldn't have it any other way! (Get ready for lots of pictures!)

Kate's pose in front of the tree

Kissing cousins Kate and Kinley

So sweet!

Here's to the girls! (thanks to Aunt Jess for making the cute Christmas dresses)

Jordyn didn't want to be left out

Our soon to be family of 4

Kate was loving on Aunt Jennifer

and Aunt Jess

Yay! It's present time!

All the boys

All 8 kids

Kate doing a little dance after getting a peek at her present

The My Little Ponies from Aunt Jenn were a definite hit!

Daddy with baby Noah

A little over half of our group

Daddy was quite amused with himself after burning Uncle Brett's arm hair and stinking up the room

Opening another present

Digging through our loot

Showing off her new DORA water shoes from Gma & Gpa

4 cousins checking themselves out in the mirror

Daddy was also amused with himself after he did this

We can't wait for Jordyn to be part of the fun next year!

Christmas in Windom

As always, we had a blast with our family up in Windom!

Kate was a little unsure about waiting to open her present

Opening is fun

She was already looking for her next gift


Kate LOVES her baby doll crib, highchair, and sink set from Grandma and Grandpa Ellwood

Daddy teaching Kate to hunt with a bow

Christmas Crafts

I am so glad that Kate is getting old enough to enjoy doing Christmas crafts with me! We had so much fun making our gingerbread house and snowmen.

Kate was very excited to get started

Let the decorating begin

and the cheese balling

more decorating

and a little eating

Kate was so excited that she could hardly stand it

Our finished house

Our finished snowmen . . . I guess Kate's was feeling a little sad

Christmas Decorating!!!

I love decorating for Christmas! I am so glad that Kate is getting old enough to share in the excitement. Daddy is our resident scroog; so, he went downstairs while we played Christmas music and decorated to our hearts' content. (Kate lost interest after a while, but we still had fun!)

Kate really wanted to put her ribbons on the tree

and she was VERY proud of them

Our finished tree complete with presents, Kate, and Christmas puppies

Kate wanted her own tree in her room

Scroog even helped Kate decorate a little

She was so careful about where she wanted the ornaments

Ta Da!

We were talking yesterday about how it was almost time to take the Christmas trees down. Kate said, "Oh, I want to leave my tree up" and I replied, "I'd like to leave my tree up too, but they are only for Christmas". Then, in a very sad voice, Kate put her head down and said, "Oh no, it's OVER!". She is too much. I couldn't love this girl more