"Christmas" in Seattle and More!

On Friday night we celebrated an early Christmas with my family. This was great and we had a lot of fun! Here are some pictures from the night . . . sorry there are lots!
Cayden knew exactly what to do this year and he absolutely loved it! After he opened one, he would say, "More presents" (oh boy!) I think he liked opening them more though :)!
Aunt Natasha got him stacking blocks, a shape sorter, and a book-Thanks!!
Grandma and Grandpa got him a remote control car (which Cayden is scared of), a tent/tunnel, wooden train, leapfrog phonics, books, dvd . . . etc. (Some of these were birthday presents but still this is one spoiled little boy . . . hmmm). Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!
Uncle Shaun and Aunt Courtney got him a little tool set, he was pumped about this one! Thanks guys!
Ahhhh so cute!
Opening the play tent . . . we are running out of room in our house!
Playing in the tunnel . . . Cayden wanted everyone to go in it :)
So Cayden ended up opening one of Matthew's and it happened to be a Wii game. This kid was so pumped about that, he thought it was for him :). Of course he wanted to go play it right away!
The wooden train, has gotten a lot of use so far!
So we took a little break to celebrate Brett's, Matthew's, and Cayden's birthdays which have and will be taking place in the next few months! Happy Birthday guys!
Cayden really liked the balloons :)!
Time for the "kid" present exchange! Brett had Shaun . . .
Shaun had Brett (how did that happen?)
Courtney had Matthew . . .
Natasha had Melissa . . .
Matthew had Natasha . . .
and Melissa had Courtney!
And we all got my mom a Dyson Vacuum! Of course we had to finish "Christmas" with a rematch of the Rook tournament!
The rest of our trip went pretty quickly! I was able to meet up with friends for coffee and Matthew and I were able to go to the Foust's and hang out with them while all our children napped! It was glorious (I just didn't get a picture :( )!

I was also able to spend a few different times with Joy and Valerie . . . Love these girls! We had so much fun!
Hooray! Ice Cream Grandma!
Beating up on Grandpa . . .
This is the face that has just conquered Grandpa :)!
Playing Lego's with Aunt Natasha!
And finally reading one last story with Grandma!
We had a very good week with my family! We are definitely blessed with such great families! Now . . . if only we lived closer :)! Thanks for a great week Mom and Dad and family! We love you guys!