Our Christmas 2011

Well another Christmas has come and gone, I can't believe how fast time flies! This was Jake and I's 3rd Christmas together, and Emery's 1st! It was so awesome. It will be even more fun when she actually understands what is going on..But as expected she got spoiled and loved every minute of it!

 We kicked off our Christmas festivities on Christmas Eve like usual with all the usual traditions. One of them being Christmas PJs. My parents went to Florida in October and went to Disneyworld so our PJs were from there, except Emery's. She got a Minnie Mouse dress from there but her jammies were just normal. 

Christmas morning we got up nice and early. (We had church at 9:00 and Grandma and Grandpa had to get on the road to visit all of the families!) Emery was still sleeping so we just left her and we opened presents. We got spoiled!

I got Jake GI Joe and Tom and Jerry cartoons that he loves, a few Wii games, the Coldplay CD, and a few other little things. He had to wait until the end for his "big" present!

 Jake's favorite present of pretty much his whole life was his Graduation and Christmas present from my Mom and Dad. A beautiful very nice Weatherby 12 gauge shotgun! He was soooo happy. I wish I would have had the video camera out to video his face when he opened that box and saw it!

  He wouldn't put it down to open any other presents. 

Then came my present to him. A Ruger 10-22. Once again he was completely surprised and very happy.

They are going shooting tomorrow so he very excited to have 2 brand new guns to try out!

 Shayli got her first gun, a Mossberg 12 gauge. 

 About this time Emery woke up and she was so excited to start opening presents! :) So we got right to it. 

 She got a Bumbo, lots of little toys, and a bunch of books from Mom and Dad. Grandma and Grandpa gave her an outfit, the stuffed animals from Disneyworld (she LOVES them) a big light up walker that she loved instantly as well, some more books, and a few other little toys. Great-Grandma and Grandpa gave she a pretty spring dress! She definitely got spoiled. 

 She loves sitting in her Bumbo and being able to be a part of everything.

After church she came home and crashed. She was tired from all the present unwrapping!
Another highlight of the day was being able to Skype with my little brother on his mission! It is cool that they let you do that now instead of just talking on the phone. He got to see Emery, it was really fun. One more time and then he is home! May 16th! YAY! 

 After she ate dinner, she crashed again :)

I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas! It was so nice to be able to go to church on Christmas. Helps keeps the reason for celebrating in your mind and get you away from all of your gifts and focus for a little while on what truly matters. For me this is the best gift that I got this year.

 Welker Family Christmas 2011

Merry Christmas