What about the cat??

All of these gifts and everyone (even Santa) forgot about the CAT!!

Time to kick back and relax!

After 2 days of non-stop parties we are going to kick back and relax.

Merry Christms Everyone!

Merry Christmas to all our WONDERFUL friends and family. You made this a year to remember!!

Christmas Dinner!

It was a wonderful Christmas Dinner this year! The buns ROCKED! Darren and Amanda were able to celebrate their first Christmas for a few minutes before Darren was called into work! More food, more gifts and, more Great People!

Santa comes to town!

It took the girls almost 2 hours to open Santa's gifts. The 1st hour they only wanted to play with the train set. The 2nd hour they only wanted to eat the M&M's they found in their stockings! I guess Santa knows what to bring next year!

Santa loved the cookies!

Christmas Eve Part II

After filling up at the Enrights we moved to the McCues. The McCue's party doesn't even fire-up until 9:00! Keira loved the singing snowman Cousin Julie gave us. The McCues also had the prettiest Christmas trees we have seen all year! Tons of children, Tons of food, and Tons of fun! This party is such a Joy to attend each year! THANK YOU MCCUES!!

Christmas Eve Part I

The McCues kicked off Christmas Eve at the Enrights! The picture is a little blurry, but if you where there you know who you are;) It was a wonderful night with amazing family and friends, awesome food, and way to many generous gifts! Thank you EVERYONE and Merry Christmas!

Making cookies!

Caeli and Papa make cookies for Santa!

Daddy's little helpers!

Keira couldn't figure out this mitten thing. You don't do anything with them on and if you take them off, your hands are cold! It was horrible. She still really hates boots too. Caeli remembers the routine and just started shoveling. Last year made an impact on her too! Dad is just happy to have a snow blower this year!

Caeli jumps in!

She really wanted to make a snowman, but it wasn't sticky enough.

SNOW DAY!!

Today is Caeli's 1st SNOW DAY!! School was cancelled and Dad's work was closed! Caeli sure loves sledding! We have a perfect hill in our backyard for little kids! We will go out again later when baby Keira is napping. She was not a fan of sledding!

Keira enjoyed the park this year!

Last year Keira hated the water park. This year she loved it! She still wanted to play even after her lips turned blue. She will be on the big slides with Caeli next year!

The waterpark!

Did I mention the hotel has a water park? Well, they have 3 indoor water parks. Caeli rode on so many water slides this weekend her bongos are still red!

The annual family picture...

With 3 cameras that have 3 different timers things got a little silly. But, now Daddy knows how to use the timer on Mommy's new camera. Is it 2 minutes or 2 seconds?? Who cares... we will just sit and wait;)

Were good!

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The girls waited patiently to open gifts!

Lots and Lots of food!

As usual, there was lots of good food. But, Caeli was only interested in the sweets. She must take after Great-Grandma Engaas.

It was a tight fit...

We didn't have to worry about the cold. It was a tight fit getting us all in. The tall guys (Tim) had to sit in the back with their legs hanging out!

1st Christmas Party of the year!

The Engaas family christmas party was kicked off with a wagon ride through the woods (and parking lot) of our hotel! Caeli really liked the ride. Keira didn't want to put boots on. But, once we got started, she just took it all in.

Guinness enjoys his cake!

Yummy... Ice Cream Cake!

Happy 5th Birthday Guinness!

A year is a long time to wait to blow out candles....So, when Caeli found out it was Guinness's Birthday she had a plan.
1st - We get a cake for Guinness.
2nd - We get candles for Guinness.
3rd - We steal the cake from Guinness and blow out the candles for him.
As you can see, she did let him look at it. Guinness also really enjoyed his very own piece!

Decorating the Christmas Tree.

The girls really enjoyed decorating the Christmas Tree. Well, they enjoyed it for 5 minutes;-) It only took an hour for Keira to start removing the ornaments, putting them in her shopping cart, and hiding them all around the house. We have glitter EVERYWHERE!

Happy Thanksgiving!

The McCues had another wonderful Thanksgiving this year! All 3 turkeys had their legs! For those of you who don't know Grandpa... It is a family tradition for him to wear your Native American necklaces. I don't remember a year where Grandpa wasn't wearing the duck foot! Two dinners later and the whole family was home for a long nap!

Sisters!

They do love each other!