Christmas 2015 (part 2) VIDEOS ♥

Opening presents♥

Christmas 2015 (part 1) PHOTOS ♥

I made sure to get a photo of the boys BEFORE the chaos and mess of opening presents.

"cheese!"

My parents were so awesome--they brought over home-cooked meals over for us.

And instead of driving over to my parents they all decided to come over to our house!

It was nice because being 8 months pregnant, I can do only so much...

Thanks guys!

♥

I didn't get to take too many photos because it was crazy!  But here are the few shots I got.

I hope everyone had an awesome holiday!

Check out Luka's awesome Turtle shirt!

From Pa-Paw!

First Snow...!

We had our first snow on Monday!

Chunky snow that started to stick to the ground for a bit....but sadly it didn't last.

Still exciting though!

There's talk that we MIGHT get some more snow on Christmas Day this year.

A White Christmas?  That would be amazing!

今冬　初の雪が降りました！

少し積もったけどすぐ溶けちゃった。

でもわくわくするね！噂によるとクリスマスの日にも雪が降るかも！

そしたら何年ぶりのホワイト・クリスマスだろう！

Our tree and presents are complete!

It was fun getting gifts for the kiddos this year...and I had some fun getting quirky things for James too.  (He's always hard to find gifts for...but I got creative).

ツリーもプレゼントも全て完成。

もちろんほとんどは子供達へのプレゼント。

もちろんじぃじ、ばぁばなど。

今年特に難しかったのはジェームズ。

でもなんとかいい物見つけたぞ。

Here awaits gifts for opening!

Mostly for the kids of course but some are also for my parents, sister, grandmother and we got a lot of goodies from Pa-Paw!

早く子供達が開けるのをみたい！

Family photo ♥

Kai's preschool requested a family photo this year so we TRIED this morning.

I thought this first photo was great...until I saw Luka's face....

カイのプリスクールが家族写真をリクエスト。

久しぶりに家族4人で写真を撮ってみた。

一発目で撮れたと思ったら、ルカの目が.....

Tried again... Luka wasn't looking at the camera...

もう一回！

ルカのカメラ目線が外れた！

Tried again..... Luka started crying and fussing and Kai was unhappy...

もう一回....

あ～あ、ルカがついに泣き出した。

カイもがっかり。

Did we finally get a good photo? Well...Luka is crying but hey, I kinda like it ♥

最後に取れたのがこれ。

皆良く映ってるけど、ルカが泣き顔。

でもそれもそれでいいかな？

Christmas Tree !!

We always put up our Christmas Tree the day after Thanksgiving♥

Yay!  It's starting to feel a lot like the holidays!

Thanksgivingの次の日は決まってクリスマスツリーを出します。

After mommy did some solo Black Friday shopping, I came home to help decorate the tree.

I let Kai decorate it first.

ママは一人でブラック・フライデーショッピングに行きました。

帰ってきてから皆で飾り付け！

Here's what happens when you put a 4 year old in charge of decorating.

A clump of ornaments in the middle of the tree!

I like it!  Great job Kai! and Luka helped too!

最初はカイに全部やらせた。

ツリーの真ん中だけに飾りが....

まぁ個性的でいいんじゃない？