Merry Christmas 2011

Wakey, wakey children. Up and at 'em! Time to unwrap gifts! Christmas is here!Christmas was fun and exciting as usual this year. The girls got mostly everything their little hearts desired. Hey, even Andy and I got what we wanted, too! Amazing. :o)

Merry Christmas from The Happy Ketter Family!

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Or at least to the local mall. :o)

The girls and their annual picture with Santa. Pretty soon they'll be too old to to enjoy this so I gotta take advantage of it while I can. They love it. Too bad Santa won't be getting them all their requests. (Ahem. No live hamsters...) Hee hee.

For Grandma, Grandpa & James....

Here's the things they got today when we went to the store. I thought you might like to see them. Sydney's shoes are the same ones. They still had 2 pairs left.

They are all smiles!

Thank you Grandma Shawna, Grandpa Dennis, and James!

Gingerbread House

Here's the pictures of the girls and Andy making the gingerbread house last week. It was officially eaten today, partly by the dog..... Anyways they really enjoy doing this every year. I'm starting to think Andy likes it more than they do. He's the one who kept pestering me to let them do it. :o)

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Back

Christmas 2010

The tree was trimmed and full of presents underneath.....

The Stockings were full and hung by the chimney with care......

The girls were tired, but ready to open gifts.

With presents in hand, the fun commenced.

Sydney....

Kassie....

and Madeline all enjoyed opening their gifts!

Then came the big one...

A NEW TV for each of them!!!

Then the thank yous......

and the stockings with the boys!

Merry Christmas from the Happy Ketter Family!

Christmas Tree Decorating

So today, as planned, we got to work on decorating this years Christmas tree. I purged all my old ornaments this year (we donated them to Goodwill) and bought all new ones. We also bought new tree lights that are LED and they are in the shape of snowflakes! They went along perfect with our new star/snowflake tree topper! Anyways, check out what we did!

While decorating the Christmas tree, I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus....... ahem. I mean Daddy.

Madeline is proud of her work and our beautiful tree!

Kassie, joyous as always, loves to decorate.

Oh yeah. Sydney is having a ball trimming the tree!

Our finished tree! Isn't it beautiful!

I'm so excited for Christmas!

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Lookie what I did! While we won't decorate the tree until Monday, I took the liberty of putting up the stockings and getting a new star for the top of the tree since the old one is done-zo. Oh yeah, I also wrapped a few presents I had already bought. Hee hee. I can't wait for Christmas this year!!!

Happy Birthday Jesus!

To celebrate your birthday, we bought each other lots of gifts and had a jolly time!

Here's some of the highlights.

Thank you for giving us the joy of Christmas to spend with family!

Merry Christmas from the Happy Ketter Family!

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

And all through the town, only the adults were stirring, while no children were around.

They all hung their stockings with such great care, in hopes that St. Nicholas would soon find his way there.

He showed up and delivered gifts with such great precision, when we open our gifts, the favorite will be a hard decision!

He ate all his cookies with such great might, he left a note that said, "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"

Merry Christmas everyone!

Santa & The Girls

Christmas Picture with Santa at the Mall 2009.

Even though we had to stand in line for a long time,

it was worth it & I love it!

Feliz Navidad

Okay. The following is Madeline wishing everyone a Merry Christmas by singing her rendition of "Feliz Navidad, a capella." Too Cute!

Oh Christmas Tree

Well we did it. We successfully got our Christmas tree up, and it is a stunner. We all helped in decorating the tree, while drinking hot cocoa and enjoying some wonderful almond cookies. Below I have posted some pics of us while we were busy fixing it up.

Here, I think Madeline is daydreaming of a White Christmas.

Daddy helping his baby girl gently put the ornaments on the tree.

Kassie really enjoyed helping!

Sydney and the santa hat. Gotta love it!

They even captured a pic with me decorating, too.

And here is our beautiful tree in all her glory.

I leave you with the annual family picture in front of the Christmas tree.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

From our house to yours, We wish you a Merry Christmas!

And now.......The Happy Ketter Family Christmas pictures. Enjoy!

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care......

The girls were up bright and early! You can see it in their faces!

I love Madelines' expressions! Andy's not too bad himself! :)

Yay! I can cook more! I love cooking!

This is the view from our back deck. Take a look at what we had to venture out in to get to my parents house! I got my White Christmas!

At my parents' house.......

Madeline was just being a goofball!

Cute pajamas my mom made for the girls!

Then Madeline got ahold of the camera.
The following are her pictures.




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More presents!!!

This is Madelines' favorite present!

We got a beautiful painting from my parents!
Thanks Mom & Dad!!!!

Family pictures......

I am pooped now! Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night!