Christmas Week

Christmas 2008

We had such a fun week! I didn't want it to end...but we had to come back to reality. On Christmas Eve we drove to Holland to my Grandma & Grandpa Metzler's house. My brothers and sister in law met us there. We had dinner, hung out with cousins and then went to 11pm church. Justin stayed awake and was such a good boy during church! I don't know how much him and Uncle Mikey paid attention, but at least they were quiet :) We woke up on Christmas morning and Santa had been there! We all got spoiled. After hanging out for the morning, we got ready and drove to Kalamazoo where my other side of the family was...my mom's side of the family. We always have a great time and Justin loves playing with all of his cousins! It's nice for Rob and I because we have lots of babysitters and nothing to worry about! On Friday we went to the Rivermen game in Grand Rapids with Uncle Mikey, Uncle Ry and Aunt Manda. GG Brooks and Uncle Kurt and Ashley met us there too. The Rivermen won in overtime, so it was a great game to be at! After the game we went to BW's on the way back to Kalamazoo - Justin was in such a good mood and we had a lot of fun. It would have been better if Mom and Dad were there so our family would have been complete, but we'll all be able to go out together in March!!!

Here are some pics from the weekend. I will post a link to our picassa site tomorrow, so check back to this post and I'll put it right at the top!



Justin and Great Grandpa Metzler














Justin and Great Grandma Metzler












Justin opening his cool new DVD player from Gramma Airplane and Papa














Justin opening presents - this present was 2 fatheads from his uncles and aunt manda...pics to follow tomorrow of them hanging up in his room!


















Playing air hockey with Uncle Ry













He's happy to have his white tiger back from Las Vegas - we forgot it there when we went in November.













Justin loves his Great Grandparents!














Such concentration....













I really like this picture :)












When we got to Kzoo, Uncle Mikey decided to get one more use out of his Halloween costume :)



















Justin would not go anywhere near him!!!!












Cool present from his Godmother....I can't wait until we get enough snow to use it!













Opening the first present with the help of his cousins.













Justin and Grandma Mickey Mouse














Uncle David and Aunt Connie.....we really miss living close to them :(













Grandpa Rosebush opening his presents!













Probably talking fantasy football.....












Uncle Tom cutting the prime rib....it was so yummy! I wish this picture could be a scratch and sniff :)











Helping Grandma with breakfast













Playing air hockey with Morgan.... He LOVES Morgan and she is so good with him. She has so much patience and plays with him non-stop. I asked her to drop out of school and be our nanny, but her mom didn't like that idea :)









Justin with Grandpa and Grandma Brooks at the hockey game....he ate the whole dish of ice cream!














I like this pic - the puck not quite hitting the ice.














Silly Uncle Mikey and Justin. Uncle Mikey taught him how to give wet willies....nice :)

He also taught him to say "what's on your cheek"....and then Justin gives you a kiss on the cheek. So cute :) When he does it (all the time) he says "Uncle Mikey told me that"..... We wish Uncle Mikey lived closer - you need to look for jobs down here!