Dorsey X-mas 2012

 Great Granny's program

 Great grand-kids doing there part in the program

 Grand-kid Chloe assisting the little ones:)

 Brandi (cousin Nathan's girlfriend) & Baily (great grand kid) helping out too

 Granny read a beautiful story to the kiddos!

 Thanking great grandpa for the gifts

Dorsey tradition is to celebrate Christmas all together at my cousin Mike & Dori's house the weekend before New Year's Eve. (December 30th this year)  This year did not disappoint as we had a great time hanging with our family.  We were definitely missing a few people but were thankful for those who were able to attend!  As always we ate great food, listened to a fantastic "program" put on by my grandma, sang the 12 days of Christmas, exchanged gifts, and hung out all day.  The girls were so into doing their part in the program, listening to Granny's story, and singing the 12 days of X-mas song.  They took there own sheet and had their own part in the song:)  They knocked it out of the park!!!  A beautiful day spent with our beautiful family!

sisters

Definitely a special bond shared between the two of them

Christmas morning..

 Cooking breakfast with Grandma Dorsey

 making pancakes & eggs

 of course you have to taste the batter..that's probably why she chose to make the pancakes instead of the eggs:)

 Jason & Shannon arrived at 3p for the festivities.  The girls waited patiently to open their Santa gifts until they arrived.

 Liv LOVES her uncle Jason and is always climbing on him and having him play with her:)

 Grandpa started a fire and we had to get some fireplace pictures:)

 sister moons

 & grandma too

 getting some love

 opening presents:)

 the fabulous g-rents

 and of course the Avengers

 the hubs opening his presents

We typically go to Omaha to Aunt Patti & Uncle Tom's house Christmas day.  We changed things up this year due to Cade being in the NICU.  We stayed in Lincoln so that we could go visit him during his "care" times throughout the day.  We lounged around all day and then had presents & dinner towards the evening.  It was definitely a nice day to be together as a family.  Our best and most precious gift this holiday season is Cade Scott Holmquist. 

King Christmas Celebration 2012

 Opening presents from Grandpa & Grandma King

 Cousin Ian with his present

 Liv with her Spider-man presents

 Aunt Kaleigh with her nephews

 Uncle Zac opening his presents

 Cousin Owen

Cousin Mireya and the girls being silly after lunch

This year we celebrated Christmas with Teaf's dad & step mom Cathy (& family) the Sunday before Christmas.  We met at their house for presents and then headed out to lunch as a family.  It's also so nice getting together with them.  The King grandparents were so generous with their gift giving and the girls were hooked up with a TON of Spider-man things. (blankets, jammies, slippers, etc)  They were in heaven.  Thanks Mark & Cathy for a great afternoon!

Stark Christmas 2012

 Uncle Blake

 Cousins

 Sitting so nicely for the story

 Reading 'Twas the Night before Christmas to the little kids

 Aunt Jeanine

The Stark's Christmas celebration is always the Saturday before Christmas.  We get together at a club house so that everyone can fit. Grandma Cindy & Aunt Jeanine are the hosts and do the planning and executing for the event. Life gets rather hectic and we don't always get the chance to see all his family throughout the year.  It's always nice to see everyone during the holidays.  This was the start of our Christmas celebrations.