Thursday, January 8, 2009

Christmas in Missouri

From December 13-25, we were at my mom and dad's house in Missouri for Christmas. These pictures were all taken on December 20, which was when we all opened presents together.


Here is the entire Steinmetz/Kessler/Bea fam together.





The drum set was one of Seth's favorite gifts. He is really into marching bands right now, so he loves drums.





Ethan proudly displaying a new book.



Tim opening presents with the boys. He likes playing with the toys as much as they do.




My mom and dad with the boys.




Seth with rocket from "The Little Einsteins". They both love that show, so this was another one of their favorite gifts.




The boys got a music set that included a tamborine, a triangle, and some cymbals, which Ethan was using as ear muffs in this picture.



Mom with the coffee mug we got her. I love to get people personalized gifts, especially things with pictures of the boys on them.





Mom showing Seth how to play the guitar he got. They got lots of musical instruments! No wonder it seems louder than usual in our house lately.






Zach and Ethan opening presents on the couch.






Dad with the coffee mug we got him.






Here are the three girls together. Emily was already pretty big, as you can see! She gave birth to Nate on January 4. Nate was over 2 months premature and weighed 2 lbs. 15 oz. at birth. He is doing really great, but will most likely have to stay in the hospital until Emily's original due date, which was at the end of March. The boys and I plan on going back to Missouri at that time to meet baby Nate!






Mom and dad playing the drums with Seth. They said he was quite the little drummer boy!






Ethan showing off his new backpack. He can't wait to go to school. Mom told him he has to wait until he's five to ride the bus and go to school, so now he's already talking about being five.







Emily and Jon with the boys. Poor Em was on bed rest, so she didn't get to play with the boys as much as she usually does. We all had a great Christmas and received many nice gifts, but the best gift was getting to be together for the holidays.














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